Job opening: PURCHASING AGENT
Salary: $58 142 - 75 582 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Aug 22 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
You will serve as a PURCHASING AGENT in the PRODUCTION DIVISION, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT BRANCH of NAVFAC ENGINEERING CMD MID-ATLANTIC.
Duties
You will requisition and make purchases of supplies, material, equipment, and services in compliance with all applicable supply and service acquisition procedures, policies, and regulations.
You will track and maintain up-to-date status of all requisitions and purchases.
You will maintain suspense files on purchases and requisitions submitted until all actions are complete.
You will use automated operating system (Single Platform MAXIMO) sufficient to enter, extract, correct data, retrieve recurring reports and structure and retrieve specialized reports.
You will monitor the use of cards and recommends appropriate action when abuse has occurred, including card suspension or termination of bankcard privileges.
You will review quotes for errors, omissions, and points which could potentially be misinterpreted by bidders and suggest revisions or additions.
Requirements
- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
- Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
- New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
- Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
- Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
- You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
- You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card to make official government purchases for goods and services.
- This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver's license.
- You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
- This is a bargaining unit position.
Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Serving as a buyer and point of contact for a variety of difficult procurement transactions utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP); 2) Possessing basic computer skills, using Excel with pre-populated formulas, using Outlook, and how to use search features on multiple website; 3) Communicating with vendors via telephone and email; 4) Reconciling bank statements an purchase files; 5) Inputting Purchase Orders and 889 information into information systems; and 6) Administering the purchasing portion of operations of the Government Purchase Card (GPC) Program.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address NAVFAC ENGINEERING CMD MID-ATLANTIC
9324 Virginia Ave
Norfolk, VA 23511
US
- Name: Department of Navy EIC
- Email: [email protected]
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