Total 48 Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory job vacancies in Beale AFB, California

• Maintaining adequate stock of resale items.
• Identifying any obvious spoilage, damage, and out-of-date merchandise.
• Receiving supplies, equipment and resale items.
• Operating a computer system that calculates and marks prices, and determines weights of merchandise.
• Transporting items to shelving and display areas.

• Duties and Qualifications
• How to Apply (including a preview of the assessment questionnaire, if applicable)
• How You Will be Evaluated

The primary purpose of this position is to acquire a wide range of standard equipment, supplies, or services typically described
through open market procedures or through orders against established contracts using simplified acquisition procedures. Reviews
purchase requests from activities in terms of compliance with administrative requirements and adequacy of information, including item description, minimum allowable purchase quantity, availability of funds and estimated cost. Coordinates with requesting office to obtain or provide additional information and identifies when separate requests may be consolidated. Determines procurement source; local, Air Force Nonappropriated Fund Purchasing Office (AFNAFPO) or the Servicing Contracting Office (SCO). Develops source list of responsible suppliers from established lists, history files, catalogs, newspapers, etc. Determines procurement method based on such factors as procurement history, urgency of need, estimated cost, and applicable directives. Prepares requests for quotation to obtain quotes for small purchases and contracts. Verifies and abstracts information from vendors for orders or contracts. Reviews offers for compliance. Negotiates with vendors on a variety of issues, such as price breaks, accelerated delivery, reduction of service charges, etc. Prepares documentation for award. Issues purchase/delivery orders, Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) (priced and unpriced), Individual Service Contracts, Concessionaire Contracts, and other contracts and agreements within limits of contracting
officer's warrant. Responsible for post award administration. Administers contracts, orders, agreements, and modifications, including
follow-up. Gathers, monitors, and maintains data, related to purchasing, prepares reports and responds to inquiries. Uses automated
systems to input purchase requests, issue orders, request for quotations (RFQ), and other purchasing associated information.

If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12613731

• Provides tailored customer support, maintains customer data, and responds to customer inquiries.
• Reviews backorder status reports on a daily basis and takes appropriate action to escalate backorders no meeting customer requirements.
• Receives and processes order cancellations, provides status updates and modifications, and conducts follow-up on customer receipt.
• Investigates, coordinates and releases Sales Orders that inhibit flow through automated systems.
• Applies DLA expedite policy and other standard operating procedures to request expedite actions within supply chains and/or emergency issuance from controlled stock.
• Recommends use of alternative sources of supply when faced with long lead times and identifies potential sources of supply for emergency requirements for which there is an order.
• Reviews performance metrics and takes action to improve processes when performance falls below goal.
• Provides input to higher graded CSSs regarding cause analysis findings in areas requiring performance improvement.
• Prepares briefing materials including background information, recommendations, statistical data, charts and graphs.
• Writes detailed reports concerning the status of their assignments and issues/problems identified in the course of performing the work.
• Coordinates with key storage and distribution personnel to resolve discrepancies and routine problems.

• Assisting customers by answering questions such as item price or location, and handling bulky/heavy items.
• Operating an electronic checkout system to record unit price, total customer purchase, and make change.
• Performing a variety of duties in handling, preparing and maintaining stock levels of grocery and produce items.
• Reviewing stock levels and gathering inventory data in order to maintain the Computer Assisted Ordering (CAO) system.
• Preparing and maintaining a variety of documents to order commissary items, reconcile invoices and submit requisitions.
• Maintaining security, safety, and sanitation practices and procedures.

