Permanent buyers, category managers and procurement leaders for businesses in Derby, recruited for the value they add to every contract.
A permanent buyer should leave the supplier base stronger than they found it.
Across Derbyshire, much of the buying supports operations at sites such as the East Midlands Gateway, the A50 corridor and the Pride Park and Raynesway sites. We search for buyers who already know that supplier market.
A buyer who leaves mid-tender takes the negotiation history and the supplier relationships with them.
With the A38, A50 and M1, East Midlands Airport and the East Midlands Gateway rail freight terminal carrying the region's freight, buyers across Derbyshire often manage haulage and carrier contracts as a major category.
Permanent procurement roles matched to categories, spend and seniority.
We ask for a real negotiation, what was at stake and what the candidate gave away to win it.
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 Derby 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.
Categories, spend, suppliers, systems and the result the new buyer needs to deliver.
We identify the buyers doing similar work across a realistic commute.
We ask referees about savings delivered and supplier relationships, not just dates of employment.
Buyers grow into category managers and category managers into heads of procurement. Hiring well now builds that path.
Many heads of procurement began as buyers. We recruit at every stage of that career.
A strong procurement brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit permanent buyers, category managers and procurement managers for businesses across Derbyshire.
Buyers and senior buyers, category managers, purchasing and procurement managers, strategic sourcing and supplier relationship managers, contract managers, analysts and heads of procurement.
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.
Procurement recruitment elsewhere in the East Midlands:
Other specialisms in Derby:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Derby.
Describe a strong year for the role and we will find buyers who have delivered one.