This position is in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veteran Integrated Service Network (VISN) 6, Richmond VA Medical Center (RICVAMC), Logistics/Supply Chain Management Service. The primary purpose of the position is to ensure that supplies and materials are distributed to all areas serviced by Logistics/Supply Chain Management Service.

Duties

Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates; sets and adjusts short term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work based on priorities. Advises, counsels and instructs employees on work and administrative manners, such as complaints, grievances, etc.. Finds and implements ways to eliminate or reduce significant bottlenecks and barriers to production. Provides guidance and evaluates work involving new, complex or unusual situations and those without clear precedence. Oversees management and distribution of all supplies and material in the medical center through subordinates who maintain stock, monitor expiration dates and rotating stock, ensure critical supplies are monitored, perform daily inventory, resolve differences in records, distribute items, deliver supplies in a timely manner, and complete specialty cart preparation. Oversees the receipt of supplies and material into the medical center. Ensures supplies are unpacked and properly stored in inventory areas. Analyzes and resolves difficult issues and problems in order to plan effectively and render equitable and reliable decisions. Conducts market research on all new products and ensures they are recorded in the automated inventory system. Ensures availability of recurring supply items which are managed and distributed through the computerized inventory management system. Analyzes management reports in order to manage and control the fund control point limitations and identify trends, correct errors, and resolve problems. Works with members of the vendor and/or contract community, managers, supervisors and other staff throughout the medical center on Logistics issues. Communicates with subordinate staff and other administrative and clinical staff to coordinate and persuade logistics activities on the implementation of policy or procedural changes. Supervisory Probationary Period: Applicants selected for this position may be required to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period. Failure to successfully complete the supervisory probationary period will result in the employee being reassigned to a position in the agency of no lower grade and pay than the one the employee left to accept the supervisory or managerial position. Work Schedule: 3:30pm - 12am (midnight), Monday - Friday Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Supply Technician/PD99831A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not 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, 06/21/2024. Driver's License Requirement: Incumbent must possess a current, valid state issued driver's license for this position. (Please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package. You will be required to show your valid driver's license at the time of your interview.) 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. For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05 level. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows 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 may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: planning and coordinating work to be accomplished by subordinates, overseeing the receipt and distribution of supplies and materials for a complex medical center, maintaining stock at inventory locations, monitors expiration dates, ensure supplies are delivered in a timely manner, training new employees and answering questions on local processes and procedures; ensuring proper storage of supplies and materials, resolving problems and providing guidance to others on logistic activities, and making recommendations on improvement of work production and quality of work. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Customer Service (Clerical/Technical)Manages Human ResourcesReasoningTechnical CompetenceTechnology Application 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: The work requires standing and walking during the entire workday, and frequent reaching, bending and lifting of supply packages (occasionally weighing as much as 50 pounds). Work requires pushing loaded carts of medical supplies (weighing in excess of 100+ pounds). With proper assistance, moves heavier items weighing over 40 pounds. 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 Central Virginia VA Health Care System 1201 Broad Rock Boulevard Richmond, VA 23249 US
• Name: Eduardo Crespo
• Phone: 904-761-0911
• Email: [email protected]