Supervisory Supply Management

Veterans Health Administration • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

The Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) is the senior supply chain management officer for a VA Health Care System (VA HCS) with multiple sites of care and a supported catchment area. The position develops and integrates a cohesive, forward-looking supply chain to ensure the VA HCS's logistical requirements are met.

The CSCO integrates acquisitions and procurement, logistics and related support services, expendable and non-expendable supplies and equipment, inventory management, storage and distribution, and total supply support. Depending on the organization, responsibilities may also include transportation, mailroom, and reproduction. The role aligns acquisition, delivery, and management of supplies, equipment, and services with patient-care needs; standardizes processes; establishes performance measures; analyzes results; and directs improvement actions.

The position oversees supply chain operations across the organization, coordinating with fiscal, acquisition, clinical, and administrative functions. It directs logistics program and contract budget projections and execution, and supports financial, business, capital asset, clinical, and administrative operations. As the senior logistics expert, the CSCO provides technical guidance, conducts formal studies and analyses, manages performance measurement, and coordinates acquisition, supply, equipment, and medical-readiness requirements with the HCS, VISN, and VA Central Office.

Through subordinate managers, the CSCO conducts procurement cost-benefit analyses, assesses supply status, and directs equipment maintenance priorities. The position establishes policy and best practices; applies continuous quality improvement methods, including Six Sigma and lean management; implements and monitors logistics systems; and conducts audits, compliance reviews, and program effectiveness reviews. It ensures data integrity, oversees capital asset planning and strategic sourcing, leads standardization and inventory automation initiatives, improves logistics services, and develops communication and education plans for common-use products.

Requirements

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-13 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 skill 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 overseeing and managing a large group with varied occupations and subordinate supervisors.
• Current Federal employees applying to a GS-14 position must meet the time-in-grade requirement of 52 weeks at GS-13, where applicable.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be able to complete a background/security investigation and the required online onboarding process.
• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as a condition of employment.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• Must meet all qualifications by the announcement closing date of 10/28/2026.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior logistics management officer for a multi-site VA Health Care System and its supported catchment area.
• Integrate acquisitions, procurement, logistics, supply support, equipment, inventory, storage, distribution, and related services across the organization.
• Align the acquisition, delivery, and management of supplies, equipment, and services with patient-care requirements.
• Standardize business processes, establish performance measures, analyze results, and implement improvement actions.
• Coordinate new technology and new supply and equipment requirements across the supply chain.
• Plan, coordinate, evaluate, and integrate complex acquisition and procurement operations in collaboration with fiscal, clinical, administrative, and acquisition functions.
• Direct logistics program and contract budget projections and execution.
• Provide technical guidance and assistance to organizational logistics personnel and serve as the senior VA HCS logistics expert.
• Conduct formal studies and analyze logistics policies, supply chain performance, metrics, quality assurance, compliance, operating practices, and reporting.
• Develop performance measurement and management, including statistical analysis, workload projections, and process management.
• Coordinate acquisition, procurement, supply, equipment, and medical-readiness information and requirements with the HCS, VISN, and VA Central Office.
• Through subordinate managers, conduct procurement cost-benefit analyses, assess supply status, and direct organizational equipment maintenance priorities.
• Establish logistics policy and implement best practices using continuous quality improvement principles, including Six Sigma and lean management.
• Implement and monitor logistics systems and Enhanced Supply Support Programs or successor programs.
• Conduct audits, compliance reviews, and program effectiveness and efficiency reviews; develop and complete remediation actions when deficiencies or improvement opportunities are identified.
• Ensure logistics data integrity and dissemination of agency and industry best practices.
• Oversee logistics support activities, including capital asset planning and strategic sourcing through the Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor contract and other contract vehicles.
• Lead standardization of recurring-use supplies and equipment, automation of inventories, and improvement of logistics services.
• Develop a formal communication and education plan to consolidate and standardize common-use products.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive federal benefits package.
• Eligible selected applicants may receive credit toward annual leave accrual for qualifying prior work or military service, subject to request and approval.

What This Job Offers

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