There has been a steady growth in opportunities in the areas of demand and supply planners, forecast analysts and procurement specialists.
The procurement roles has played an important part in reducing costs and streamlining procedures to ensure that companes keep a close eye on outgoing costs. The skilful procurement professional is now in demand across all areas of industry.
The logistics sector has, for a long time, seen very little growth. Companies are becoming leaner and more cost efficient, as a result there has been little movement at the junior level and some increases at the more senior strategic level.
| Supply Chain | |
| Job title | € |
| Supply chain Director | 80,000 – 120,000 |
| Supply chain manager | 60,000 – 90,000 |
| Supply chain analyst | 35,000 – 55,000 |
| Head of procurement | 70,000 – 90,000 |
| Procurement / purchasing manager | 40,000 – 70,000 |
| Procurement / purchasing specialist | 40,000 – 65,000 |
| Commodity / category manager | 50,000 – 75,000 |
| Vendor manager | 45,000 – 70,000 |
| Materials manager | 40,000 – 60,000 |
| Inventory manager | 30,000 – 50,000 |
| Inventory analyst | 35,000 – 50,000 |
| Planning manager | 55,000 – 75,000 |
| Master scheduler | 45,000 – 55,000 |
| Demand / supply planner | 40,000 – 50,000 |
| Production planner | 40,000 – 50,000 |
| Buyer / planner | 40,000 – 50,000 |
| Senior buyer | 45,000 – 55,000 |
| Buyer | 30,000 – 40,000 |
| Logistics | |
| Job title | € |
| Director of Operations | 80,000 – 120,000 |
| Plant / Operations manager | 60,000 – 80,000 |
| Logistics manager | 45,000 – 70,000 |
| Logistics coordinator | 30,000 – 40,000 |
| Order management team lead | 35,000 – 45,000 |
| Order management executive | 30,000 – 40,000 |
| Warehouse manager | 45,000 – 55,000 |
| Warehouse supervisor | 35,000 – 45,000 |
| Stock control manager | 30,000 – 40,000 |
| Inventory controller | 30,000 – 35,000 |
| Transport / Distribution manager | 45,000 – 65,000 |
| Transport supervisor | 35,000 – 45,000 |
| Freight Forwarder | 30,000 – 40,000 |
Brightwater Recruitment Consultancy opened in Dublin in September 1998. Brightwater’s professional, specialist approach has made it one of the 5 biggest employment consultancies in Ireland.