Supply Management Specialist

Supply Management Specialist / PD# 26917A

Major duties and responsibilities:

• Oversee and analyze detailed plans, objectives, and metrics for their acquisition projects.
• Plan, implement, monitor, and determine the most appropriate path forward for effective and efficient equipment acquisition, requiring the application of advanced PM/organizational principles and the use of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative techniques.
• Analyze, plan, and coordinate all phases of the acquisition life cycle to include definition, development, design, installation, training, operational support, sustainment, and modernization.
• Contribute to the PEO and the Program Manager's mission by planning, directing, implementing, evaluating, and coordinating all functions and objectives.
• Determine the goals of the project, estimation and scheduling and determining project milestones, to include all aspects of project/program management.
• Manage, direct and coordinate all tasks relating to their specific projects through the different functions in the life cycle phases: plan, source, deliver, maintain, and return.
• Provide good stewardship of available resources, resulting in providing clinicians with the most up-to-date equipment the industry has to offer, while providing the ability to forecast replacement needs.
• Identify cost items that significantly impact the clinical care mission, building methodology and updating it with lessons teamed/industry best practices, implementing PM core competencies, and building a common set of experiences through internal/external training.
• Evaluates management data, analyzes trends, identifies problem areas, and formulates proposals to ensure effective and efficient operations of the ECLM program logistics support.
• Communicate and coordinate with the Program Manager, other related Project Managers, matrix support organizations, the user community and contractor partners in support of the project execution.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Work Schedule: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Monday - Friday
Compressed/Flexible: Not Available
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Remote: This is not a remote position.(Remote refers to work performed on full-time basis anywhere other than a VA facility or using VA-leased space.)
Virtual: This is a virtual position. (Virtual refers to work performed on full-time basis using VA-leased space or at a VA facility other than the facility that hired the employee.)
Position Description/PD#: Supply Management Specialist/PD26917A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized
Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary in nature. There are no special physical requirements. The work is performed primarily in office areas or conference rooms and similar environments. However, it may require some traveling.

This recruitment is for four positions with the VHA Procurement and Logistics Office (PLO) Equipment Life Cycle Management (ELCM) located in Washington D.C or a location to be determined. This is not a remote position.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.

Starting at $103,409 Per Year (GS 13)