Permanent procurement and buying recruitment across Scotland.
A buyer who can negotiate but not manage suppliers wins the contract and loses the relationship. We test for both.
Operations at sites such as the M8 corridor parks at Eurocentral, Bellshill and Newhouse depend on suppliers that deliver. We match buyers to the categories that keep them running.
If buying talent is scarce around Alloa, we search a wider commute and look at hybrid working before we lower the bar on skill.
Across Scotland, buyers and category managers are hired by whisky and food and drink distribution, retail and grocery DCs, port and intermodal operators and Scottish 3PLs.
Buying, category, sourcing and contract roles.
We ask candidates how their savings were measured and signed off before we put them forward.
We ask for a real negotiation, what was at stake and what the candidate gave away to win it.
We stay in contact while the new buyer meets the suppliers and takes over the contracts.
Indicative permanent salaries in Alloa run from around £30k for buyers up to £80k+ for heads of procurement.
Procurement pay in Scotland moves with seniority, spend and scope: category managers and heads of procurement earn well above buyers. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Most good buyers are approached, not found on job boards.
A small number of candidates, each with notes on categories, spend and results.
We arrange interviews and any negotiation exercise or presentation, then brief each candidate.
Buyers grow into category managers and category managers into heads of procurement. Hiring well now builds that path.
Strong buyers value a seat in commercial decisions, good spend data and a manager who backs their negotiations.
A strong procurement brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit permanent buyers, category managers and procurement managers for businesses across Scotland.
We look at the categories and spend they have managed, the savings they can evidence, the negotiations they have led and their right to work.
Yes. We recruit buyers who purchase haulage, warehousing, fleet, fuel and packaging for shippers and logistics businesses.
Yes. We can recruit a procurement manager and buyers together, staggering start dates if that suits the handover.
Upload your CV and tell us your categories, your spend and the kind of role you want. We will contact you when a permanent role fits.
Procurement recruitment elsewhere in Scotland:
Other specialisms in Alloa:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Alloa.
Send the vacancy and we will point out anything in the package or advert likely to slow the search.