Supervisory Supply Technician

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

US Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury Campus, or Jamaica Plain Campus, manages the distribution of supplies to all areas served by logistics at the medical center. The Supervisory Supply Technician directs the primary inventory point, ensuring timely delivery and proper storage of supplies for clinical and administrative services.

Qualified applicants will have at least one year of specialized experience at GS-6 level or equivalent, with duties including

Qualifications

• Knowledge of inventory and supply chain processes for a large medical center.
• Experience guiding teams to meet distribution deadlines and quality standards.
• Ability to train new employees and answer questions on local processes.

Responsibilities

• Direct, supervise, and manage the primary inventory point for supplies and materials.
• Oversee receipt, storage, and distribution of items to clinical and administrative areas.
• Monitor stock levels, expiration dates, and ensure timely delivery of supplies.

Skills

Supply chain management

Inventory control

Leadership

Staff supervision

Job description

The employee will serve as a Supervisory Supply Technician at the VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury Campus, in West Roxbury, MA or at the Jamaica Plain Campus, in Jamaica Plain, MA. The employee will ensure that supplies and material are distributed to all areas serviced by logistics by directing, supervising and managing the primary inventory point that receives, stores and issues supplies and materials for both clinical and administrative service areas of the medical center.

DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT:

The employee must possess a current, valid state-issued driver's license for this position. (Please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package. You will be required to show your valid driver's license at the time of your interview.)

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

Applicants must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped them with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-6 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: planning and coordinating work to be accomplished by other staff; establishing priorities for a department; overseeing the receipt and distribution of supplies and materials for a complex medical center; maintaining stock at inventory locations; monitors expiration dates; ensure supplies are delivered timely; training new employees and answering questions on local processes and procedures; ensuring proper storage of supplies and materials; resolving problems and providing guidance to others on logistics activities; and making recommendations on improvement of work production and quality of work.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The work requires standing and walking during the entire workday and frequent reaching, bending and lifting of supply packages (occasionally weighing as much as 50 pounds). The work requires pushing loaded carts of medical supplies (weighing in excess of 100+ pounds). With proper assistance, moves heavier items' weighing over 40 pounds.

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following Competencies for this position:

• Conflict Management
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Manages Resources
• Partnering
• Planning and Evaluating

Supervisory Situational Judgment Test

Applicants will be required to complete a Supervisory Situational Judgment Test (SSJT) as part of the assessment process for this position. The SSJT evaluates judgment and decision-making skills that align with relevant competencies, organizational values, and best practices. Assessment results may be used as part of the evaluation, ranking and referral process. This is not a timed test, however, the assessment is expected to take approximately 45 minutes or less to complete. The assessment for this application does not include a cut score for a minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. However, you must answer each item in the assessment.

IMPORTANT:

A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

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.

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/.