Hiring a category manager in Southwark? We test the negotiation record and the supplier management, because the role needs both.
We look for buyers who know your categories: haulage, warehousing, fleet, fuel, packaging or materials handling equipment.
Procurement vacancies across London & the South East come from last-mile and parcel carriers, grocery and e-commerce fulfilment, airfreight forwarders and national 3PLs. Each needs buyers who can balance price, service and risk.
A buyer who leaves mid-tender takes the negotiation history and the supplier relationships with them.
With the M25 orbital, the A13 and A406, Heathrow Airport and the deep-water ports at London Gateway and Tilbury carrying the region's freight, buyers across London & the South East often manage haulage and carrier contracts as a major category.
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 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 Southwark run from around £30k for buyers up to £80k+ for heads of procurement.
Procurement pay in London & the South East moves with seniority, spend and scope: category managers and heads of procurement earn well above buyers. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Categories, spend, suppliers, systems and the result the new buyer needs to deliver.
Spend, savings, negotiations, systems and right to work checked before the first interview.
We arrange interviews and any negotiation exercise or presentation, then brief each candidate.
For Southwark businesses with major contracts up for renewal, the right permanent buyer can pay for the role in one negotiation.
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.
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.
Yes. Tell us the office and site days and we will only approach buyers who can work that pattern.
Yes. We work across London & the South East. 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 London & the South East:
Other specialisms in Southwark:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Southwark.
Describe a strong year for the role and we will find buyers who have delivered one.