The sourcing, contract and supplier people who keep Kilmarnock operations supplied at the right price.
We look for buyers who know your categories: haulage, warehousing, fleet, fuel, packaging or materials handling equipment.
Across Scotland, much of the buying supports operations at sites such as the M8 corridor parks at Eurocentral, Bellshill and Newhouse. We search for buyers who already know that supplier market.
Renewing a major freight or warehousing contract soon? A buyer who has run that tender before is worth finding early.
Across Scotland, buyers and category managers are hired by retail and grocery distribution, food, drink and whisky supply chains, energy logistics and national 3PLs.
From junior buyers to procurement directors.
We ask for a real negotiation, what was at stake and what the candidate gave away to win it.
We check salary, bonus and hybrid terms against current procurement offers before the role goes out.
Where the role asks for a professional procurement qualification such as CIPS, we confirm it before the shortlist.
Indicative permanent salaries in Kilmarnock run from around £30k for buyers up to £80k+ for heads of procurement.
An offer pitched at the market is accepted faster. Ask us for a current read on procurement pay before the role is advertised. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
A small number of candidates, each with notes on categories, spend and results.
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.
A permanent buyer learns your suppliers, your contracts and your history of price rises. That knowledge compounds at every renewal.
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 Scotland.
Yes. Tell us the office and site days and we will only approach buyers who can work that pattern.
Yes. We work across Scotland. 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.
Yes. We recruit contract managers who run supplier performance, service levels and renewals.
Procurement recruitment elsewhere in Scotland:
Other specialisms in Kilmarnock:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Kilmarnock.
Give us the role and we will shortlist buyers who already manage categories like yours.