Medical Purchasing Assistant

US Military Treatment Facilities under DHA; Spangdahlem; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

US Military Treatment Facilities under DHA is seeking a procurement specialist to acquire a variety of specialized supplies, equipment, services, or commercial requirements for a military treatment facility in support of mission readiness. The role involves contract follow-up, data system support, and office automation to prepare and process procurement actions.

This Direct Hire Solicitation targets individuals with experience updating contracting documents, inputting data to automated

Qualifications

• Experience updating contracting documents and maintaining accuracy of procurement records.
• Experience inputting data into an automated procurement database to generate statistics.
• Ability to communicate with customers and contractors to discuss and resolve contract terms.

Responsibilities

• Acquires specialized supplies, equipment, services, or commercial requirements for a military treatment facility.
• Performs contract follow-up administrative duties.
• Provides data system support and office automation to prepare and process procurement actions.

Skills

Data entry

Contract administration

Customer communication

Administrative support

Education

Graduate-level education in Business/Acquisition/Contract Management/Healthcare Administration

Tools

Procurement database

Job description

About the Position:

Acquires a variety of specialized supplies, equipment, services, or commercial requirements for a military treatment facility. Performs contract follow-up administrative duties. Provides data system support and office automation support to prepare and process procurement actions.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience:

One year of specialized experience which includes (1) Assisting with performing technical and administrative support by updating, maintaining, and verifying contracting documents; (2) Assisting with inputting data to an automated procurement database to compile and extract data for statistical reports; (3) Assisting with/Communicating with customers/contractors to discuss and attempt to resolve contract terms.. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

OR

Education:

A half year (i.e., 9 semester hours) of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as Business, Acquisition, Contract Management, Supply Chain and Healthcare Administration.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience:

A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 9. Add the two percentages.