Summary This position serves as a Supervisory Inventory Management Specialist for non-expendable assets/materials for the Logistics Service within the VA Health Care System supervising multiple supply or material classes/series and recognized as the Material Management Division's subject matter expert serving as an advisor/consultant to the Chief Supply Chain Officer and Assistant CSCO on property management matters for sound material management concepts, practices, and control of all personal property. Responsibilities This position serves as a Supervisory Inventory Management Specialist for non-expendable (NX) assets/material at the Columbia VA. Is recognized as Material Management Sections subject matter expert and serves as advisor and consultant to the Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) and Assistant CSCO on property management matters for sound material management concepts, practices, and control of all personal property. Occupies a major position on the Facility Logistics Service staff and is critical to the operations of the medical center and supported catchment area. The Supervisor plans, directs and manages the activities of the Material Management Section to include property management, equipment management, full warehouse receiving and distribution. Transportation, mail center operations, and other operation sections may also fall under his/her purview. Synchronizes the sections requirements with other services in the development of a sound course of action and rendering the correct interpretations and decisions involving all phases of the operations requirements. All duties and requirements of this position demand a great deal of concentrated effort and expert judgement. This position performs daily difficult and complex functions. Ensuring compliance in specific areas of external quality assurance and business review. - Oversees the lifecycle management of non-expendable assets in the medical center and catchment areas. - Conducts advanced planning for new and replacement NX assets. - Interacts with service lines, biomedical engineers, and other stakeholders. - Participates in VISN strategic planning to support construction projects and reuse of space. - Conducts data information analysis for acquisition planning associated with materials and equipment. - Conducts procurement review of vendors. - Reports to Fiscal Service listings of delinquent payments and receipts of equipment purchase orders. - Coordinates final disposition of NX assets. - Disposes of surplus property in accordance with specific agency directives and procedures. - Oversees the management and control of non-expendable equipment for the VA. - Implements best practices, principles, tools and concepts to evaluate and improve supply system performance. - Develops strategies for implementing all future NX automated replacement systems, supply technologies and business practices related to Material Management Section functions. - Trains and assists delegated staff on equipment acquisition, disposal, scanning and tracking of equipment for Equipment Inventory Listing (EIL) Custodial Official inventories, providing oversight and project management. - Schedules and conducts physical inventories of all NX equipment. - Resolves inventory problems requiring extensive and exhaustive research of receipts, issues, surveys and other available sources. - Supervises employees from separate but interrelated units comprised of the Property Management, Warehouse, Mail Center, and Transportation sections. - Evaluates work performance of subordinates. - Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Ah-hoc when applicable Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Inventory Management Specialist/PD017410 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/08/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Working Knowledge of the Material Management Section and supported catchment areas. Knowledge to conduct the planning, management and control, and lifecycle management over all NX assets within the VA. Skill to plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting priorities, and preparing schedules. Ability to provide advice, counsel, and instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine graduate education and experience as described above to qualify at this level. Transcripts required. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. Education A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. Additional Information The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members. For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document. If you are unable to apply online view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
