Hiring a category manager in Bathgate? We test the negotiation record and the supplier management, because the role needs both.
We look for buyers who know your categories: haulage, warehousing, fleet, fuel, packaging or materials handling equipment.
Procurement employers across Scotland include whisky and food and drink distribution, retail and grocery DCs, port and intermodal operators and Scottish 3PLs. Each buys differently, so we recruit to the categories rather than the job title.
We ask candidates what they have bought, the spend they managed and how the savings they claim were measured.
Experienced buyers supporting sites such as the M74 and M9 corridors and the Clyde and Forth port estates are usually approached directly rather than through adverts.
The people who source, negotiate and manage the contracts.
Winning a contract is half the job. We look for buyers who manage suppliers well after the signature.
We look for buyers who weigh service and risk as carefully as price.
For a new or growing procurement function we can recruit the manager and the buyers together.
Indicative permanent salaries in Bathgate 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.
We identify the buyers doing similar work across a realistic commute.
Most good buyers are approached, not found on job boards.
Spend, savings, negotiations, systems and right to work checked before the first interview.
Buyers grow into category managers and category managers into heads of procurement. Hiring well now builds that path.
If a procurement role is hard to fill, we find out whether pay, scope or reporting line is the cause and tell you plainly.
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 compare salary, bonus and hybrid terms with current offers for similar buying roles across the region.
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 Bathgate:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Bathgate.
Share the categories, the spend and the role and we will give you a view of the Bathgate market before the search starts.