From purchasing assistants to heads of procurement, we find permanent buyers in East Grinstead who negotiate well and manage suppliers better.
The strongest buyers are rarely job hunting. They are usually in the middle of a tender somewhere else.
Procurement employers across the South East include retail and grocery distribution, port and Channel logistics, aerospace and FMCG supply chains and regional 3PLs. Each buys differently, so we recruit to the categories rather than the job title.
Direct buying, indirect procurement, category management and contract management call for different people. The search is shaped to the role.
Procurement roles across the South East buy for operations at sites such as the parks along the M25, M20 and M23 and the Solent ports.
From junior buyers to procurement directors.
We ask candidates how their savings were measured and signed off before we put them forward.
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.
Indicative permanent salaries in East Grinstead run from around £30k for buyers up to £80k+ for heads of procurement.
Strategic and category roles usually pay more than transactional purchasing roles. 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.
A buyer who remembers the last tender knows where the supplier has room to move.
Buyers who leave early often cite little influence, poor data or a business that ignores procurement. We raise all three first.
A strong procurement brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit permanent buyers, category managers and procurement managers for businesses across the South East.
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 work across the South East. Give us the location of the role and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. We can recruit a procurement manager and buyers together, staggering start dates if that suits the handover.
Procurement recruitment elsewhere in the South East:
Other specialisms in East Grinstead:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in East Grinstead.
Start with a short brief: the categories, the spend and the start date.