Are You One Of Procurement’s Gen NEXT?

Did you know that 50 per cent of procurement professionals don’t trust their bosses to help them win promotions? No wonder most of us are going online to proactively manage our own careers! Exclusive to Procurious members, the Procurement Gen NEXT report shares career-boosting insights from 500+ global professionals. Get your copy today.

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Evidence of a divide has emerged between procurement professionals who are proactively seizing control of their career management, and others who are waiting for a promotion or big break that may never come. At Procurious, we’ve labelled the proactive group “Procurement’s Gen NEXT”.

This is not a generation defined by year of birth. On the contrary, it’s defined by a positive attitude that can be found across every age group, from Baby Boomers to Gen Z. The members of Gen NEXT are using a whole range of levers to supercharge their careers. From developing vital mentoring relationships, to building social media profiles that have eclipsed the importance of CVs, to seamlessly leveraging their professional networks to find a new role, to crowd-sourcing a solution to a procurement challenge, the members of Gen NEXT are collaborative, proactive and ambitious.

When Procurious put out the call for participants, we were delighted when 500+ professionals across more than 50 countries shared their insights and wisdom through the survey. The result? Confirmation of the ever-growing need for members of the profession to proactively manage their own careers – online – as the profession hurtles towards Industry 4.0.

The Gen NEXT report is packed with data, insights, recommendations, and links to over 20+ Procurious articles that further explore many of the findings raised in the report.

Five ways Gen NEXT does it

1. Make a long-term career plan, but keep it flexible

Over two-thirds of surveyed professionals are unclear about their long-term career plans. As many organisations move towards agile methodology, why not do the same with your career plan? This means being crystal-clear about your long-term goals and aspirations, but ensuring you have the flexibility to continually adjust and improve those career plans as you progress in short, culminative stages.

2. Don’t wait for your boss to act in your best interests

The fact that over half of survey participants indicated that they don’t trust their bosses to help with their career progression demonstrates that waiting for a promotion is no longer a viable career strategy. Don’t be passive about your career advancement – seize control and take every opportunity to progress. Remember, the only common denominator in your career is YOU.

3. Is your online profile up to scratch?

You may have the best-looking CV in the world, but if your online profile isn’t up to scratch, you won’t stand a chance of landing that job. Two-thirds of survey respondents regard their online profile to be equally important as their CV when job-seeking. It’s not only about deleting those embarrassing party photos from Facebook – candidates should ensure their professional profiles on sites such as LinkedIn and Procurious tick all the right boxes.

4. Don’t neglect your professional network

Results show that professional networks are equally important as on-the-job performance when it comes to career advancement, confirming the adage that it’s not what you know, but who you know that will help you get ahead at the office. Alternately, if you happen to find yourself out of work, results show that your professional network is the number one pathway to finding your next role.

5. If you’re a manager, it’s time to shift your thinking

Think you’ve built a procurement team that’ll be with you for the next five years? Think again. Managers can expect to see just under 40% of their procurement team leave the organisation within the next two years and 70% within the next five years. It’s time to throw away the retention plan and accept the reality that today’s workforce is increasingly mobile. But this doesn’t mean giving up on developing your team. If you’re known as a supportive manager who gives others the opportunity to go on to a stellar career, you’ll become a talent magnet in the profession.

And that’s not all…

The Procurement Gen NEXT report has insights into the biggest career hurdles faced by procurement professionals; trusted sources of career advice; the most common routes to finding a new role; connectivity within the profession; crowdsourcing solutions on social media; personal development and eLearning; online collaboration platforms; using communication tools to drive change; opinions on the value of professional memberships and certifications; and much more.

Get on board!

Download the report to discover how you can join Procurement’s Gen NEXT by seizing control of your own procurement destiny and charting a career course to the top. You’ll discover how to:

• overcome career hurdles and take advantage of career springboards
• tap into the power of your professional network to supercharge your career
• reap the benefits of being truly connected with peers inside and outside your organisation
• solve any challenge through the power of crowd-sourced solutions.

How do I get hold of the report?

Did we mention that this report is for Procurious members only? But don’t worry, signing up is quick, easy and FREE.

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Procurious will share insights from this report at GovProcure 2017 in Sydney on 6^th December. Click here to learn more and download an event brochure.