2019 Salary Guide for Procurement Professionals
Overall the market for Indirects Procurement Specialists has remained buoyant across almost industry sectors as we have progressed through 2018 and 2019 despite economic uncertainty. Demand in Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences and Technology sectors has been particularly high, with FinTech and Financial Services companies following closely…. See our Procurement Professional Salary Guide
In other industry sectors demand has remained consistent; and even 'struggling' sectors such as Retail, still recruiting good people, mainly due to the need to adapt customer focused technologies and reduce costs quickly, in this evermore competitive sector. However, organisations in these sectors are sometimes struggling to retain staff due to the nature of the procurement work they are doing and demand from other sectors. We have also seen significant activity in the Consultancy sector, which is are still very busy having gained a considerable amount of government and general procurement outsourcing work.
Despite short and long term economic uncertainty, the Procurement Recruitment Market is looking positive at the moment, and we don't see this changing in the foreseeable future. With board level decision makers realising that effective procurement and supply chain strategies are critical to improve overall business performance and reduce risk in a rapidly changing, uncertain Brexit and global economic environment, we have latterly seen a gentle strengthening of salaries and packages to secure the most talented procurement professionals........see more