Commercial Officer

Mass Limited; United States; Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private Medical & Dental Insurance

Life Assurance scheme

Electric/Hybrid Car leasing

Cycle to work scheme

Retail discounts

Continuous Professional Development

Job summary

MASS is a specialist technology business seeking a Senior Commercial Officer to support bids, negotiate commercial agreements and help teams navigate contractual challenges. Based at our Little Paxton head office, you will work with stakeholders across MASS and apply sound commercial judgment to protect the company's interests.

The role sits in a hybrid setting with three days on-site and two days working from home each week, offering opportunity to influence complex contracts and risk

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial or contract management role.
• Proven experience negotiating, managing and amending commercial contracts.
• Experience building and maintaining effective business relationships.
• Understanding of business finance, including profit and loss, margins, mark-up, escalation and foreign exchange.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and persuade others.
• Ability to work independently when required, manage competing priorities and promote good commercial practice.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Support bids and proposals and negotiate commercial agreements.
• Help teams navigate contractual challenges and resolve issues.
• Support projects through delivery and manage commercial risks and obligations.
• Contribute to more complex agreements and ensure export control requirements are met.

Skills

Negotiation

Relationship building

Communication

Independent working

Time management

Microsoft Office

Education

Degree or equivalent (Law or business-related)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

As our Senior Commercial Officer, you'll work alongside colleagues across the business, supporting bids and proposals, negotiating commercial agreements and helping teams navigate contractual challenges. It's a varied role where your commercial knowledge and judgement will help protect MASS's interests and support our continued success. What you'll be doing You'll support a range of commercial activities, from contributing to bids and proposals to negotiating agreements with customers and suppliers. Working with teams across MASS, you'll help resolve contractual challenges, support projects through delivery and ensure commercial risks and obligations are properly managed. You'll also contribute to more complex agreements and help ensure export control requirements are met. Where you'll work Based at our head office in Little Paxton, St Neots, you'll report to the Head of Commercial and Procurement and work closely with teams across MASS. We offer a hybrid arrangement, with three days on-site and two days working from home each week. How you'll support us You'll help MASS secure new opportunities, build effective partnerships and deliver projects successfully, protecting our commercial interests along the way. The invaluable experience you'll bring, to help us achieve more

Do you enjoy negotiating agreements, building strong business relationships and helping turn new opportunities into successful outcomes? At MASS, you'll be part of a team supporting a specialist technology business, where good commercial decisions play an important part in winning work and delivering projects for highly secure customers., You'll bring sound commercial judgement, strong negotiation skills and the ability to build effective relationships across the business. You'll be comfortable working with different stakeholders, balancing commercial priorities and finding practical solutions to contractual challenges.

Essential experience

• Experience in a commercial or contract management role.
• Proven experience negotiating, managing and amending commercial contracts.
• Experience building and maintaining effective business relationships.
• An understanding of business finance, including profit and loss, margins, mark-up, escalation and foreign exchange.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and persuade others.
• The ability to work independently when required, manage competing priorities and promote good commercial practice.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Desirable experience

• A degree or equivalent qualification, ideally in Law or a business-related subject.
• An understanding of export control and compliance, including UK export control requirements and ITAR.

What else we're looking for

We're looking for someone with a positive, proactive approach who is keen to develop their knowledge, share ideas and contribute to the wider Commercial team.

Our non-negotiables

• A UK National and eligible to work in the UK.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance as a minimum.

MASS is an independent, global technology company, trusted by highly secure organisations to provide advanced, digital services that manage data and keep information safe. With our heritage in defence, we offer robust solutions to sectors where security expertise is essential. We work in partnership with customers, using skilled, technical experts. We think innovatively to provide tailored, agile and resilient solutions that secure advantage, so you're ready for digital transformation. Wellbeing is at the core of our culture, allowing employees to flourish and achieve their full potential. Our people are important to us, and we take pride in our wellbeing programmes and policies that support individuals, including mental health first aiders and readily available support through our extensive employee assistance programme.

MASS is an equal opportunities employer. We know that our people are smart, skilled and motivated and, in return, we provide a friendly workplace where everyone is valued and has the chance to make an impact.

• Senior Commercial Officer - Little Paxton, St Neots (PE19) - Permanent - Full Time
• Salary £30,230 - £43,186 DOE
• 25 days annual leave (inclusive of up to 3 days December shut-down)
• Buy or sell up to 5 days' annual leave
• Two pension schemes to choose from
• Private Medical & Dental Insurance
• discounts for additional family members
• Life Assurance scheme up to 4 x salary
• Multiple Save schemes
• Electric/Hybrid Car leasing scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Retail discounts
• Continuous Professional Development support
• Annual Wellness Allowance