Job opening: Purchasing Agent
Salary: $46 696 - 60 703 per year
Published at: Oct 19 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position:
Utilizing a variety of purchase methods, the incumbent will procure a variety of items ranging from common use to hard to get technical items. Incumbent will execute transactions from initiation to recommendation for award for procurement of services, supplies and/or equipment.
PLEASE NOTE: This "is not" a Remote Position.
Duties
Monitor and administer contract actions for overall compliance, financial resource allocations, and satisfactory performance.
Communicate with employees in the same activity but outside the immediate organization.
Provide requester with best sources for individual acquisitions based on experience, market knowledge, and vendor database research.
Collect data to determine price reasonableness, suggest revisions to specifications insure adequacy.
Use various solicitation methods depending on type, quantity, dollar value, or urgency of requirement.
Make selections on whether to use existing contracts or open market procedures when soliciting quotes.
Execute transactions from initiation of recommendation for award, procurement of service, supplies, equipment and other material.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
- You must possess, or be able to obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance.
- This position requires submission of Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, upon entering the position and annually thereafter.
- This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of up to 5% of the time.
- Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
- This is an Army Acquisition Workforces (AAW) position. The employee must meet the DoDI 5000.66 requirements for Contracting Professional Certification within 3 years of entry on duty.
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Qualifications for GS-07:
Specialized Experience: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service which includes: (1) Utilizing techniques related to the purchasing of a wide variety of commercial as well as some technical items; (2) Communicating solicitation and purchasing methods to make purchases under established contracts and standardized specifications; AND (3) Assessing price reasonableness using well-established references.
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Award DocumentationDecision MakingInterpersonal SkillsMarket ResearchSolicitation
Time-in-Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-06).
Contacts
- Address AD-APF-W6QM41 MICC-FT STEWART
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Stewart, GA 31314
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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