Permanent procurement and buying recruitment across the South West.
Procurement is judged on savings, supplier performance and risk. We recruit buyers who can show all three.
From port handling to regional distribution, employers around Lydney compete for experienced permanent logistics people across the South West. Across the South West, procurement teams buy for operations at sites such as Avonmouth and Severnside, the M5 corridor and the Western Approach parks.
Direct buying, indirect procurement, category management and contract management call for different people. The search is shaped to the role.
Procurement demand across the South West follows food and drink manufacturers, aerospace and defence supply chains, retail distribution and regional hauliers.
Permanent procurement roles, from purchasing assistants to heads of procurement.
We ask for a real negotiation, what was at stake and what the candidate gave away to win it.
Winning a contract is half the job. We look for buyers who manage suppliers well after the signature.
We stay in contact while the new buyer meets the suppliers and takes over the contracts.
Indicative permanent salaries in Lydney run from around £30k for buyers up to £80k+ for heads of procurement.
Our pay advice comes from current offers for comparable buying roles. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
We identify the buyers doing similar work across a realistic commute.
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.
Supplier relationships improve with continuity. Changing buyers often resets them.
Strong buyers value a seat in commercial decisions, good spend data and a manager who backs their negotiations.
A strong procurement brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit buyers who purchase haulage, warehousing, fleet, fuel and packaging for shippers and logistics businesses.
Yes. We compare salary, bonus and hybrid terms with current offers for similar buying roles across the region.
Yes. We work across the South West. 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.
Influence over commercial decisions, reliable spend data, fair pay and a manager who backs their negotiations.
Procurement recruitment elsewhere in the South West:
Other specialisms in Lydney:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Lydney.
Send the vacancy and we will point out anything in the package or advert likely to slow the search.