Permanent buyers, category managers and procurement leaders for businesses in Birmingham, recruited for the value they add to every contract.
The strongest buyers are rarely job hunting. They are usually in the middle of a tender somewhere else.
Across the West Midlands, much of the buying supports operations at sites such as Hams Hall, Birch Coppice, Prologis Park Midpoint and the i54. We search for buyers who already know that supplier market.
If buying talent is scarce around Birmingham, we search a wider commute and look at hybrid working before we lower the bar on skill.
The strongest procurement candidates across the West Midlands are usually already buying for businesses such as automotive and component supply chains, national retail DCs, contract logistics providers and rail-linked operators.
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.
We stay in contact while the new buyer meets the suppliers and takes over the contracts.
Indicative permanent salaries in Birmingham run from around £30k for buyers up to £80k+ for heads of procurement.
Candidates weigh salary alongside bonus, hybrid working, pension and the size of the spend they will own. 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.
A buyer who remembers the last tender knows where the supplier has room to move.
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 the West Midlands.
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. Tell us the office and site days and we will only approach buyers who can work that pattern.
Yes. We compare salary, bonus and hybrid terms with current offers for similar buying roles across the region.
Yes. We work across the West Midlands. Give us the location of the role and we will search the commute around it.
Procurement recruitment elsewhere in the West Midlands:
Other specialisms in Birmingham:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Birmingham.
Describe a strong year for the role and we will find buyers who have delivered one.