Serves as the Commissary Management Specialist (Merchandising) to the category manager and other team members and identifies opportunities that deliver category growth through insight-based recommendations to ensure patron savings. The position requires high energy, assertive leadership skills, and aptitude to resolve complex problems, understand market dynamics, and employ strong decision-making skills. Read the entire announcement before starting the application process.

Duties

Position responsibilities include: Serve as the category expert consultant by identifying category best practices. Initiate and synchronize brand strategies/ priorities with patron strategies for a win-win outcome. Perform analyses of data and processes and perform data gathering and identification of potential data. Use analysis to develop trends, recommend solutions and provide data to Agency management as well as to a variety of government and private organizations. Determine the baseline cost associated with DeCA's overall category performance program.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national.
• Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered with or exempt from Selective Service.
• Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance eligibility based on an appropriate background investigation.
• May be subject to a probationary/trial period.
• May be subject to one year supervisory probationary period.
• Must complete a Conflict of Interest Questionnaire.
• Must sign a Mobility Agreement upon accepting a job offer from HR.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Physical Requirement: Requires frequent lifting, pushing, pulling, carrying, and handling of products weighing up to 40 pounds unassisted; occasionally more than 40 pounds with assistance. May involve prolonged standing, stooping, and bending.
• Must complete the certification program for Category Management Professionals within 18 months of appointment of this position, and must be maintain throughout appointment.

Qualifications

You must meet qualifications and requirements by the announcement closing date. Your resume must clearly show that you meet the qualifications (i.e., specialized experience) for the below grade level. At the GS-13 grade level, you can meet minimum qualifications only through having the required specialized experience. Specialized experience is written to the lowest equivalent grade level that meets the minimum experience requirement. What does this mean to applicants? Example: An applicant has one year of specialized experience at the GS-8 grade level and wants to apply for a GS-9. The GS-9 requires specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-7. Since the applicant has specialized experience at a higher grade (i.e., GS-8) than is required (i.e., GS-7), the applicant may apply for the GS-9. Specialized experience is demonstrated knowledge of retail procurement and distribution methods; principles, procedures, and techniques of retail food merchandising and retail food store management, and developments in commercial retail food store items, equipment, and practices. Examples of creditable qualifying specialized experience include: Managing a commissary store, supermarket, or similar type of commercial retail food store. Managing a department in a retail food store. Planning, standardizing, or controlling operations in an assigned group of retail food stores. Developing, interpreting, or applying policies, procedures, and operating standards for use in a retail food store. Providing technical advice on merchandising and operational matters pertaining to grocery, meats, and produce supplies, as well as front-end operations. Working in the retail grocery/supermarket environment (i.e., retailer, manufacturer, supplier, broker, headquarters, region, and field) in support of category management processes, commercial retail food merchandising, and retail food management practices. Providing input to the development and execution of a retail grocery category management and review program to include category, consumer, and sales analysis, market research, identification and use of category and retail best practices. Developing retail grocery category presentations, recommendations for new item introductions, promotional activity, product positioning, and planogram reviews. Supporting a retail grocery category management program through the application of the most recent sales technologies including shelf planning and management, syndicated data, category analyzer, point of sale, and scanning data applications, with emphasis on fact-based selling. Establishing strong, multi-level working relationships with assigned business team members. You will receive credit for all relevant qualifying experience (paid and unpaid), including volunteer work done through National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Qualifications For GS-13: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level. You must also meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements by the announcement close date. Time-in-grade applies to the promotion of current and former federal employees who hold or have held a permanent GS position in either the competitive or excepted service in the previous 52 weeks. Your application package must contain proof you meet this requirement. See Required Documents for more information. For GS-13: You must have 52 weeks of Federal service at or equivalent to GS-12. Time after competitive appointment. Current federal civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since being selected for a non-temporary appointment from a competitive examination register of eligibles (an announcement opened to the public) or under a direct hire authority. As part of the online application process, you will respond to a series of questions designed to evaluate your possession of these competencies: Category Management Communication Merchandising Overtime: Occasional Bargaining Unit Status: Not covered Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt Obligated Position: If obligated, you occupying the position is subject to the former incumbent returning. If the former incumbent does not return to the position, your occupancy may become permanent. Tentative job offers identify if the position you are offered is obligated. Those retired under CSRS or FERS considered: No. DoD criteria not met. Recruitment/Relocation Incentives Offered: None

Education

For this grade level, you must meet the qualification requirement through experience alone. You may not use education to qualify.

Contacts

• Address DECA HQ 1300 Eisenhower Street Fort Gregg-Adams, VA 23801 US
• Name: DECA 1144 Team
• Phone: 614-692-9215
• Email: [email protected]