Inventory Management Specialist

DLA Careers; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 78,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

DLA Careers seeks an Inventory Management Specialist to support strategic supplier relationships and complex end-item programs. You will craft plans for highly complex item groups, engage with senior stakeholders, and help optimize allocation and long-term contracts within the DoD logistics framework.

Responsibilities include developing budgetary elements for unique programs and ensuring successful fielding and continuous improvement of DLA initiatives, with a focus on supply planning and

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in inventory management and supply planning for complex/strategic items.
• Experience supporting strategic supply management and procurement partnerships with vendors.
• Ability to forecast, research, and analyze data to adjust supply planning programs.
• Participation in the full range of acquisition management and logistics support processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning services for the assigned customer/category of items.
• Develop plans for highly complex items and groups with long-term contracts.
• Analyze supplier collaboration intelligence to maximize meeting demands.
• Coordinate with high-level personnel to improve key DLA initiatives.
• Review items with unique characteristics or strategic value.
• Apply allocation strategies and generate planned orders/arrivals.
• Develop budgetary elements reflecting expected expenditures for complex programs.

Skills

Inventory analysis

Supply planning

Strategic partnerships

Forecasting & analysis

Job description

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job.

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job.

Duties

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• Serving as a member of a strategic supplier support relationship team, providing planning services for the assigned customer and/or category of items.
• Developing plans for highly complex/critical items and groups of items that may require the creation and frequent use of strategic alliances, partnerships, prime vendors, and long-term contracts with multi-level contract options.
• Providing, receiving, and analyzing Supplier Collaboration intelligence on DLA Direct and Customer Direct items to maximize efficiencies in meeting demands.
• Coordinating and/or collaborating with high-level personnel to ensure both successful fielding and continued improvement for key DLA initiatives.
• Conducting reviews on individual items with unique characteristics, strategic value, or complex problems.
• Applying strategies for allocation and systemically generating the planned orders and planned arrivals.
• Developing budgetary elements as required, reflecting expected and unexpected expenditures due to uniqueness of complex end-item programs.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Full- Time, Flexible
• Security Requirements: Tier 1/Non-Sensitive
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: Yes
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.
• Financial Disclosure: Required
• Defense Acquisition Workforce position. Must complete DoD certification and other requirements. Please see the "Additional Information" section.

Qualifications

To qualify for an Inventory Management Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

• Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:
• Analyzing and resolving difficult inventory management/supply planning issues and problems for highly complex/strategic items and unique end-item programs.
• Providing support in the development/execution of strategic supply management and procurement partnerships with vendors.
• Forecasting, researching, and analyzing various documents and statistics to synthesize plans for adjustments to supply planning programs.
• Engaging in the supply planning process to provide complex technical support to functional areas that are engaged in the full range of acquisition management and logistics support.

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). 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.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

As required by 5 C.F.R.

• 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R.
• 1194).

For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to https://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf

Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF

Defense Acquisition Workforce: Position requires DoD Acquisition Life Cycle Logistics (L/LCL), Foundational level certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click here for more details and Resources.

Information for Veterans is available at: https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/. As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement.

Drug-Free Workplace Policy The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing.

Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.

The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.

ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal.

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