Logistics Management Specialist

Veterans Health Administration • Loma Linda, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Supply Chain Management (SCM) Team Member, the Logistics Management Specialist collaborates with senior management leadership and develops supply chain management strategies supporting the VA Health Care System and its supported catchment area. The specialist develops supply chain metrics that identify business objectives and encourage effective planning and execution of approved strategies. The role provides supply chain expertise to improve supply availability, ensuring the right material is available at the right time and place to support the health care system.

The position integrates and resolves high-priority logistics, supply, distribution, information, and service problems; coordinates with customers and local personnel; assesses strategic supply support; and alerts management to systemic problems. It also analyzes logistics and vendor support, studies supply chain practices, recommends improvements, and develops logistics and supply chain training and customer support offerings. The work is primarily sedentary and typically performed in a climate-controlled office. The schedule is full-time, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The position is not virtual, and telework is not available.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Current federal employees and certain former federal employees must meet the GS-11 time-in-grade requirement: 52 weeks at GS-09.
• Qualify through one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-09, or qualifying graduate education, or a qualifying combination of education and experience.
• Specialized experience must include relevant supply chain management work, such as assisting specialists or managers, analyzing product delivery or supply chain processes, or performing data or statistical analysis to identify improvement opportunities.
• Requires some specialized knowledge of logistics support activities such as acquisition management, purchasing, transportation, distribution, inventory management or control, equipment, or warehouse operations.
• Applicants claiming experience must describe duties and responsibilities and hours worked per week.
• Applicants qualifying through education must provide transcripts; qualifying education includes a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a related LL.M. A qualifying combination of education and experience beyond two years of graduate education may also be used.
• Must complete the application, questionnaire, required online assessment, and online onboarding process.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Subject to background and security investigation.
• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program; VA health care personnel selected for the position must also meet the stated COVID-19 vaccination requirement, subject to legally required accommodations.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• Must meet applicable identification requirements for pre-employment processing.
• The position is primarily sedentary; slight physical effort may be required.
• Rated competencies include attention to detail, customer service, decision making, flexibility, integrity and honesty, interpersonal skills, learning, reading comprehension, reasoning, self-management, stress tolerance, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Develop assigned supply chain metrics that identify business objectives and support planning and execution of approved strategies.
• Provide supply chain expertise to improve supply availability and ensure materials reach the right place at the right time.
• Resolve or help resolve high-priority logistics, supply, distribution, information, or service problems through personal action or coordination with local personnel and activities.
• Serve as an integrator or facilitator for supply chain customer contacts and ensure Supply Chain Management Service can address customer needs.
• Conduct logistical assessments of strategic supply support with supported customers and alert management to systemic problems.
• Troubleshoot and resolve supply chain deficiencies that affect the mission.
• Develop designated supply input for fiscal-year and long-range plans and programs, analyzing materials for reasonableness, consistency, and validity of assumptions.
• Analyze the effectiveness of logistics and vendor support services.
• Develop ongoing strategic analyses across supply chain activities and recommend improvements.
• Research private-industry and Department of Veterans Affairs best practices and apply concepts suited to supply chain requirements.
• Develop logistics and supply chain management training opportunities and customer supply chain systems, programs, support offerings, supplies, and services.
• Participate in developing education and training documentation.
• Communicate with customers and personnel about logistics' role in comprehensive support, operational readiness, and sustainability.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employees earn annual leave at a rate based on years of federal service; selected applicants may be eligible for prior-service credit toward annual leave accrual.
• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available to employees and their families, with eligibility depending on position type.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree