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Protect value. Drive savings. Enable strong supplier performance. The Commercial Manager plays a key role within MBNL's Commercial directorate, responsible for managing supplier relationships and contracts across a defined portfolio. You'll ensure robust commercial governance, effective supplier performance, and strong cost control across procurement and in-life contract management. Operating at the interface between business, suppliers, and shareholders, you'll provide expert commercial support that minimises risk, drives value, and enables successful delivery across MBNL programmes and projects. Why this role matters: Strong commercial management underpins MBNL's ability to deliver value for shareholders while operating efficiently in a complex, multi-supplier environment. This role ensures contracts are well-structured, suppliers are held to account, and commercial risks and costs are actively managed throughout the contract life cycle. By embedding consistent commercial standards and proactive supplier management, you'll help MBNL achieve better outcomes from its supply chain. This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 2 days per week in our Central Reading office. What you'll be here to do: You'll manage all commercial aspects of your supplier portfolio, from strategy through contract close-out. You'll: Own supplier relationships and the full commercial life cycle including selection, contracting, in-life management, and exit Ensure all commercial activity complies with MBNL commercial policy, governance, and delegation frameworks Lead tenders, negotiations, and contract awards in line with shareholder and business requirements Negotiate pricing, identify savings opportunities, and drive opex efficiency Draft, negotiate, and manage framework and project contracts in partnership with Legal Manage contract change control, risk, and dispute resolution up to Director level Track supplier performance against contractual KPIs and drive corrective action where required Maintain accurate contract and pricing data within MBNL systems Support audits and provide clear commercial reporting and insight Engage and influence senior stakeholders, including shareholder forums Challenge the status quo and bring market insight to drive continuous improvement Who we're looking for: You're a commercially astute professional with strong negotiation skills and experience managing complex supplier relationships. You're comfortable operating independently, influencing stakeholders, and delivering results in fast-paced environments. You'll have: Experience negotiating complex framework or strategic contracts Strong supplier and contract management experience Good understanding of contract law and commercial risk Telecommunications industry experience The ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities If you also have the following, we're especially interested in talking to you: Professional qualifications (eg MCIPS) and experience in JV or multi-stakeholder environments. Project People is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Be the decision point. Protect service. Drive accountability. This role sits right at the centre of reactive maintenance - where judgement, insight, and smart systems design combine to protect service levels while driving long-term efficiency. As Reactive Maintenance Lead , you'll own how reactive tickets are assessed, prioritised, allocated, and increasingly automated. You won't just keep the system moving-you'll make it better every day. By applying risk-based decision making, enforcing accountability on warranties and defects, and designing smarter workflows, you'll help shift work from reactive to planned and reduce unnecessary spend. Why this role matters Reactive maintenance is where cost, customer impact, and operational risk collide. This role ensures the right work goes to the right place, at the right time-for the right reason. Your decisions will protect service today, while your insights will help shape a more resilient, efficient future. This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 2 days per week in our Central Reading office. What you'll be here to do: You'll blend operational leadership with process and automation thinking, acting as the gatekeeper and optimiser of reactive demand. You'll: Triage, Prioritisation & Allocation Triage all incoming reactive maintenance tickets, validating prioritisation based on risk, severity, and customer or service impact. blockers Control release of low-priority work-using risk judgement, resource availability, and financial limits to protect SLAs and operational capacity. Allocate work to the right resolving agent- our supplier, remediation teams, managed service providers, specialists, or third parties - based on our obligations and issue type. Work with the Inspection & Maintenance supplier to define attributes that enable smarter bundling by geography and skill, reducing repeat visits and wasted effort. Warranty, Quality & Programme Defect Control Review historic maintenance and capital works to identify applicable warranties, guarantees, and quality defects. Prevent avoidable reactive spend by routing work back to suppliers under defect liability. Track recurring defects and escalate to commercial, programme, or shareholder teams to drive accountability and resolution. Persistently manage suppliers to closure-taking ownership until the right outcome is achieved. Insight, Trends & Continuous Improvement Analyse failure trends and recurring issues, feeding insight into Infrastructure Management to influence planned maintenance strategies. Help shift demand from reactive to planned, improving long-term asset reliability. Provide trusted operational intelligence that supports smarter decisions across internal teams