Job opening: PURCHASING AGENT
Salary: $55 383 - 71 999 per year
Published at: Apr 17 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
You will serve as a PURCHASING AGENT in the Budget and Accounting Division of the CENTER FOR SERVICE SUPPORT.
Duties
You will advise requestors of available supplies or services, sources, and prices to reduce cost expenditures and expedite orders.
You will approve purchases using a commercial purchase card to secure equipment, supplies, and services.
You will resolve problems and billing discrepancies by working with vendors.
You will use the Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) system to certify purchasing invoices for payment.
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
- 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 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 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 complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-06 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) Interpreting supply regulations, policies, procedures, and instructions to respond to customer inquiries; 2) Reviewing supply requisitions and supporting documents to determine priority, status, changes, and to expedite delivery of urgently required items; 3) Utilizing automated supply databases to enter data, correct information and produce/retrieve reports; and 4) Utilizing an electronic contract invoice system to review and track invoices.
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
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1100/purchasing-series-1105/
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards
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 CENTER FOR SERVICE SUPPORT
1183 Cushing Rd
Newport, RI 02841-1522
US
- Name: Department of Navy EIC
- Email: [email protected]
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