8 September 2011 | Rupert Gaster

Rupert Gaster, business director at Hays Procurement advises:

• Raise your profile in 
your current organisation and don’t be afraid to 
use tactics to influence senior people.
• Don’t downplay your 
soft skills and think documenting cost 
savings is always more 
important than 
leading colleagues.
• Make use of commercial skills, which are always highly sought after.
• Remember it’s not what you’ve done, for example in your category, but how you’ve done it.