Self-Evaluation WIL 2

In my WIL 2 Learning Plan, I had set three main goals for the second half of my internship year. Below is a summary of what the goals are and how well I had achieved them (please refer to Samples and Artefacts WIL 2 for a list of examples).

Goal 1: continue to work on improving my digital skills. SAP and Excel skills are used on day-to-day basis in my role and I will continue improve them. Advance my skills in using Ericsson new analytical tools such as Tableau, APS-Business Reports.

I am now much more confident in using SAP to manage the supplier base and solve a broad range of P2P issues. E.g.

• Check and analyse the Purchase Order Report to find out what causes the block of the payment and which party needs to take action to release the block.
• Learnt how to create and maintain Material Master and Service Master in SAP. (Material Master manages products in SAP by issuing a unique Material Code and maintain the correct description and pricing under the code. Service Master creates an entry for a service provided by a supplier and set the terms and conditions).
• Learnt how to use Sourcing Contract Management Portal (SCLM). This is a portal the Sourcing managers at Ericsson uses regularly in managing contracts such as monitoring the execution of contract and update any variations and expirations.

Working with Excel Spreadsheet is becoming more comfortable with me. The basic skills such as V-lookups and other Spreadsheet formulas are practiced regularly and I am now affluent in using them. I also started to explore other techniques such as advanced charting, conditional formatting, VBA & Macros etc. From my observation, this skills are important to a business management role such as Sourcing Category Manager at Ericsson (likely the other organizations too).

In the past several months, I had learnt how to generate and personalize the reports through the new analytical tool TABLEAU and APS-Business Reports. These tools had improved my reporting skills as they provide better visualization to the data I analyze and present.

Goal 2: start to propose changes/solutions on several P2P issues based on my observation, research and communication done in the first half of my internship

Several changes I had implemented to improve the efficiency of the Sourcing Department:

• updated the Invoicing Guidelines and included some critical information that promotes better interaction between suppliers and Sourcing
• continuing improvement of the enrollment and usage of the self-invoicing portal TAULIA (please see more details in my business report).
• updated the webpage for Sourcing with new policies and procedures (re-literate internal/external users about Sourcing policy and procedures)
• work with Sourcing managers to improve the contracts management on SCLM. Organized a list that shows the problematic contracts (invalid/expired/partially uploaded/incorrectly uploaded) and initiated actions from Sourcing managers.

Despite the effort I made to improve the efficiency of the Sourcing Department, due to the limit of my role and authorization, changes to the current workflow are limited to small changes of the way we work. Some changes requires ongoing communication with internal departments and external suppliers and it is taking much longer than I had expected---such as the implementation of TAULIA.

Goal 3: continue to improve core competences as a Sourcing professional

Some Sourcing training courses I undertook from Ericsson Academy are listed in below:

• Sourcing Methods Toolbox
• Supplier Evaluation Criterion
• 3PP Framework

Courses undertaken on improving business skills and interpersonal skills:

•   Finance Acumen & Skills
• Change and Improvement Management Skills
• Team Working Skills

Besides, I engage with team members on a day-to-day basis and gain feedback and support on improving my competencies.