Permanent procurement and buying recruitment across the South West.
The strongest buyers are rarely job hunting. They are usually in the middle of a tender somewhere else.
Bristol is the South West's distribution gateway — Avonmouth's deep-water port and the M4/M5 junction make it the natural hub for serving the West Country and South Wales. Across the South West, procurement teams buy for operations at sites such as Avonmouth and Severnside, Western Approach and the M5 corridor.
Renewing a major freight or warehousing contract soon? A buyer who has run that tender before is worth finding early.
Across the South West, buyers and category managers are hired by port logistics, retail and grocery DCs, aerospace and defence supply chains and regional 3PLs.
From junior buyers to procurement directors.
We ask for a real negotiation, what was at stake and what the candidate gave away to win it.
We check salary, bonus and hybrid terms against current procurement offers before the role goes out.
We look for buyers who weigh service and risk as carefully as price.
Indicative permanent salaries in Bristol run from around £30k for buyers up to £80k+ for heads of procurement.
The package matters as much as the salary: bonus, flexibility and how much the business values procurement. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
A small number of candidates, each with notes on categories, spend and results.
We ask referees about savings delivered and supplier relationships, not just dates of employment.
We help agree the package and manage the notice period through to the start date.
For Bristol businesses with major contracts up for renewal, the right permanent buyer can pay for the role in one negotiation.
Procurement notice periods can be long, so the timeline is planned from the first conversation.
A strong procurement brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit permanent buyers, category managers and procurement managers for businesses across the South West.
Buyers and senior buyers, category managers, purchasing and procurement managers, strategic sourcing and supplier relationship managers, contract managers, analysts and heads of procurement.
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 the South West:
Other specialisms in Bristol:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Bristol.
Start with a short brief: the categories, the spend and the start date.