Permanent buyers, category managers and procurement leaders for businesses in Stranraer, recruited for the value they add to every contract.
The strongest buyers are rarely job hunting. They are usually in the middle of a tender somewhere else.
Operations across southern Scotland rely on the A74(M), the M74, the A7, the A1 and the Cairnryan ferry terminals. Buyers who understand those routes negotiate freight and warehousing contracts from a stronger position.
A buyer who leaves mid-tender takes the negotiation history and the supplier relationships with them.
Across southern Scotland, buyers and category managers are hired by cross-border hauliers, food and drink manufacturers, textiles and timber supply chains.
Permanent procurement roles matched to categories, spend and seniority.
Freight, warehousing, fleet, fuel, packaging or materials handling: we match buyers to the categories you buy.
For a new or growing procurement function we can recruit the manager and the buyers together.
We stay in contact while the new buyer meets the suppliers and takes over the contracts.
Indicative permanent salaries in Stranraer 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.
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.
We ask referees about savings delivered and supplier relationships, not just dates of employment.
Interim buyers are useful for a single project. Ongoing categories need someone who will still be there at the next renewal.
We ask candidates what made them leave their last procurement role. It tells us whether yours will keep them.
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 compare salary, bonus and hybrid terms with current offers for similar buying roles across the region.
Yes. Our supply chain desk recruits demand and supply planners, analysts and supply chain managers.
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 Scotland:
Other specialisms in Stranraer:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Stranraer.
Share the categories, the spend and the role and we will give you a view of the Stranraer market before the search starts.