The roles we cover
Procurement
The whole procurement organisation: strategic, tactical and operational purchasing, category work, contract and supplier management, and procurement excellence. Permanent or on assignment.
The roles we cover
The whole function, at three levels
Function leadership
- Chief Procurement Officer
- Procurement director
- VP / Director of Procurement
- Procurement manager
- Head of Procurement Excellence
- Head of Public Procurement
Management and subject ownership
- Head of Category / category director
- Category Manager
- Strategic Sourcing Manager
- Sourcing lead
- Head of Contract Management
- Supplier development lead
- Project or capex procurement lead
Specialist and operational
- Strategic buyer
- Tactical buyer
- Operational buyer
- Contract & supplier manager
- Contracts adviser
- Procurement excellence and ops specialist
- Procurement / spend analyst
- Procurement systems owner (P2P, S2C)
- Public procurement adviser
We consider adjacent roles case by case: quality, HSE, supply chain sustainability and technical purchasing.
Two services
Permanent, or on assignment
Permanent: search
We find and assess the person who will own the role for good. Executive Search for function leadership, Specialist Search below.
On assignment: interim for hire
An experienced professional in your organisation for three to twelve months, with an agreed scope and result.
Insights
Insights on the domain
Who you talk to

Thor Bang-EllingsenPartner and founder
Thor has worked in procurement and supply chain for almost 15 years, as a leader, an adviser and the person who built the teams. He has assessed procurement functions in more than 40 companies, in the Nordics and internationally, and seen how procurement, planning and logistics have to work together for the supply chain to deliver. He knows what a CPO or a supply chain director needs from their people. That is the judgement you get when you call.
- Phone
- +47 940 96 046
- tbe@byname.no
- linkedin.com
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