Hire an interim buyer, within 3 working days.

An interim buyer is a temporarily hired procurement professional who independently takes over a procurement role, category or project. Assignments range from a few weeks to over a year, and from half a day a week to full time. In English you will also come across the same role as interim buyer, temporary buyer or interim purchaser.

Whether it concerns direct materials, mechanical and electrical, engineered items, packaging, MRO, capex or logistics categories: the right interim buyer brings overview, priority and progress within a few weeks.

A good interim buyer brings not just capacity, but above all calm and results. The professional picks up the ongoing work within days, makes clear where the risks and savings are, and hands over an orderly file to your permanent team at the end. In concrete terms: continuity in orders, contracts and supplier agreements, a grip on spend, TCO and savings potential, better QLTC agreements and supplier performance, and sourcing and RFx processes that start moving again.

The interim buyer picks up open sourcing processes, carries out market research and negotiates on prices, terms and lead times. That often already pays back part of the assignment.

Usually within 3 working days: up to three candidates, with availability and rate.

Within 3 working days xentys provides a screened interim buyer with the right experience for your organisation, your sector and your assignment.

That depends on seniority, sector, duration and days per week. In the intake you get a concrete range.

The work is the same; the contract type differs. A freelancer works in their own name; with secondment the buyer works as an employee and we take care of the payroll. xentys is NEN-4400-1 certified with the SNA quality mark, which covers the legal risks of this type of contract.

The focus is on technical sectors: industry and machine building, construction and infrastructure, offshore and energy, high tech, shipbuilding, manufacturing and logistics. There, procurement is closely tied to engineering, quality and security of supply, which calls for professionals who understand engineering and supplier markets.

xentys focuses on interim procurement within technical sectors: industry and machine building, construction and infrastructure, offshore and energy, high tech, shipbuilding, manufacturing and logistics. That is exactly where procurement determines the lead time and the margin of the entire project.

Yes. We agree the terms for a takeover in advance.

Usually three to twelve months. Extending is always possible by agreement.

Then we replace them free of charge, because xentys works with a suitability guarantee. We stay involved during the assignment so we can spot this early.

A good interim buyer gets up to speed in days, not months. That takes subject knowledge, but just as much the ability to adapt quickly in an organisation they don’t know yet, with suppliers they still have to learn to read.

A suitable interim buyer has experience with:

• Operational, tactical and strategic procurement
• Sourcing, RFx processes and supplier selection
• Contract negotiation and contract management
• Technical specifications and engineered items
• QLTC, TCO and cost reduction
• Supplier performance and supplier development
• Risk management and security of supply
• Stakeholder management with engineering, production and finance
• ERP and purchasing systems such as SAP
• Project-driven and international environments