Buyers who cut cost without cutting service, for businesses across Wales and their supply chains.
A permanent buyer should leave the supplier base stronger than they found it.
Operations across Wales rely on the M4 and A55 North Wales Expressway, Cardiff Airport and the ports at Cardiff, Newport, Swansea and Holyhead. Buyers who understand those routes negotiate freight and warehousing contracts from a stronger position.
If buying talent is scarce around Swansea, we search a wider commute and look at hybrid working before we lower the bar on skill.
The strongest procurement candidates across Wales are usually already buying for businesses such as manufacturing and automotive supply chains, port logistics, retail DCs and national 3PLs.
Procurement roles for retail, manufacturing, 3PL and public sector supply chains.
We ask for a real negotiation, what was at stake and what the candidate gave away to win it.
Winning a contract is half the job. We look for buyers who manage suppliers well after the signature.
We stay in contact while the new buyer meets the suppliers and takes over the contracts.
Indicative permanent salaries in Swansea 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.
We identify the buyers doing similar work across a realistic commute.
Most good buyers are approached, not found on job boards.
Spend, savings, negotiations, systems and right to work checked before the first interview.
Buyers grow into category managers and category managers into heads of procurement. Hiring well now builds that path.
Buyers who leave early often cite little influence, poor data or a business that ignores procurement. We raise all three first.
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.
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. Tell us the office and site days and we will only approach buyers who can work that pattern.
Yes. We work across Wales. Give us the location of the role and we will search the commute around it.
Procurement recruitment elsewhere in Wales:
Other specialisms in Swansea:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Swansea.
Describe a strong year for the role and we will find buyers who have delivered one.