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Purchasing Support- Purchases various equipment, supplies, and services through the use of the government purchase card for micro purchases; reviews and edits purchase requests to ensure the item or service is adequately described based on the requester's need; ensures all information has been provided and the request is consistent with legal requirements; obtains necessary product information, price information and procedures for written or verbal purchase orders.
• Procurement Support- Examines incoming requests for completeness including presence of purchase request number, accounting codes, item description estimated cost, and quantity; ensures all critical information is included in the solicitation package; prepares and issue contract modifications for changes in delivery schedule and sends formal correspondence to a variety of customers such as inventory management specialists; utilizes various web-based applications to identify required sources of supply.
• Administrative Support- Provides clerical support and coordination to approving officials and administrators. Performs a variety of receptionist, timekeeping, record keeping and miscellaneous duties in medical facility; uses departmental software to produce printouts for logistic and medical staff; establishes office files and record systems; utilizes a variety of automated systems to enter, update, revise, sort, and calculate data; monitors purchase requests; process receipts; and monitor active and delinquent invoices; develops reports and spreadsheets, obtains, organizes, files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Serve as project lead/manager, conducting organizational and process related studies and analysis of organizations, functions, and work processes to improve mission effectiveness, resource allocation and efficiency, functions, and work processes to improve mission effectiveness, and resource allocation.
• Plan, organize, and oversee the activities of the organization, ensuring that logistics management related operations comply
  with legal and regulatory requirements and meet customer needs.
• Participate in special logistics related operation projects and initiatives and perform special assignments.
• Represent the organization with a variety of installation and functional area organizations.
• Serve as focal point in the support of supply and logistics systems processes and procedures, organize and provide specialized functional supply expertise towards the activities of the organization.

• Leads a team that is the single point of contact for all acquisitions in support of SDDC, providing guidance and recommendations to the Command Leadership, Subordinate Commands, Army Service Component Command, team members, and Contracting Agencies.
• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets priorities, and ensures performance is timely, efficient, and of acceptable quality.
• Establishes and maintains collaborative environment with requirement owners to develop acquisition strategies, provide support on requirement package generation and management of acquisitions.
• Creates a positive and welcoming culture where empowerment and creativity thrive.
• Fosters the development of others by providing guidance, sharing expertise, and perspective to build future leaders and maximize employees' full potential
• Evaluates the effectiveness of operations supervised in terms of mission accomplishment, quality and quantity standards, procedural, policy, and regulatory compliance
• Provides technical advice on contractual matters based on in-depth knowledge of acquisition regulations and policies
• Directs and coordinates plans for development and refinement of new and diverse acquisition management strategies to accomplish short-, mid-, and long-term organizational goals and objectives

• Maintaining adequate stock of resale items.
• Identifying any obvious spoilage, damage, and out-of-date merchandise.
• Receiving supplies, equipment and resale items.
• Operating a computer system that calculates and marks prices, and determines weights of merchandise.
• Transporting items to shelving and display areas.

• Duties and Qualifications
• How to Apply (including a preview of the assessment questionnaire, if applicable)
• How You Will be Evaluated

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Lifecycle Management: responsible for the lifecycle management of non-expendable assets; develops multi-year equipment/NX plans; utilizes advanced automated non-expendable planning tools; participates in strategic planning, quality management of the equipment program, equipment replacement planning on a progressive basis, integrated with management budgetary plans and consistent with life expectancy of equipment; utilizes performance improvement methodologies to improve the overall management of NX assets; and conducts analysis and uses intensive knowledge of NX assets to make recommendations about standardization opportunities;
• Supply Management: responsible for the management and control of NX equipment and the inventory management of all NX assets; provides full logistics and supply chain support of pre-planning, preparation and equipment purchases; implements and monitors automated NX inventory management systems; and analyzes, studies, develops, and directs systems in connection with the NX requirements;
• Supervision: supervises employees from separate but interrelated units; makes recommendations for promotions, reassignments and awards; develops position descriptions and performance standards; conducts semi-annual and annual performance reviews; assists subordinate staff with performance issues; schedules and grants leave; monitors overtime usage; resolves informal complaints and grievances; develops the ability of subordinate staff; develops individual development plans for professional growth and development; coordinates and integrates various technical units to ensure compliance; conducts on the job training and in service training; and assesses training and educational needs and implements training programs;
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Performs various duties in connection with loading, unloading, verifying of merchandise, in an Exchange store, storeroom and/or location. Loads and unloads merchandise; examines for damage or shortages. Verifies type and quantity of merchandise received for agreement with documentation provided; brings to attention of supervisor discrepancies and/or deficiencies found. Assists in assembly and loading of merchandise in connection with requests received. Unpacks, segregates and stocks counters and/or shelves with merchandise in accordance with established Planogram (POG) instructions. May be required to use RF devices in support of Planogram (POG) and shelf label execution at the store level. May price stamp merchandise. Assists in the conduct of periodic inventories by counting stock items remaining on shelves, and in keeping storage and sales area clean and orderly.

