This position serves as the Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) within a medical facility, responsible for the development and integration of a supply chain that ensures the logistical requirement of the VA Health Care Systems and supported catchment areas are met.

Duties

The duties of this position include but are not limited to the following: Oversees, guides, manages and integrates supply chain operations. Integrates and aligns acquisition, delivery and management of supplies, equipment and services to ensure the successful delivery of patient care. Establishes policy and ensures best practices are implemented as appropriate. Directs all supply management, material management, production control activities. Ensure efficient allocation of resources for assets through the entire lifecycle (which includes planning, requirement determination, procurement, maintenance/upgrade, management/ utilization and disposal). Analyzes the supply chain developing actions as a result of analysis results, metrics, quality assurance/compliance, operating practices, and reporting. Develops and executes remediation actions of deficiencies. Develops a formalized communication and education plan to consolidate/standardize common use products. Performs broad and comprehensive formal studies of benefits, impacts, characteristics and problems. Conducts strategic planning and quality management of the equipment and leasing programs. Plans and coordinates with fiscal, acquisition, clinical and administrative operations in the managing and integrating of supply chain operations. Plans, develops and adapts the supply chain management procedures as needed to coordinate the management and control of all expendable (EX) and non-expendable (NX) inventory. Determines, formulates, and recommends operating policies relative to the management of material. Oversees the planning and coordination of periodic inspections, inventories and change of hand receipt accounts. Evaluates the overall effectiveness of the logistics activities and operations. Provide support, technical guidance and assistance to all organizational logistics personnel. Conducts cost-benefit analysis for procurements through the total supply chain. Oversees inventory management and accountability for all material and commodities. Manages the performance and measurement of logistics support functions including expendable (EX) and non-expendable (NX) inventory management activities, acquisition program support, warehouse, and in some cases transportation, and mailroom/reproduction support. Responsible for the formal accounting of special and/or sensitive items. Advises the Medical Center Director of equipment on hand and equipment readiness issues which have a direct impact on patient care. Develops strategies to assist supported activities and the acquisition staff with Advanced Procurement Planning (APP). Collaborates with leadership to ensure integrated and seamless logistics and acquisition support to customers. Leads the development of long range plans and consolidated requirements into acquisition strategies for services, supplies and equipment. Oversees pre-award and post-award contract administration. Analyzes requirements, develops forecasts, directs re-allocation and provides guidance for the execution of funds. Utilizes financial information to match projected expenditure rates with acquisition lead times and anticipated workloads. Manages multi-million dollar budgets for staff training, expendable supplies, equipment (both capital and non-capital), assigned staff salaries, special projects, durable medical supplies and equipment. Accounts for funds used to requisition NX and EX property. Performs emergency management functions, when needed, organizing and facilitating acquisition of resources and distribution of supplies, equipment and services. Plans, organizes and assigns work to subordinates engaged in logistics and property management through subordinate supervisors. Develops short- and long-range plans, milestones, and policy for the accomplishment of assigned functions. Participates on or leads various national workgroups that are established to improve and re engineer logistics operations, systems and policies. Ensure all subordinates supervisors and staff keep compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, directives and procedures. Informs and educates individuals/groups to enable them to better understand and utilize the services provided. Provides advice and counsel to employees and subordinate supervisors relative to work and administrative matters. Prepares requests for filling vacancies to meet workload requirements. Executes administration and personnel management responsibilities. Ensures equity in performance standards that are developed by subordinate supervisors. Work Schedule: 7:30am-4:00pm. Monday-Friday Telework: Not eligible Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Logistics Management Officer ( Supervisory )/PD004900 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/25/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. (This is separate from your experience and is mandated by statutory and regulatory requirements.) For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. SF-50's that show your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You must qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: serving as a senior supply chain management leader/supervisor, responsible for ensuring the logistical requirements of an organization are met; planning/coordinating and evaluating various operations to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of a logistics program. Areas of knowledge and skill should include acquisition management, purchasing, transportation, distribution, inventory management and control, expendable and non-expendable equipment, and warehouse operations; experience with budget formulation and forecasting of expenditures. At this level, candidates should possess experience in managing a group with a variety of occupations and subordinate supervisors. NOTE: Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Acquisition StrategyAdministration and ManagementFinancial ManagementLeadershipManages Human ResourcesPlanning and EvaluatingProblem SolvingTechnical Competence 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; religions; 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: Work is primarily sedentary in a normal office environment with light lifting, movement and standing requirements involving every day risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions. The individual is expected to visit other departments/services , attend meetings and visits to warehouse and storage areas, loading docks and other facilities which requires some walking. This position is in the Competitive Service. Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment. This position is not a Bargaining Unit position. This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Northampton VA Medical Center 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053 US
• Name: Karen Terebesi
• Phone: (203) 951-9651
• Email: [email protected]