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At MASS, you'll have the opportunity to put your procurement experience to use in a business delivering specialist technology solutions to highly secure customers.\nAs our Senior Procurement and Subcontracts Officer, you'll support procurement and subcontract activities across the business, helping ensure we work with the right suppliers, secure value for money and meet project requirements.\nWhat you'll be doing\nNo two procurement challenges are quite the same. You'll work across MASS, supporting the sourcing of goods and services, developing supplier relationships and ensuring subcontract arrangements meet the needs of our projects.\nWorking closely with project teams and suppliers, you'll support procurement activities, negotiate supplier terms, place and manage subcontracts and monitor supplier performance. You'll also help resolve supplier issues, support export control requirements, including relevant licences and documentation, and ensure our procurement systems accurately reflect supplier and subcontract information.\nWhere you'll work\nBased at our head office in Little Paxton, St Neots, you'll report to the Head of Commercial and Procurement and work closely with colleagues and suppliers. We offer a hybrid arrangement, with three days on-site and two days working from home each week.\nHow you'll support us\nYou'll help MASS build effective supplier relationships, secure the goods and services needed to deliver our projects and manage procurement and subcontract risks. Your work will contribute to ensuring our suppliers deliver to the required standards, timescales and commercial expectations.\nThe invaluable experience you'll bring, to help us achieve more\nYou'll bring experience in a procurement, purchasing or subcontract management role, with a practical approach to problem-solving and the confidence to work with a range of stakeholders and suppliers.\nEssential experience\nExperience in a procurement, purchasing or subcontract management role.\nProven experience sourcing goods and services, negotiating supplier terms and managing subcontract arrangements.\nExperience building and maintaining effective supplier relationships.\nAn understanding of business finance, including profit and loss, margins, mark-up, escalation and foreign exchange.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to negotiate, influence and persuade others.\nThe ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and promote best practice.\nProficiency in Microsoft Office applications.\nDesirable experience\nUnderstanding of export control and compliance, including UK export control requirements and ITAR.\nA degree or equivalent qualification, ideally in Law or a business-related subject.\nMCIPS qualification or currently studying towards it.\nWe'd also welcome someone who is keen to learn, develop their expertise and share knowledge with colleagues.\nOur non-negotiables\nDue to the highly secure nature of the projects you'll be involved with, you must be:\nA UK National and eligible to work in the UK\n Eligible to obtain and maintain UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance as a minimum\nWho is MASS?\nMASS is an independent, global technology company, trusted by highly secure organisations to provide advanced, digital services that manage data and keep information safe. 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