Join Anglian Water’s @one Alliance as Head of Commercial!
Location: Peterborough
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Are you a visionary commercial leader with a proven track record of delivering strategic objectives in a collaborative environment? Are you ready to make a significant impact on one of the UK’s largest and most innovative alliance?
Anglian Water’s @one Alliance is seeking four Heads of Commercial to lead, innovate, and deliver exceptional value in our ambitious and dynamic infrastructure delivery programme.
About the Role
As Head of Commercial, you’ll be at the heart of driving the commercial success of a designated Business Unit looking after a portfolio of projects of between £600m - £750m over a five year period. . Reporting to the Delivery or Commercial Director, you’ll manage all aspects of the commercial function, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives while fostering collaboration, innovation, and value-driven outcomes.
Key responsibilities include:
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Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute commercial strategies that enhance performance and align with our outperformance targets.
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Performance Management: Oversee the commercial performance of the Business Unit, ensuring effective cost assurance, KPI reporting, and governance.
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Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with internal teams and external partners to deliver seamless integration across the supply chain.
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Procurement & Supply Chain Management: Drive procurement innovation and ensure supply chain performance aligns with programme goals.
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Team Leadership & Development: Lead a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, care, and continuous improvement.
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Health, Safety & Wellbeing: Champion a culture of health, safety, and wellbeing across the team and supply chain.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for an experienced leader who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. The ideal candidate will bring:
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A degree-level education, with significant experience in a senior leadership role.
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Proven expertise in project and programme delivery within construction or utilities.
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A strong commercial acumen with experience in contract management, procurement, and estimating.
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Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills.
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A track record of leading successful teams and delivering business objectives at a strategic level.
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The ability to drive innovation, improve processes, and deliver exceptional results.
Why Join Us?
Anglian Water’s @one Alliance is at the forefront of delivering some of the UK’s most exciting and challenging water and water recycling projects. By joining us, you’ll be part of a collaborative team working to secure the region’s water future, with a commitment to sustainability, innovation, and excellence.
Ready to Lead the Future of Commercial in the Water industry?
If you’re ready to make a difference and lead the commercial success of one of the UK’s largest alliances, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and join Anglian Water’s @one Alliance in shaping the future of water.
Closing date: 9 April 2025
What We Do
The Anglian Water's @one Alliance is a partnership consisting of 8 companies, who each provide specialised knowledge allowing the @one Alliance to deliver complex delivery projects in the most efficient way, reducing the cost to Anglian Water’s customers.
Within @one Alliance we’ve currently embarked on a huge programme of work costing a massive £1.2 billion. We’ve entered year 5 of our current 5-year Asset Management Period (AMP7) meaning we’re full steam ahead in delivering around 50% of Anglian Water’s capital delivery projects.
Our partners are Anglian Water Asset Delivery, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB), SWECO, SKANSKA and MWH Treatment. Employees in the @one Alliance are employed across all our partner companies and work together to deliver complex programmes of work.
The @one Alliance is currently working on over 700 projects all designed to improve and expand the Anglian Water network to better serve existing customers and help ensure supply for future customers as well.
As we move into AMP (Asset Management Period 8) in 2025, our work is set to increase from a £1.2 to an approximate £2.6 billion programme of works….so there has never been a better time to join us on our journey!
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