From purchasing assistants to heads of procurement, we find permanent buyers in Smethwick who negotiate well and manage suppliers better.
Every procurement candidate we put forward is screened on the spend they managed and the savings they evidenced.
Logistics around Smethwick is powered by the Golden Triangle's big-shed distribution and a deep automotive and manufacturing supply chain. Across the West Midlands, procurement teams buy for operations at sites such as the Black Country manufacturing belt and the M5 northern corridor.
If buying talent is scarce around Smethwick, we search a wider commute and look at hybrid working before we lower the bar on skill.
Procurement demand across the West Midlands follows automotive and component supply chains, national retail DCs, contract logistics providers and rail-linked operators.
From junior buyers to procurement directors.
Winning a contract is half the job. We look for buyers who manage suppliers well after the signature.
Where the role asks for a professional procurement qualification such as CIPS, we confirm it before the shortlist.
We stay in contact while the new buyer meets the suppliers and takes over the contracts.
Indicative permanent salaries in Smethwick 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.
Categories, spend, suppliers, systems and the result the new buyer needs to deliver.
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.
Supplier relationships improve with continuity. Changing buyers often resets them.
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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We look at the categories and spend they have managed, the savings they can evidence, the negotiations they have led and their right to work.
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. Tell us the office and site days and we will only approach buyers who can work that pattern.
Yes. We work across the West Midlands. Give us the location of the role and we will search the commute around it.
Yes. Our supply chain desk recruits demand and supply planners, analysts and supply chain managers.
Procurement recruitment elsewhere in the West Midlands:
Other specialisms in Smethwick:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Smethwick.
Give us the role and we will shortlist buyers who already manage categories like yours.