Buyers who cut cost without cutting service, for businesses across Northamptonshire and their supply chains.
We look for buyers who know your categories: haulage, warehousing, fleet, fuel, packaging or materials handling equipment.
Operations at sites such as DIRFT (Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal), Brackmills, Swan Valley and nearby Magna Park depend on suppliers that deliver. We match buyers to the categories that keep them running.
If buying talent is scarce around Northampton, we search a wider commute and look at hybrid working before we lower the bar on skill.
The strongest procurement candidates across Northamptonshire are usually already buying for businesses such as big-shed national DCs, 3PLs, e-commerce fulfilment and air and rail freight operations.
The people who source, negotiate and manage the contracts.
Winning a contract is half the job. We look for buyers who manage suppliers well after the signature.
We check salary, bonus and hybrid terms against current procurement offers before the role goes out.
We stay in contact while the new buyer meets the suppliers and takes over the contracts.
Indicative permanent salaries in Northampton 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.
Most good buyers are approached, not found on job boards.
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.
Buyers grow into category managers and category managers into heads of procurement. Hiring well now builds that path.
Procurement notice periods can be long, so the timeline is planned from the first conversation.
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.
Not always. Some employers ask for a CIPS qualification and others put more weight on experience. Tell us which matters for your role and we will screen for it.
Yes. We work across the East Midlands. 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.
Upload your CV and tell us your categories, your spend and the kind of role you want. We will contact you when a permanent role fits.
Procurement recruitment elsewhere in the East Midlands:
Other specialisms in Northampton:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Northampton.
One brief covers a single buyer or a full procurement team.