Serves as a Supervisory Inventory Management Specialist for expendable (EX) assets/material in a VA Health Care System (VA HCS). Supervises multiple supply series of consumable medical supply/inventory. Recognized as the Commodity Management Division's subject matter expert and serves as advisor and consultant. Occupies a major position on the Facility Logistics Service staff and is critical to the operations of the medical center and supported catchment area.

Duties

Duties include, but are not limited to: Develops strategies for implementing expendable automated replacement systems, supply technologies and/or business practices. Plans and reviews all supply/inventory processes, functions and related systems. Conducts short, mid and long-term advanced planning for expendable items and durable medical equipment. Develops and supports the creation of acquisition strategies and standardization initiatives to acquire and purchase durable medical equipment. Plans and directs a consumable management program. Develops position descriptions and performance standards and conducts performance reviews. Directs and oversees the inventory management, and control and distribution of expendable inventory program. Writes, develops, interprets and implements policies and procedures. Ensures subordinates independently manages inventory, sets initial stock and par levels and reorders points and resolves issues. Oversees and supervises a variety of employees and sections. Coordinates evaluating the impact of anticipated new technologies on supply processes and customer services. Monitors and manages multiple inventory fund control points. Conducts market research on product pricing and performance. Ensures best practices, principles and tools, concepts and methodologies to determine and evaluate supply system performance. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: 0730-1600, Monday-Friday Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Inventory Management Specialist/PD99808S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not authorized. 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, 09/04/2024. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: overseeing the inventory management, control and distribution of expendable inventory, ensures maximum effectiveness in the management of inventories, establishes procedures and oversees and reviews physical inventories and supply reconciliation, establishing reporting techniques to foresee any potential problems in Supply control, resolving any problem areas identified by the use of data and interpretation of such factors as value of items, volume purchase advantages, market conditions, storage facilities, holding characteristics, administrative costs, seasonal variations, cost of transportation, susceptibility of change and fluctuations, source of supply, and method of procurement, analyzing studies, developing, and directing systems in connection with the EX requirements in the medical center's annual budget development and strategic planning. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Planning and Evaluating Leadership Technology Application Communication Reasoning 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: Work is primarily sedentary in nature. Requires occasional travel to conduct inspections of contract facilities or motor vehicles providing contracts for healthcare resources to ensure joint commission and safety requirements are met. 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: Derek Fultz
• Email: [email protected]