Hiring a category manager in Stevenage? 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.
Stevenage draws on the East of England's port, forwarding and customs talent, concentrated along the A14 and M11. Across the East of England, procurement teams buy for operations at sites such as Felixstowe — the UK's largest container port — the A14 freight corridor and the parks along the M11 and A1(M).
Direct buying, indirect procurement, category management and contract management call for different people. The search is shaped to the role.
With the A14, M11, A1(M) and A12, the Port of Felixstowe and London Stansted Airport carrying the region's freight, buyers across the East of England 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 Stevenage run from around £30k for buyers up to £80k+ for heads of procurement.
An offer pitched at the market is accepted faster. Ask us for a current read on procurement pay before the role is advertised. 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 ask referees about savings delivered and supplier relationships, not just dates of employment.
A buyer who remembers the last tender knows where the supplier has room to move.
Many heads of procurement began as buyers. We recruit at every stage of that career.
A strong procurement brief covers:
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Buyers and senior buyers, category managers, purchasing and procurement managers, strategic sourcing and supplier relationship managers, contract managers, analysts and heads of procurement.
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. We work across the East of England. Give us the location of the role and we will search the commute around it.
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.
Influence over commercial decisions, reliable spend data, fair pay and a manager who backs their negotiations.
Procurement recruitment elsewhere in the East of England:
Other specialisms in Stevenage:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Stevenage.
One brief covers a single buyer or a full procurement team.