Job opening: PURCHASING AGENT
Salary: $54 896 - 71 366 per year
Published at: May 17 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
You will serve as a PURCHASING AGENT in the OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, NAVY INSTALLATIONS COMMAND (CNIC) of COMMANDER, NAVY REGION NORTHWEST.
Duties
You will requisition and makes purchases of supplies, material, equipment and services.
You will review and screen Material Request Forms (MRFs) and Purchase Requests (PRs) for accuracy.
You will track and maintain up-to-date on the status of all requisitions and purchases.
You will resolve all discrepancies with services and material orders.
You will document all purchases in accordance with current regulations and instructions.
You will reconcile and validate monthly credit card statements
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.
- This is a bargaining unit position.
- You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.
- 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.
- 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) Assisting in making specialized purchases in compliance with supply and service acquisition policies, procedures, and regulations; 2) Communicating effectively both orally and in writing with vendors, customers, and other Government offices to negotiate costs and delivery, provide status updates, and resolve issues; 3) Reviewing purchase requests, convert purchase orders, and receipt material/services in the Accountable Property System of Record (Maximo); 4) Preparing and maintaining records, reconciling report/data discrepancies for actions such as material ordering, shipping, tracking, receipt, and invoices. **NOTE** This information must be clearly supported in your resume.
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 COMMANDER, NAVY REGION NORTHWEST
1100 Hunley Road
Silverdale, WA 98315-1103
US
- Name: Department of Navy EIC
- Email: [email protected]
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