Picks up empty boxes/containers from work areas using hand cart. Moves to assigned area for disposal. Operates a compactor machine to crush empty boxes. Removes crushed boxes from machine and ties up for pickup by authorized vendor.

May be required to perform such other duties as operating price tag machine, unloading boxes and packages, and pulling merchandise from stock or stock shelves. As required, assists customers in locating merchandise and answering questions of a general nature. May operate a cash register on an occasional basis.  May perform light custodial duties/ general housekeeping duties such as cleaning or dusting fixtures.

Provides World Class Customer Service with an emphasis on courtesy. Assists customers and communicates positively in a friendly manner.  Takes action to solve problems quickly.  Alerts the higher-level supervisor, or proper point of contact for help when problems arise.  Adheres to safety regulations and standards.  Promptly reports any observed workplace hazards, and any injury, occupational illness, and/or property damage resulting from workplace mishaps to the immediate supervisor.  Adheres to established standards of actively supporting the principles of the EEO program and prevention of sexual harassment.

Performs other related duties as required.

• Maintaining adequate stock of resale items.
• Identifying any obvious spoilage, damage, and out-of-date merchandise.
• Receiving supplies, equipment and resale items.
• Operating a computer system that calculates and marks prices, and determines weights of merchandise.
• Transporting items to shelving and display areas.

• Duties and Qualifications
• How to Apply (including a preview of the assessment questionnaire, if applicable)
• How You Will be Evaluated

• Maintaining adequate stock of resale items.
• Identifying any obvious spoilage, damage, and out-of-date merchandise.
• Receiving supplies, equipment, and resale items.
• Operating a computer system that calculates and marks prices and determines weights of merchandise.
• Transporting items to shelving and display areas.

• Operate an electronic checkout system, makes change, and verifies change fund and amount of currency received during an assigned shift.
• Manage change machines ensuring proper amounts of cash and coins are available.
• Assist customers by answering questions concerning prices, identification, and location of items.
• Count cash and negotiable instruments and to prepare an accountability report.
• Manage the self-check-out registers assisting customers in the correct processing of their purchases.
• Change register tape, and clear routine equipment and scanning jams on registers.

• Duties and Qualifications
• How to Apply (including a preview of the assessment questionnaire, if applicable)
• How You Will be Evaluated

• Operating an electronic checkout system, making change, and verifying the change fund and amount of currency received during an assigned shift.
• Managing change machines and ensuring proper amounts of cash and coins are available.
• Assisting customers by answering questions concerning prices, identification, and location of items.
• Counting cash and negotiable instruments to prepare an accountability report.
• Managing the self-checkout registers assisting customers in the correct processing of their purchases.
• Changing register tape, and clearing routine equipment and scanning jams on registers.

The Lead Purchasing Agent is responsible for issuing, reviewing and or procuring prescribed items to Veterans in compliance with VHA guidelines and directives. As a purchase card holder, fulfills acquisition requests under the federal micro-purchase threshold, ensuring purchases are procured in accordance with federal and VA regulations, policy and procedures with responsibility for work leading to the purchase of a wide variety of complex and highly specialized services, supplies, equipment, and systems.
Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Lead Duties - Leads three or more Purchasing Agents performing work at or below the GS-6 level; serves as first respondent to any staff concerns related to procurement or purchase orders and is expected to work independently to resolve those issues, only escalating unresolvable issues; distributes and balances the workload among employees; assures timely accomplishment of assignments; and reviews completed work for compliance; instructs Purchasing Agents in specific tasks and job techniques; and, identifies training needs and provides on the job training to new Purchasing Agents.
• Purchasing and Procurement Support - Conducts purchasing for the VA HCS and supported catchment area under the micro purchase threshold; purchases various equipment, supplies, and services using the government purchase card for micro purchases; utilizes different ordering, reporting procedures, and purchasing methods depending on the type quantity, dollar value, and urgency of the requirement; provides administration and oversight on orders and services; advises approving officials and purchase card holders on purchase card program, procurement procedures and responsibilities.
• Administrative Support - Serves as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers in regard to procured items; provides clerical support and coordination to approving officials and administrators; utilizes a variety of automated systems to enter, update, revise, sort, and calculate data; develops reports and spreadsheets, obtains, organizes, files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.