Buyers who cut cost without cutting service, for businesses across Norfolk & the Fens and their supply chains.
A buyer who can negotiate but not manage suppliers wins the contract and loses the relationship. We test for both.
Operations across Norfolk & the Fens rely on the A11, the A47, the A17 and the ports at Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn. Buyers who understand those routes negotiate freight and warehousing contracts from a stronger position.
Direct buying, indirect procurement, category management and contract management call for different people. The search is shaped to the role.
Procurement demand across Norfolk & the Fens follows food manufacturers and packers, chilled and frozen distribution, port and energy support operators.
Permanent procurement roles matched to categories, spend and seniority.
Freight, warehousing, fleet, fuel, packaging or materials handling: we match buyers to the categories you buy.
For a new or growing procurement function we can recruit the manager and the buyers together.
We stay in contact while the new buyer meets the suppliers and takes over the contracts.
Indicative permanent salaries in Dereham 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.
We identify the buyers doing similar work across a realistic commute.
Most good buyers are approached, not found on job boards.
A small number of candidates, each with notes on categories, spend and results.
Interim buyers are useful for a single project. Ongoing categories need someone who will still be there at the next renewal.
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 Norfolk & the Fens.
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 recruit buyers who purchase haulage, warehousing, fleet, fuel and packaging for shippers and logistics businesses.
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 of England:
Other specialisms in Dereham:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Dereham.
One brief covers a single buyer or a full procurement team.