Date: 5 December 2020
Time: 12 pm – 1 pm
Venue/Platform: Cisco Webex
Organizer: Azman Hashim International Business School UTM Johor Bahru
Graduate Attributes: Leadership and Team Working
Position/Role in the activities: Committee Member
Mini Report:
As a student learning Supply Chain Management (SCM) course, procurement is an essential component to create an effective SCM. This sharing session, How to Achieve a Successful Career in Procurement, invited the industry expert, Mr Chang Han Hua who has more than 22 years experience in procurement. I join this event as a multimedia committee member, I help to create and design the poster for the publicity department. To run an event successfully, there are some crucial skills need to equip, communication, leadership and team working. The sharing session focused on explaining the definition of procurement, important roles of procurement in an organization, characteristics of well-purchasing personnel, routine activities of the procurement department and also the real industry experience faced by Mr Chang. The personality of well-purchasing personnel should be a team player, excellent communication skills, confident, humble, detailed persons and others. Procurement also helps to establish a good relationship with the suppliers who represent their own organizations.
Self-Reflection:
Thru this sharing session, it has enhanced my learning regarding procurement for SCM course and let me explore the importance of the procurement of each organization. My high passion for design made me really enjoy participating in this event. After joining this event, it made me realize the importance of communication, leadership and team working skills. I need to communicate well with the others include lecturer who acts as an advisor to guide me to create the poster which is attractive and fit the standard set by faculty. With good communication, I can create the proper poster in a short time by reducing the chance of misunderstanding. Organizing an event, there is a leader need to do this kind of job, dividing the tasks for each committee member to facilitate the process on the preparation of the event. The challenge I faced is misunderstanding occurs due to online distance learning. Fortunately, with the sophisticated communication platforms such as WhatsApp, it will help to overcome this challenge.