Permanent buyers, category managers and procurement leaders for businesses in Chesterfield, 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.
Procurement vacancies across the East Midlands come from national distribution centres, airfreight and express operators, e-commerce fulfilment and contract logistics. Each needs buyers who can balance price, service and risk.
If buying talent is scarce around Chesterfield, we search a wider commute and look at hybrid working before we lower the bar on skill.
Experienced buyers supporting sites such as Magna Park, DIRFT and the East Midlands Gateway beside East Midlands Airport 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.
Where the role asks for a professional procurement qualification such as CIPS, we confirm it before the shortlist.
For a new or growing procurement function we can recruit the manager and the buyers together.
Indicative permanent salaries in Chesterfield run from around £30k for buyers up to £80k+ for heads of procurement.
Procurement pay in the East Midlands moves with seniority, spend and scope: category managers and heads of procurement earn well above buyers. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
We arrange interviews and any negotiation exercise or presentation, then brief each candidate.
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.
Supplier relationships improve with continuity. Changing buyers often resets them.
We describe the spend data and systems as they really are, so nobody is surprised in month one.
A strong procurement brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit buyers who purchase haulage, warehousing, fleet, fuel and packaging for shippers and logistics businesses.
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 recruit contract managers who run supplier performance, service levels and renewals.
Yes. Our supply chain desk recruits demand and supply planners, analysts and supply chain managers.
Procurement recruitment elsewhere in the East Midlands:
Other specialisms in Chesterfield:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Chesterfield.
One brief covers a single buyer or a full procurement team.