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About Procter & Gamble Malaysia

Procter & Gamble Malaysia is a subsidiary of the global company Procter & Gamble (P&G). They manufacture a wide range of products, including personal care items, cleaning products, and health goods, which are then distributed to consumers in Malaysia and beyond.

Your role

As a Sales Intern, you'll need to be highly motivated, results-oriented, and comfortable in drawing insights from data. For all of the work P&G puts into creating the world's leading consumer products, it means nothing if they can't sell them to their customers. You can help the company there!

During this internship, your mission will be to improve turnover and selling fundamentals by suggesting strategic choices across budget, assortment, merchandising, and promotion. You will be externally focused, emphasizing efforts on national key customers and retailers. You'll get an understanding of the customers' and shoppers' needs. Your contributions to negotiations on prices, assortment, merchandising, and promotions will be essential to their success. You'll have to collaborate with the whole customer team to prepare business plans and external negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a productive long-term relationship with your customer
• Acquire a deep understanding of customer needs and requirements
• Acquire an in-depth understanding of shoppers, categories, and the market
• Adapt and optimize country commercial guidelines to your specific client
• Collaborate closely with teams from other departments
• Resolve any issues and problems of your clients and act as a link between your customers and the internal teams

Training & development

P&G invests in its interns’ development through a range of sought-after programs. These include hands-on experience, mentorship, and skill development in areas like engineering, business management, marketing, and more. Interns work on real-world projects and gain valuable insights, preparing them for successful careers. From Day 1, they’re part of the future of the company.

Benefits

Aside from getting a monthly allowance, interning at P&G Malaysia offers several other benefits:

• Ownership from Day 1 – projects that provide meaningful contributions to the growth of P&G brands.
• Coaching and Development Opportunities – P&G ensures your learning is supported by a dedicated training program, providing you with many opportunities to advance your strategic selling skills.
• Dynamic work environment – you will work with dynamic selling teams and work closely with colleagues across multiple functions: Brand Management, Supply Network Operations, and Finance.

Career progression

Interns at P&G work on real-world projects and gain valuable insights, preparing them for successful careers. From Day 1, you are part of the future of the company. As a P&G intern, you are considered the best pipeline of talent for the company's permanent positions. Based on your performance, you may get a full-time job offer from the company.

Work-life balance

Based on reviews from P&G interns, the work-life balance at P&G Malaysia is generally positive. Interns appreciate the supportive staff, which contributes to a healthy work-life balance. Additionally, the company’s diverse range of brands makes the job both fun and exciting. The regular working hours are from 8:30 am to 05:30 pm, Monday to Friday.

Company culture

P&G creates a welcoming workplace where everyone thrives. Their diverse culture encourages teamwork, growth, and a strong commitment to environmental sustainability and diversity efforts.

About you

If you're interested in this role, you need to meet the qualifications below:

• You are a current university student who has just graduated or has less than 2 years to graduate (graduation year of 2024, 2025)
• Available to do a full-time internship in Klang Valley for 3 months/12 weeks
• You are preferably in a Business or Engineering field of study, but this role is open to all fields
• You are an excellent visionary, with strategic and fearless leadership skills
• Problem-solving via innovation and creativity 
• Strong thinking/analytical skills which can be applied to business processes with a "can-do" attitude 
• Excellent interpersonal skills (both written and verbal)
• Ability to work effectively with others, while demonstrating integrity and high personal standards.
• You are a penultimate-year student
• You are English proficient (written and spoken)
• Legally eligible to work in Malaysia

Sources

Information on this page was gathered based on the sources below:

• pgcareers.com/apac/en/malaysia-internship
• company-inside.com/pg-company-culture/
• indeed.com/cmp/Procter-&-Gamble/reviews?fcountry=ALL&fjobtitle=Intern