Buyers who cut cost without cutting service, for businesses across Devon & Cornwall and their supply chains.
A permanent buyer should leave the supplier base stronger than they found it.
Dawlish sits in the far South West, beyond the end of the M5 at Exeter, where the A30 and A38 carry the freight and distances change how operations are run. We recruit the buyers and category managers who keep those operations supplied.
Many procurement roles blend office, site and remote days. Settling the pattern before the search saves time for everyone.
Across Devon & Cornwall, buyers and category managers are hired by chilled and ambient food distribution, marine services, aggregates and china clay logistics and independent hauliers.
Permanent procurement roles matched to categories, spend and seniority.
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 Dawlish run from around £30k for buyers up to £80k+ for heads of procurement.
Procurement pay in the South West moves with seniority, spend and scope: category managers and heads of procurement earn well above buyers. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Categories, spend, suppliers, systems and the result the new buyer needs to deliver.
Spend, savings, negotiations, systems and right to work checked before the first interview.
We arrange interviews and any negotiation exercise or presentation, then brief each candidate.
A permanent buyer learns your suppliers, your contracts and your history of price rises. That knowledge compounds at every renewal.
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 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 work across the South West. Give us the location of the role and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. We recruit contract managers who run supplier performance, service levels and renewals.
Influence over commercial decisions, reliable spend data, fair pay and a manager who backs their negotiations.
Procurement recruitment elsewhere in the South West:
Other specialisms in Dawlish:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Dawlish.
Describe a strong year for the role and we will find buyers who have delivered one.