Senior Commercial Manager

4 weeks ago


Ipswich UK, Suffolk, United Kingdom Milestone Infrastructure Full time

Senior Commercial Manager

Ipswich / Hybrid

28 Days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays

Company Car or Allowance, Ride to work scheme

Discretionary Performance Related Bonus Scheme, Generous Pension Scheme, Life Assurance

Private Health Care

Employee Discount Platform

Milestone Infrastructure is the UKs leading Highways Maintenance provider, looking after more than 24,000 miles of roads, 280,000 lighting assets and 20,000 miles of footways. We are an agile, diverse, inclusive organisation, striving to improve the communities in which we work in through added Social Value and ever-improving environmental stewardship in a collaborative manner.

We are now looking to recruit an experienced Senior Commercial Manager to join our team on Suffolk Highways Term Maintenance contract, based in Ipswich and lead the commercial function.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Member of the Contract Leadership Team, and the businesses Commercial Leadership Team, reporting to the local Business Director and functionally to the Regional Commercial Director
  • Managing commercial team of 11 including line management duties and personal development
  • Cost and value management for project in accordance with monthly reporting cycle
  • Timely application and collection of payment to optimise cash inflow and limit WIP
  • Change management for project
  • Ensure all required notices are issued in a timely manner.
  • Liaise with the customer, his representatives and other 3rd parties on commercial issues, including the agreement of additional monies and payment thereof.
  • Annual forecasting remaining contract life, with regular updates to Management
  • Risk and opportunity management for project
  • Managing Supply Chain across 25 packages, and portfolio of suppliers for each package
  • Timely payment of supply chain
  • Identification of unacceptable terms and conditions and negotiating contracts and subcontracts with clients/employers and supply chain
  • Procurement for project, in conjunction with Regional Procurement Manager
  • Financial reporting for project, in conjunction with local Finance
  • Identification, preparation and negotiation of claims with Clients and Supply Chain
  • Advise insurers of claims and assist with negotiations
  • Assist with dispute resolution
  • Identification of unacceptable wording in bonds, warranties and other guarantees

Essential Skills:

  • Excellent diagnostic, analytic and communication skills
  • A comprehensive level of commercial experience preferably with a contracting organisation.
  • Preferably - Experience of £40m per annum Term Maintenance contract – high volume, low value Task Orders
  • A recognised qualification in a construction related subject
  • Preferably qualified to ICES or RICS accreditation
  • Relevant CSCS Card
  • NEC Term Service Contract - Options A, C and E
  • Understand the contractual requirements of project documents including the roles and responsibilities of all involved and the notices required to record change etc.

What's in it for you?

  • 28 Days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
  • Company Car or Allowance, Ride to work scheme
  • Discretionary Performance Related Bonus Scheme, Generous Pension Scheme, Life Assurance
  • Private Health Care
  • Employee Discount Platform



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