Purchasing Agent

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Jefferson Barracks (MO); On-site; USD 47,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, is seeking a Purchasing Agent at the St. Louis VA Health Care System located in Jefferson Barracks, MO.

The role involves acquiring supplies, services, and equipment via delivery orders and small purchases, ensuring compliance with federal regulations. Responsibilities include purchasing under micro-purchase thresholds, maintaining records, and providing administrative support to medical staff.

Qualifications

• No formal education substitution at this grade level.
• Foreign education requires Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with transcript.

Responsibilities

• Purchasing support: conducts purchasing under micro-purchase threshold; reviews requests; tracks obligations and expenditures.
• Procurement support: procures supplies/services; develops selection criteria; handles contract modifications and audits.
• Administrative support: acts as first line of contact for medical staff; develops reports; maintains records and miscellaneous duties.

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This position serves as a Purchasing Agent for the Logistics Service within the St. Louis VA Health Care System performing work to acquire supplies, services, and construction by purchase, rental, or lease through (a) delivery orders and/or (b) small purchase procedures.

Key Responsibilities

This position utilizes knowledge of policies and procedures for delivery orders and small purchases and knowledge of commercial supply sources and common business practices related to sales, prices, discounts, units of measurement, deliveries, stocks, and shipments.

The Purchasing Agent maintains responsibility for work leading to the purchase of a wide variety of complex and highly specialized services, supplies, equipment, and systems that support the full range of programs and activities.

Major duties and responsibilities include: Purchasing Support - Conducts purchasing under the micro purchase threshold; reviews and edits purchase requests; resolves issues to ensure requests and bills are processed accurately and in a timely manner; identifies needs or problems and determines corrective action; utilizes federal and agency acquisition regulations to identify possible sources and other pertinent information related to purchases; tracks obligations/commitments and monitors expenditures to support recurring budget forecasts and identify potential fraud, waste and abuse based on procurement history and purchase trends; and, Procurement Support - Procures supplies and services to meet the purchase, rental, or lease needs of the organization; develops unique selection criteria for each purchase; Prepare and issue contract modifications for changes in delivery schedule and sends formal correspondence to a variety of customers such as inventory management specialists, other service line contacts, and contracting officers as appropriate for the purposes of auditing documents, processing receiving reports, and payments.; conducting open market research and sole source small purchases for highly specialized medical items with critical product requirements; and, Administrative Support - Serves as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers in regard to procured items; develops reports and spreadsheets, obtains, organizes, files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes; performs a variety of receptionist, timekeeping, record keeping and miscellaneous duties in medical facility; and, Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:30 pm Cst Telework: Nit Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Purchasing Agent/PD99896S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Requirements & Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level. 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.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $46561 – $60529/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-20.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.

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