Lead General Supply Specialist

DLA Careers; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 75,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Logistics Agency in the United States seeks a Lead General Supply Specialist to monitor inventory records, coordinate reconciliation, and manage discrepancies. The role supports DoD supply operations, ensuring issuable and non-issuable item statuses are accurately updated and that corrective actions improve systems and processes.

The position requires experience with supply operations, inventory controls, and interaction with planning centers to address non-contractual receipts and

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary contact for monitoring inventory records and related actions.
• Coordinate inventory reconciliation activities to address balance differences and discrepancies.
• Monitor asset balance updates to denote issuable, blocked, or suspended status due to quality or safety issues.
• Coordinate with Supply Planners and Supply Centers on non-contractual receipts and unauthorized returns.
• Collect transaction information to analyze causes of widespread or recurring inventory discrepancies.
• Lead the team in developing, recommending, and implementing corrective actions to systems and processes.

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Summary

See below for important information regarding this job.

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job.

Duties

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• Serves as primary point of contact for monitoring inventory records and inventory related actions.
• Responsible for the coordination and monitoring of inventory reconciliation activities that address balance differences and discrepancies.
• Monitor the quality of asset balance updates to denote whether item is issuable or blocked and suspended due to quality problems, safety issues, inoperable facilities, natural disasters, material condition, or ownership.
• Coordinate with the Supply Planners and Supply Centers on resolution of issues pertaining to the processing of non- contractual receipts and unauthorized returns.
• Collect transaction information from other Resolution Specialists to analyze causes of widespread and or recurring inventory discrepancies.
• Leads the team in the development, recommendation, and implementation of corrective actions to the systems and processes.

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Flexible (https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Join-Our-Team/Benefits/#Work)
• Security Requirements: Non- Critical 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): Non-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: No
• 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.
• Defense Acquisition Workforce position. Must complete DoD certification and other requirements. See Addtl Info.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Lead General Supply 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:
• Knowledge of supply operations and related regulations as well as supply management policies in order to coordinate supply discrepancy problems.
• Specialized methods and techniques to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of related supply programs and inventory and accounting programs and operations.
• Experience in supply functions and inventory and accounting programs and operations to independently analyze and resolve difficult issues and problems involving process, methods, data management, and day to day operations.
• Relating aspects and parts of a major project to the over needs of the organization in order to review operating supply systems for adequacy, efficiency and need for improvements.
• Fact finding and investigative techniques to analyze difficult inventory discrepancies at distribution centers, customer direct, and non-accountable facilities to perform analysis of existing procedures, work methods to resolve problems by ensuring inventory adjustments are initiated.
• Knowledge of applications related to Order Fulfillment, Planning, and Technical/Quality.
• Knowledge of Distribution system processes and applications.

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

• 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

http://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

Position requires DoD Acquisition Life Cycle Logistics, Foundational 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

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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