Hiring a category manager in London? We test the negotiation record and the supplier management, because the role needs both.
Procurement is judged on savings, supplier performance and risk. We recruit buyers who can show all three.
Operations across London & the South East rely on the M25 orbital, the A13 and A406, Heathrow Airport and the deep-water ports at London Gateway and Tilbury. 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 London & the South East follows e-commerce and grocery fulfilment operations, parcel and last-mile carriers, airfreight forwarders and retail distribution centres.
Permanent procurement roles matched to categories, spend and seniority.
We ask candidates how their savings were measured and signed off before we put them forward.
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 London run from around £30k for buyers up to £80k+ for heads of procurement.
Candidates weigh salary alongside bonus, hybrid working, pension and the size of the spend they will own. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
A small number of candidates, each with notes on categories, spend and results.
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.
An empty buying seat costs money: contracts roll over unchallenged and suppliers set the terms.
We describe the spend data and systems as they really are, so nobody is surprised in month one.
A strong procurement brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit permanent buyers, category managers and procurement managers for businesses across London & the South East.
Yes. Tell us the office and site days and we will only approach buyers who can work that pattern.
Yes. We compare salary, bonus and hybrid terms with current offers for similar buying roles across the region.
Yes. We work across London & the South East. 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.
Procurement recruitment elsewhere in London & the South East:
Other specialisms in London:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in London.
One brief covers a single buyer or a full procurement team.