and third-party suppliers. Workflow Optimisation & Automation Design and refine rules-based logic for automated triage, warranty detection, allocation, and job bundling. Collaborate with digital teams to implement low-code/no-code workflows. Test, measure, and iterate-reducing manual handling, error rates, and rework while building trust in automation. Reporting & Performance Monitor and report on KPIs including triage accuracy, rework rates, defect recoveries, automation success, and resolution performance by supplier. Report the balance of allocated vs. unallocated work to support understanding of asset risk exposure. Challenge the status quo-bringing external market insight and a "better every day" mindset to drive change. Who we're looking for: You're someone who thrives where operations, data, and judgement intersect. You'll have: Strong experience in reactive maintenance, service operations, or workflow control within utilities, transport, infrastructure, or similarly complex environments. Confidence applying risk-based decision making in fast-moving, ambiguous situations. A solid understanding of contracts, warranties, defect liability, and supplier obligations-and the persistence to enforce them. Analytical capability-you're comfortable working with data, trends, and rules logic to inform decisions. A collaborative, trust-building style, paired with the courage to take ownership and drive change. If you also have the following, we're especially interested in talking to you: Experience with BMC Remedy, Site Tracker, or similar tools. IAM awareness Experience in a joint venture environment. ITIL awareness If you put customers at the core, believe in purposeful collaboration, and want to build smarter systems-not just manage volume-we'd love to hear from you. Project People is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Event Engagement Team member - London or Birmingham About the company We exist to make sure the knowledge shaping today fuels the innovation of tomorrow. We capture the insights that usually vanish, at events, on job sites, across communities, and turn them into structured knowledge that drives real progress. What You'll Do Working as an Event Engagement Team member, your primary responsibility is to hold and guide meaningful conversations, working at events in a specified location. You are there to spark curiosity, draw out knowledge from exhibitors and delegates, and capture insight that would otherwise go unrecorded. Typical activities on the day include; Commuting to and from the venue, Attending the pre-event briefing on arrival and the debrief at end of day, Approaching exhibitors and delegates to initiate and guide conversations, Using a Gauge19-supplied or approved personal device to access Lorefully and record outputs. Your job is to ask thoughtful follow-up questions that move beyond yes/no answers and draw out genuine insight. Ideal candidates will be friendly and approachable with a genuine curiosity around information gathering in public. Methodical, organised, confident and professional candidates Ability to work alone Experience of using tablets/touch-screen devices Events take place throughout the year and in several locations we are looking to develop a Talent pool of reliable individuals for events that we can utilise when the events arise. The types of events covered might include the following. Built Environment - EV/Solar/Heat Pumps etc Sustainable Energy Access and Mobility Commercial Vehicles If you have a keen interest/subject knowledge in any of these areas, please highlight when submitting your CV! Project People is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Event Engagement Team member - London or Birmingham About the company We exist to make sure the knowledge shaping today fuels the innovation of tomorrow. We capture the insights that usually vanish, at events, on job sites, across communities, and turn them into structured knowledge that drives real progress. What You'll Do Working as an Event Engagement Team member, your primary responsibility is to hold and guide meaningful conversations, working at events in a specified location. You are there to spark curiosity, draw out knowledge from exhibitors and delegates, and capture insight that would otherwise go unrecorded. Typical activities on the day include; Commuting to and from the venue, Attending the pre-event briefing on arrival and the debrief at end of day, Approaching exhibitors and delegates to initiate and guide conversations, Using a Gauge19-supplied or approved personal device to access Lorefully and record outputs. Your job is to ask thoughtful follow-up questions that move beyond yes/no answers and draw out genuine insight. Ideal candidates will be friendly and approachable with a genuine curiosity around information gathering in public. Methodical, organised, confident and professional candidates Ability to work alone Experience of using tablets/touch-screen devices Events take place throughout the year and in several locations we are looking to develop a Talent pool of reliable individuals for events that we can utilise when the events arise. The types of events covered might include the following. Built Environment - EV/Solar/Heat Pumps etc Sustainable Energy Access and Mobility Commercial Vehicles If you have a keen interest/subject knowledge in any of these areas, please highlight when submitting your CV! Project People is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Event Engagement Team member - London or Birmingham About the company We exist to make sure the knowledge shaping today fuels the innovation of tomorrow. We capture the insights that usually vanish, at events, on job sites, across communities, and turn them into structured knowledge that drives real progress. What You'll Do Working as an Event Engagement Team member, your