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Over the years, our seasoned recruitment specialists alongside our impressive customer base has enabled us to become a leading agency in the East Midlands supply chain and procurement space.

As our team continues to grow, we’re also developing exciting partnerships in new regions.

Whether you’re on the hunt for a new Procurement Leader to protect your business or looking to rise up the ranks with a senior contract position, we’ve got you covered.

We specialise in permanent and interim recruitment across the following areas:

Talent acquisition consultant, Chris Adams, stood smiling at a colleague who is off-camera in Distinct HQ’s kitchen area.

Client consultation

With industry challenges such as inflation and fluctuating consumer demand, the supply chain and procurement markets have faced substantial change in recent years. As part of our consultation service, we provide up-to-date salary benchmarking advice and market insights to ensure our clients stay one step ahead.

We understand how critical a gap in the team can be for a business operation. As such, we liaise closely with our clients so we can forecast future hiring needs and provide an accurate portrayal of the candidate market. 

Distinct’s manager of temporary and interim recruitment, Claire Fletcher, smiling at a colleague who is off-camera.

Collaborative approach

We pride ourselves on presenting candidates with the best jobs on the market. During initial registration, our specialists will get to the crux of what really matters to our candidates, whether that be enhanced benefits, better tech or a different culture fit. 

We partner with like-minded professionals and our collaborative approach ensures candidates are only presented with the roles that match their ambition, not just their skillset.

Your FAQs

We know the East Midlands market inside out. However, our vast candidate network allows us to cast a wider net for interim and senior opportunities.

We support experienced direct and indirect procurement professionals, as well as CIPS or MCIPS qualified candidates across the £35-£80k market. Common job titles we advertise include:

Purchasing Manager
Indirect Procurement Manager
Global Procurement Leader
Category Manager
Planning Manager
Supply Chain Manage

Demand Planner
Supply Planner
Purchasing Assistant
Buyer
Indirect Buyer
Senior Category Buyer

Our clients include Boots, BCM, JCB, Next, Refressco and Vision Express. We work with both SMEs and larger blue chip organisations across the East Midlands, sourcing candidates across the spectrum. The larger your procurement team, the more we can help you!

Our proactive approach to source the best candidates for your position includes:

  • Utilising our extensive candidate network and LinkedIn premium software to map out the market
  • Running a full advert campaign through a variety of channels, including national job boards
  • Putting forward our evaluation with candidate shortlists, from current capabilities and technical functions to personality and culture fit.

Our roles are a mixture of hybrid and office-based. It’s more common to see two days at home in the FMCG or retail sector, whereas manufacturing and engineering businesses require their team to be full-time

We begin by discovering your job hunting motivations, this helps us to understand what you want in your next position. This then allows us to represent you accurately to businesses to ensure the placement is mutually beneficial. We also market our candidates to businesses who aren’t actively hiring, as well as open vacancies and will only present opportunities when we have something suitable. 

You’ll receive interview coaching to ensure you’re fully prepared at each stage and we will manage the negotiation process on your behalf. Finally, we
respect that you can make your own decisions and won’t push you into a role if you don’t feel it’s right for you.

Supply chain & procurement team

Bethan Kirby

Resourcing Consultant
Supply chain and procurement
Specialises in procurement & supply chain recruitment

Jordan Leonardi

Talent Acquisition Consultant
Supply chain and procurement
Specialises in retail/FMCG recruitment, permanent & interim
22 years experience

Claire Fletcher

Divisional Director
Finance
Specialises in senior interim finance across all areas | £250-day rate plus

Supply chain & procurement candidates

Senior Buyer/Category Manager
£ 0

Nottingham, Derby, Leicester

Permanent

Multilingual - Sage, Amazon Analytics, Excel

BA (Hons) Interior Architecture

Represented by

Jordan
Demand Analyst
£ 0

Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Burton on Trent, Loughborough

Permanent

Level 3 Certificate in Logistics & Transport & BA (Hons) International Business Management (1st)

Represented by

Jordan
Supply Chain Manager
£ 0

Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Loughborough, Burton on Trent, Birmingham

Permanent

Epicor (P21), SAP, Microsoft Office (Excel, Teams, PowerPoint & Visio(

Represented by

Jordan
Supply Chain Specialist
£ 0

West Midlands, Birmingham

Permanent

Represented by

Jordan
Supply Chain Manager
£ 0

Nottingham, Derby, Burton, Leicester

Permanent

CIPS

Represented by

Jordan
Senior Supply Chain Manager
£ 0

Nottingham, Burton on Trent, Loughborough, Derby, Leicester

Permanent, Contract

SAP, Siebel, 1B1S (Oracle), iGrasp (Lumesse), Retail Link, Host, Swords, JDA/Blue Yonder, SQL, SWS

Chartered Management Institute

Represented by

Jordan

Supply chain & procurement jobs

Competitive

per year

Buyer

Job title: Buyer Location: Derby (DE11) Salary: Competitive Are you a procurement professional looking at new challenges this new year? I’m really excited to share an amazing opportunity...

£30,000 - £35,000

per year

Production Controller

Role Overview: Production Controller As a Production Controller, you will play a key role in managing and streamlining production processes to ensure smooth operations and that production targets...

£36,000

per year

Buyer

Job Title: Buyer Location: Leicester, LE67 (Hybrid: 3 days in the office, 2 days from home) Salary: £36,000 Are you a driven procurement professional looking for the next...

£38,000 DOE

per year

Production Planner

Production Planner x 2 Location: Glenfield and Barrow Salary: up to £38,000 per annum Rota Structure/s: the choice of 4 on 3 off shift pattern (Sunday–Wednesday) or 4...

£50,000 - £60,000

per year

Category Manager

Category Manager Location: LE67, Leicestershire Salary: £50k – £60k, Car Allowance, Pension, and Hybrid Working (3 days in the office) Are you an experienced procurement professional with a...

£51,135

per year

Senior Category Buyer

Are you an experienced Buyer with a background in engineering or manufacturing, looking to make a real impact in the UK rail sector? We’re working with a major...

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