Total 4 Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory job vacancies in Clarksville, Tennessee

This is a bargaining unit position.

Applicants will be considered and referred as follows:

• 1st Area of Consideration: Nashville VAMC Employees
• 2nd Area of Consideration: Permanent VA Employees
• 3rd Area of Consideration: Other Federal Agency Employees
• 4th Area of Consideration: Non-Comp Eligibles (Veterans Preference will be applied.)

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

This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-7. At the GS-5 grade level, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-7. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher-level work, and availability of funds.

• Perform technical level purchasing support adhering to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Veteran Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR) ,Veteran Health Administration (VHA), and Prosthetics directives and handbooks, Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) policy and station memorandums to acquire Veteran specific medical equipment, supplies and services based on a medical provider's clinical assessment and evaluation of the Veteran's medical condition.
• Submits Acquisition Plans and Procurement Packages for stock and veteran specific needs to the Network Contracting Office and uploads quotes, bids, invoices, consults, and other important documents to Electronic Contract Management System (eCMS).
• Verifies Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) and Bradstreet information and ensures each vendor is in System for Award Management (SAM) and in good standing with the government to do business with.
• Verifies accountability of all prosthetics expenditures in both the purchase menu and the prosthetics program and associate all obligations to the individual veteran.
• Ensure the services provides are documented not only as the type of service, but the duration.
• Complex purchasing: requires irregular research, analysis, collaboration and many other steps to ensure both best value and the most appropriate devices are purchased for the Veterans.
• Routine purchasing: includes routine purchase orders on established contracts or through established vendor resources using regular significant research, analysis or collaboration.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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

Inventory Management and Control: Responsible for the management and control of an assigned class of expendable material; serves as the point of contact for the coordination of material support and resolution of logistic problems; conducts forecasting and quantitative analysis; conducts spot checks; and complies with special requirements for firearms, ammunition and sensitive equipment
Returns, Recalls, and Reutilization:

Implements federal and agency programs for the return and reutilization of medical supplies; coordinates disposal of surplus or excess supplies; makes emergent procurement decisions; and participates in root cause analysis process
Performs other related duties as assigned.

NOTE: This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed above represent the full performance level of GS-9. At the GS-07 grade level, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-9.

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: 0700 -1530
Position Description: Inventory Management Specialist/99823-S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Duties include, but not be limited to the following:

• Distributing the balance of workload among employees in accordance with established workflow responsibilities, day-to-day modifying workload to staffing levels, to assure timely completion of workload, assure each employee has enough work to keep busy and balanced workload.
• Keeps in touch with the status and progress of work. Reviews Delayed Order Report (DOR) daily. Make day-to-day adjustments to ensure orders are prioritized and acted upon within acceptable parameters set by VACO. Promptly apprises supervisor of problems and backlogs of consults.
• Provides estimates and reports on expected time of completion of work, maintains records of daily DOR.
• Instructs employees on specific tasks and job techniques. Provides written instructions, on-line references and materials, and supplies.
• Provide on the job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and processes. Documents employee orientation, training and competencies.
• Maintains a thorough and current knowledge of all applications, VHA directives, policies, procedures, etc. Obtains information or decisions from supervisor on problems that occur.
• Checks purchasing agent's work in progress and reviews completed work to see if work is compliant with service line expectations.
• Amends or rejects work not meeting established standards, reports reoccurring failures to complete work per policy to supervisor. Refers to supervisor any questions or matters not covered by standard operating procedures and problems meeting performance standards.
• Approve annual and sick leave for purchasing staff.
• Informs supervisor of any needs regarding facility management such as seating, ventilation, lighting, safety, etc.
• Inform employees of available services and employee activities.
• Reports to supervisor on the employee performance and progress, training needs and behavioral problems.
• Provides information to supervisor as requested concerning promotions, reassignments, recognition of outstanding performance and personnel needs.
• Will advise, counsel and/or instruct subordinates on work and administrative matters pertaining to day-to-day operations of the administrative section of the Service.
• Takes disciplinary action as necessary or recommends it to next level supervisor, Service Chief of Assistant Service Chief.
• Checks on progress of work requiring review, reviews completed work to assure supervisors instructions are met.
• Adjusts staffing levels or work procedures within their organizational unit to accommodate resources allocations made at higher levels.
• Oversee the development of technical data, estimates, statistics, suggestions and other information useful to higher level managers in determining which goals and objectives to emphasize.
• Assigns work to subordinates based on the capabilities of the employee, the priorities assigned to the task, and the availability of the staff to accomplish the work.
• Will evaluate the work performance of subordinates to insure they are completing their work according to the current established policies, directives, regulations, and performance measures.