Personal Development Portfolio

Personal Development Portfolio
(E-procurement for Contemporary Organizations)
Student
Institution

Technology and e-procurement require a purchasing and supply chain professional to
possess and exhibit a certain set of changing skills. According to (Giunipero, et al., 2016, p.
825), these skills include technical understanding, project management, multi-cultural/ global
understanding, problem solving, good communication, time management, desire to learn and
achieve, relationship management and strong negotiation skills. These set of skills required of a
purchasing and supply chain professional will be clearly reflected upon in this assignment.
In e-procurement, a procurement professional possess technical knowhow skills in order
to clearly understand the process of order placing till delivery (Croom, 2015, p. 60). This is
because e-procurement is done through the internet and networking systems such as electronic
data exchange are involved. Time-management is also a mandatory, as this must align to the
promises given to the clients; this brings the need for timely and honest communication. With
strong negotiation skills, a professional ensures that a company operates within the set financial
goals and targets.
As a professional, I have always endeavored to exhibit and practice these skills as
required in e-procurement and technology trends (Naoum & Egbu, 2015, p. 10). In this
context, my personal strengths include excellent communication with clients, suppliers, and
customers; technical knowledge which enable me in creating and managing quotation requests,
proposal requests, information requests, and supplier relationship management; time
management in which I ensure all orders are delivered within the mentioned deadlines; and
strong negotiation where I convince both existing and new clients to give our company more
business (Ellram, et al., 2015, p. 17).