Supervisory Logistics Management Specialist

Veterans Health Administration • Danville, IL

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About The Position

The Supervisory Logistics Management Specialist serves as the senior supply chain management officer for a VA Health Care System (VA HCS) and its supported catchment area. The role develops and integrates a cohesive, forward-looking supply chain to ensure the logistical requirements of the VA HCS and supported area are met. It oversees and coordinates supply chain operations across fiscal, acquisition, clinical, and administrative functions, and manages logistics planning, sourcing, procurement, inventory, transportation, distribution, and warehouse activities.

The position links business functions and processes within and across organizations, collaborating with stakeholders including clinicians, administrative and professional peers, suppliers, service providers, and customers. It identifies resource requirements and coordinates logistical support with program plans and schedules. It also plans, forecasts, and executes budgets for supplies, equipment, warehouse operations, transportation, and distribution. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the normal line of progression for the occupation.
• Experience as a senior supply chain management leader or supervisor responsible for ensuring an organization's logistical requirements are met.
• Experience planning, coordinating, and evaluating operations to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of a logistics program.
• Knowledge and skills in acquisition management, purchasing, transportation, distribution, inventory management and control, expendable and non-expendable equipment, and warehouse operations.
• Experience with budget formulation and expenditure forecasting.
• Experience managing a group with a variety of occupations and subordinate supervisors.
• Current Federal employees and certain former Federal employees applying for a GS-13 position must meet the 52-week GS-12 time-in-grade requirement.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must be registered with Selective Service.
• Must complete the application, questionnaire, and required online assessment.
• Must undergo a background/security investigation and complete online onboarding requirements.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for VA Health Care Personnel.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• Education cannot substitute for experience at this grade level.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, guide, manage, and integrate supply chain operations across the organization, coordinating with fiscal, acquisition, clinical, and administrative operations.
• Establish, monitor, and manage logistics performance and measurement across the VA HCS supply chain, including requirements determination, acquisition planning and oversight, purchasing, transportation, distribution, tracking, inventory management and control, undelivered-order reconciliation, and disposition of supplies and equipment.
• Conduct logistics audits, compliance reviews, and program effectiveness and efficiency reviews to ensure satisfactory service and compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, directives, and procedures.
• Plan and manage supply chain activities involving sourcing, procurement, and logistics management.
• Coordinate and collaborate with clinicians, professional and administrative peers, suppliers, intermediaries, third-party service providers, and customers.
• Oversee, negotiate, and integrate business functions and processes within and across organizations, including logistics coordination with VA HCS operations, finance, and information technology.
• Identify resource requirements for money, manpower, materials, facilities, and services, and align them with program plans to ensure support is provided at the right time and place.
• Use knowledge of agency program planning, funding, and management information systems to provide logistical support and coordinate and evaluate functional specialists' efforts; identify requirements and develop or adjust plans and schedules.
• Plan, forecast, and execute budgets for supplies, subsistence, durable medical equipment, medical gases, expendable and non-expendable supplies and capital equipment, inventory management, warehouse operations, transportation, and distribution.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; the specific benefits offered depend on position eligibility and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• VA may offer newly appointed Federal employees credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service toward the annual-leave accrual rate; credit must be requested and approved before appointment and is not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed