Buyers who cut cost without cutting service, for businesses across the East of England and their supply chains.
A permanent buyer should leave the supplier base stronger than they found it.
Woodbridge sits in the East of England, anchored by Felixstowe — the UK's busiest container port — and the A14 freight corridor that carries its boxes inland. Across the East of England, procurement teams buy for operations at sites such as the A14 and A11 corridors, the Port of Felixstowe and Stansted airfreight.
A buyer who leaves mid-tender takes the negotiation history and the supplier relationships with them.
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.
The people who source, negotiate and manage the contracts.
We ask candidates how their savings were measured and signed off before we put them forward.
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 Woodbridge run from around £30k for buyers up to £80k+ for heads of procurement.
Candidates weigh salary alongside bonus, hybrid working, pension and the size of the spend they will own. 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.
For Woodbridge businesses with major contracts up for renewal, the right permanent buyer can pay for the role in one negotiation.
Procurement notice periods can be long, so the timeline is planned from the first conversation.
A strong procurement brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit permanent buyers, category managers and procurement managers for businesses across the East of England.
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 the East of England. 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 the East of England:
Other specialisms in Woodbridge:
See our national Procurement Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Woodbridge.
Describe a strong year for the role and we will find buyers who have delivered one.