primary responsibility is to hold and guide meaningful conversations, working at events in a specified location. You are there to Spark curiosity, draw out knowledge from exhibitors and delegates, and capture insight that would otherwise go unrecorded. Typical activities on the day include; Commuting to and from the venue, Attending the pre-event briefing on arrival and the debrief at end of day, Approaching exhibitors and delegates to initiate and guide conversations, Using a Gauge19-supplied or approved personal device to access Lorefully and record outputs. Your job is to ask thoughtful follow-up questions that move beyond yes/no answers and draw out genuine insight. Ideal candidates will be friendly and approachable with a genuine curiosity around information gathering in public. Methodical, organised, confident and professional candidates Ability to work alone Experience of using tablets/touch-screen devices Events take place throughout the year and in several locations. The types of events covered might include the following. Built Environment - EV/Solar/Heat Pumps etc Sustainable Energy Access and Mobility Commercial Vehicles If you have a keen interest/subject knowledge in any of these areas, please highlight when submitting your CV! Project People is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Event Engagement Team member - London or Birmingham About the company We exist to make sure the knowledge shaping today fuels the innovation of tomorrow. We capture the insights that usually vanish, at events, on job sites, across communities, and turn them into structured knowledge that drives real progress. What You'll Do Working as an Event Engagement Team member, your primary responsibility is to hold and guide meaningful conversations, working at events in a specified location. You are there to Spark curiosity, draw out knowledge from exhibitors and delegates, and capture insight that would otherwise go unrecorded. Typical activities on the day include; Commuting to and from the venue, Attending the pre-event briefing on arrival and the debrief at end of day, Approaching exhibitors and delegates to initiate and guide conversations, Using a Gauge19-supplied or approved personal device to access Lorefully and record outputs. Your job is to ask thoughtful follow-up questions that move beyond yes/no answers and draw out genuine insight. Ideal candidates will be friendly and approachable with a genuine curiosity around information gathering in public. Methodical, organised, confident and professional candidates Ability to work alone Experience of using tablets/touch-screen devices Events take place throughout the year and in several locations. The types of events covered might include the following. Built Environment - EV/Solar/Heat Pumps etc Sustainable Energy Access and Mobility Commercial Vehicles If you have a keen interest/subject knowledge in any of these areas, please highlight when submitting your CV! Project People is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Policy Specialist Contract role Glasgow Hybrid The role Design and development of people policies, guidance and knowledge management collateral in line with the strategic people policy roadmap Contribute to or lead working parties for relevant policy or contractual change Stakeholder engagement and contracting for relevant policy or contractual change Initial point of contact as subject matter expert for policy queries Manage and maintain policy and contract of employment collateral and document library within the People Policy Framework in line with legislative and business change needs. Policy related content management and knowledge article maintenance and design General Policy Support - Policy Impact Assessments & Tracker, Contract change support, guidance reviews & letter drafting as required. Continuous improvement of people policies Skills, Experience and Qualifications Previous experience in a HR generalist role, ideally with experience of policy development. Experienced in interpreting and applying employment legislation into policy, process and guidance. Has a good understanding of key HR and business processes. Adept at data analysis and drawing insights based on various data sources to support recommendations Relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience. Will independently and pro-actively research and develop knowledge in areas they support. Great team player with a willingness to learn and grow. Great organisation and communication skills Great attention to detail and ability to impact assess policy to changes Ability to work in a Fast Paced environment To apply for the Policy Specialist, please send your CV to (url removed) Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Compliance Manager Perm Theale: Hybrid (3 days per week on site) You must be eligible to work in the UK without the need for Sponsorship We're looking for a Compliance Manager to support and evolve the compliance function for a telecoms organisation based in Theale. Reporting to the Senior Governance, Risk & Compliance Counsel, you'll lead the development and implementation of compliance programs that mitigate legal and regulatory risks while embedding a culture of ethical and operational integrity. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain compliance frameworks, templates, and policies. Monitor relevant regulations (e.g. Ofcom, GDPR, Competition Law) and ensure organisational adherence. Lead audits, manage compliance incidents, and oversee regulatory reporting. Act as a key liaison with stakeholders, regulatory bodies, and legal advisors. Deliver internal training, guidance, and clear compliance communications. Support risk assessments and embed controls into business operations. Requirements: Minimum Bachelors degree or relevant level of experience. A level of commercial acumen to actively seek cost savings and efficiencies by innovation, creative team management. Desired: Experience in telecommunications cell site deployment or related project management. Experience or knowledge of reading and interpreting contracts and contractual clauses. Proven experience in compliance management, ideally within telecoms or a regulated industry. Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks and risk management. Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills. Ability to work both strategically and hands-on in a fast-paced environment. Project People is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

