Fifteen years buying for groundworks & civils.
SMC Consultancy is run by Shane Milford, a CIPS-qualified procurement professional who has bought materials, plant and subcontract packages for contractors across South Yorkshire and beyond, from Senior Buyer to Head of Procurement.
Shane Milford
Founder, SMC Consultancy
- Qualified
- CIPS Level 4 Diploma
- Sector
- Groundworks, civils, haulage
- Roles held
- Head of Procurement · Procurement Manager · Senior Buyer
- Based
- Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Procurement learned on site, not in a spreadsheet.
Shane has spent more than fifteen years buying for groundworks and civils contractors, rising from Senior Buyer and Procurement Manager to Head of Procurement at East Coast Construction. He knows what a delivery missed at 7am costs, which suppliers pick up the phone and how much margin a well-bought package protects.
SMC Consultancy brings that experience to contractors who want senior commercial support without the full-time overhead. It's straight talking, well connected across the regional supply chain and focused on the numbers that reach your bottom line.
Where the experience comes from.
Every role has been in the same world: groundworks, civils and haulage. That's why SMC knows the suppliers, the rates and the pinch points.
Straight talking. On your side of the table.
Senior commercial support, without the full-time overhead.
Every penny counts
Rates are negotiated, compared and tracked so the margin you priced is the margin you keep.
Programme matters
Buying is planned around your programme, so deliveries, plant and gangs turn up when the job needs them.
A proven supply chain
Suppliers, hauliers, tips and subcontractors built up over fifteen years in the region.
Retainer or ad-hoc
A rolling retainer with no lock-in, or ad-hoc help for one-off jobs. Scale up for a big job and down between them.
South Yorkshire first. Wherever the job is, next.
SMC is based in Doncaster, right on the M18 and A1(M), and works across the region. Remote support means your location doesn't limit what we can buy or price for you.
- Doncaster
- Sheffield
- Rotherham
- Barnsley
- West Yorkshire
- East Midlands
- Humber
- UK-wide, remotely
Got a job that needs buying right?
Tell us what's on your books. We'll come back to you with where SMC can save you time or money, with no obligation.