The sourcing, contract and supplier people who keep Thirsk operations supplied at the right price.
Procurement is judged on savings, supplier performance and risk. We recruit buyers who can show all three.
Logistics around Thirsk is built on agri-food, a strong farming supply chain and long-distance trunking up the A1. Across North Yorkshire, procurement teams buy for operations at sites such as the A64 corridor between York and the coast.
Direct buying, indirect procurement, category management and contract management call for different people. The search is shaped to the role.
Across North Yorkshire, buyers and category managers are hired by agri-food and dairy processing, agricultural machinery and supply, retail distribution and regional hauliers.
Permanent procurement roles, from purchasing assistants to heads of procurement.
We ask for a real negotiation, what was at stake and what the candidate gave away to win it.
We check salary, bonus and hybrid terms against current procurement offers before the role goes out.
We stay in contact while the new buyer meets the suppliers and takes over the contracts.
Indicative permanent salaries in Thirsk run from around £30k for buyers up to £80k+ for heads of procurement.
If the offer looks light against the procurement market, we say so before interviews are arranged. 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.
We help agree the package and manage the notice period through to the start date.
An empty buying seat costs money: contracts roll over unchallenged and suppliers set the terms.
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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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. We compare salary, bonus and hybrid terms with current offers for similar buying roles across the region.
Yes. We can recruit a procurement manager and buyers together, staggering start dates if that suits the handover.
Influence over commercial decisions, reliable spend data, fair pay and a manager who backs their negotiations.
Procurement recruitment elsewhere in Yorkshire & the Humber:
Other specialisms in Thirsk:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Thirsk.
Give us the role and we will shortlist buyers who already manage categories like yours.