New role! Quantity Surveyor (Commercial / Finance Focus) - Mobile Telecoms Infrastructure Greater Reading Permanent Hybrid -3 days per week in the office We're looking for a commercially minded Quantity Surveyor to join a growing team in an office-based role. This isn't your traditional QS position - no site travel is required. Instead, you'll act as the commercial point of contact for an assigned supplier, with a strong focus on financial management, administration, and stakeholder engagement. What you'll be doing: Managing supplier valuations and monthly evaluations Preparing and pricing assessment packs (acquisition, design, and build costs) Processing customer orders, raising POs, and maintaining pricing templates Supporting cost control and ensuring compliance with contracts and budgets Handling commercial data for reporting and forecasting What we're looking for: Strong background in finance or commercial roles (telecoms experience is a plus) Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills Sharp attention to detail with strong numerical and analytical ability Confident with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel This role would suit someone with experience in commercial management, design/commercial administration, or financial control who enjoys detail, accuracy, and collaboration. Project People is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Data Quality Analyst Contract - 12 Month FTC Theale/Home Join a leading UK mobile infrastructure company driving innovation and transformation. Since 2012, we've evolved rapidly-now we're looking for a Data Quality Analyst to help us deliver excellence through smarter data. The Data Quality Analyst will lead the development of data quality reports, automate data processes, and support business teams in improving data accuracy. Acting as a key member of the BI team, you'll help shape our data strategy and governance. Key Responsibilities of the Data Quality Analyst include: Deliver daily reports and enhance data governance controls Enforce data policies across ingestion, quality, and lifecycle management Maintain dashboards and remediation plans for data quality Collaborate with stakeholders to meet strategic data goals Apply governance frameworks and ensure accountability The successful Data Quality Analyst will have: Proficient in BI tools (e.g., Power BI) Familiar with Agile and Waterfall methodologies Experience with metadata management, data catalogues, and stewardship tools Understanding of Master Data Management principles Desirable Proven success in data governance programs Operational and change management experience Ready to help shape the future of mobile infrastructure through data excellence? Apply today to (url removed) Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Hot off the Press Great new opportunity for an Administrator with 1-3 years experience to work for a leading recruitment organisation, supporting the Managing Director with all professional and personal requirements. You will be responsible for: Email and Diary Management Travel Arrangements Events Co-ordination Presentation Preparation Attending Meetings and Minute Taking Responding to Client Needs Attending Off-site Client Meetings Liaising with Internal and External Stakeholders You will need to have: Extensive experience in Microsoft Applications Excellent communication skills Organised with the ability to multi-task Full access to a car with valid driving license Well presented First class communication and writing ability Ability to deal with change in a fast paced environment This role is hybrid with 3 days in the Oxford office and 2 days working from home. Would suit someone who can work at speed and follow tasks through to completion. Great salary and benefits including bonuses, mobile phone expenses, 25 days holiday, healthcare, pension. Working alongside some leading clients. Please get in touch if interested. Project People is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Hot off the Press Great new opportunity for an Administrator with 1-3 years experience to work for a leading recruitment organisation, supporting the Managing Director with all professional and personal requirements. You will be responsible for: Email and Diary Management Travel Arrangements Events Co-ordination Presentation Preparation Attending Meetings and Minute Taking Responding to Client Needs Attending Off-site Client Meetings Liaising with Internal and External Stakeholders You will need to have: Extensive experience in Microsoft Applications Excellent communication skills Organised with the ability to multi-task Full access to a car with valid driving license Well presented First class communication and writing ability Ability to deal with change in a fast paced environment This role is hybrid with 3 days in the Oxford office and 2 days working from home. Would suit someone who can work at speed and follow tasks through to completion. Great salary and benefits including bonuses, mobile phone expenses, 25 days holiday, healthcare, pension. Working alongside some leading clients. Please get in touch if interested. Project People is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.