Supervisory Supply Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Jamaica Plain, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Supervisory Supply Technician serves at the VA Boston Healthcare System at either the West Roxbury Campus in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, or the Jamaica Plain Campus in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. The employee directs, supervises, and manages the primary inventory point that receives, stores, and issues supplies and materials for clinical and administrative service areas. The role ensures supplies and materials are distributed to all areas served by logistics. This is not a virtual position; the employee must live within or be willing to relocate within a commutable distance of the duty location.

The position oversees supply operations through subordinate staff, including inventory maintenance, expiration-date monitoring, stock rotation, critical-supply inventories, timely delivery, and specialty cart preparation. The employee plans and prioritizes work, provides staff guidance, resolves complex logistics issues, and coordinates with vendors, contract-community members, and medical-center staff. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Recruitment and relocation incentives are not authorized.

Requirements

• At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-6 level in the Federal service, involving relevant supply or logistics work.
• Specialized experience must include planning and coordinating work performed by other staff; establishing departmental priorities; overseeing receipt and distribution of supplies and materials for a complex medical center; maintaining inventory stock and monitoring expiration dates; ensuring timely delivery and proper storage; training employees and answering questions about local processes; resolving logistics problems and guiding others; and recommending improvements to work production and quality.
• Possess a current, valid state-issued driver's license.
• Be a U.S. citizen.
• Complete all required application, assessment, and questionnaire steps, including the Supervisory Situational Judgment Test.
• Register with Selective Service if a male born after December 31, 1959.
• Be subject to a background/security investigation and complete online onboarding and required employment identification checks.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as required for VA health care personnel.
• Serve a one-year probationary period.
• Meet the physical demands of standing and walking throughout the workday; frequent reaching, bending, and lifting supply packages, occasionally up to 50 pounds; pushing loaded medical-supply carts weighing over 100 pounds; and moving items over 40 pounds with proper assistance.

Responsibilities

• Plan subordinate work, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare work schedules.
• Advise, counsel, and instruct employees on work and administrative matters, including complaints and grievances.
• Oversee the management and distribution of medical-center supplies and materials through subordinate staff.
• Ensure stock is maintained, expiration dates are monitored, and stock is rotated.
• Monitor critical supplies, conduct daily inventory, and resolve discrepancies in records.
• Distribute items, deliver supplies promptly, and prepare specialty carts.
• Ensure supplies are unpacked and properly stored in inventory areas.
• Analyze and resolve difficult issues and problems to support effective planning and equitable, reliable decisions.
• Conduct market research on new products and ensure they are recorded in the automated inventory system.
• Ensure recurring supply items are available through the computerized inventory management system.
• Analyze management reports to control fund control point limitations, identify trends, correct errors, and resolve problems.
• Work with vendors and contract-community members, managers, supervisors, and other medical-center staff on logistics issues.
• Communicate with subordinate, administrative, and clinical staff to coordinate and persuade logistics activities related to policy or procedural changes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package, with benefits available to the employee and family; specific benefits depend on position eligibility.
• Annual leave accrual may be credited for qualifying prior work or military service, subject to request and approval before appointment and not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

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