The Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) is recruiting for a Inventory Management Specialist (NX) position. The Inventory Management Specialist (NX) position will function within Supply Chain Management. The primary role of the Inventory Management Specialist (NX) is a Property Manager in the Material Management Division of the Logistics Service in the VA Health Care System responsible for the inventory and lifecycle management of all non-expendable (NX) equipment in the assigned area.

Duties

The Inventory Management Specialist (NX) duties include, but are not limited to: Ensures equipment accountability and appropriately managed, assigned and monitored. Schedules and conducts physical inventories. Maintains accountable property and receipt documents. Develops and supports the creation of acquisition strategies and standardization initiatives to acquire and purchase durable medical equipment. Analyzes data impacting procurement decisions. Conducts market research on product pricing and performance. Researches and conducts analysis of potential cost savings, efficiencies and process improvements using quantitative analysis and historical usage patterns. Utilizes performance measures to conduct forecasting and quantitative analysis. Identifies and rectifies asset management issues. Conducts short, mid and long-term advanced planning for non-expendable assets. Utilizes inventory principles, standard, and non-standard methodologies, and concepts to determine need to intervene in the supply system. Analyzes and advises on equipment purchase recommendations. Initiates and reviews reports for lost, damaged, or stolen property. Researches alternative sources for equipment procurement. Disposes of surplus or excess property. Coordinates final disposition of non-expendable assets. Participates in facility strategic planning. Advises and informs stakeholders concerning the management, control and accountability of equipment in use. Trains and assists on equipment acquisition, disposal, scanning and tracking of equipment. Assists customers in the creation of performance work statements for equipment procurements. Maintains equipment inventory lists. Ensures accuracy of all personal property records and property documents. Manages and controls all inventory transactions for non-expendable medical equipment requests and transactions. Maintains inventory management and control of non-expendable assets. Utilizes automated property management systems to manage facility property accountability program, create equipment records, research discrepancies, conduct inventories, bar code equipment and manage turned in excess property. Researches and develops solutions to complex problems. Traces sequences of inventory management transactions to resolve questions. Recommends actions to eliminate problems involved in delivering services to inventory customers or in implementing policies. Manages the property management program and determines the means and methods to resolve issues and improve operations. Formulates improved inventory management procedures and practices Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: 0630 to 1500. Monday -Friday Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Inventory Management Specialist/PD99824 and PD99577-S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/12/2024. 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. For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05, for a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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: Inventory Management Specialist (NX) GS07 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: Qualifying specialized experience includes: conducting research and maintaining perpetual inventory accounts for non-expendable equipment in a data base system; determining required sources of equipment, purchase card program and simplified acquisition procedures; using bar code scanning equipment and appropriate tagging equipment to implement property accounting systems; researching and analyzing information to resolve questions and issues, and improve operations; and advising on the management, control, and accountability of equipment in use. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed 1 full year of graduate level education that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond a bachelors degree Inventory Management Specialist (NX) GS09 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: maintaining inventory control records in an automated system; managing a property management program and determining the means and methods to resolve issues and improve operations; determining required sources of equipment, purchase card program and simplified acquisition procedures; researching and analyzing information to include tracing sequences of inventory management transactions; and advising on the management, control and accountability of equipment in use. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. of J.D. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond in excess of the first year (18 semester hours) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Contracting and Procurement Planning and Evaluating Technical Competence Communication Technology Application Problem Solving 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: Involves a mix of working in an office environment to working in a warehouse to assist in processing new equipment receipts and entering into the EIL. A great amount of time walking and climbing stairs is required to conduct on-site inventories of EIL equipment. Lifting of up to 40 pounds is required when receiving new equipment at the facility and preparing for the sale of excess property. Work conditions are often indoors, but could occasionally be dirty, hot, humid or unusually cold when involved in property inventories, disposal of equipment, transferring of equipment between serviced locations and recycling centers. Work is performed generally in an office setting with access to a personal computer and computerized and manual equipment records. Frequent trips to areas throughout the VA HCS and catchment areas, including Veterans' rooms to conduct equipment inventories and assist with problems are required. Work is also routinely performed in warehouse areas where pertinent safety and security procedures must be followed. May be directed to travel to all VA HCS and catchment area locations to perform equipment management duties, transferring of equipment and disposal/recycling of equipment. 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

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Dayton VA Medical Center 4100 West Third Street Dayton, OH 45428 US
• Name: Jonathan Shirey
• Email: [email protected]