Supervisory Supply Technician

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, DC seeks a Supervisory Supply Technician (Medical) to lead the Medical Supply Distribution area.

You will oversee the primary inventory point, supervise staff, and ensure timely receipt, storage, and distribution of supplies for clinical and administrative services. The role requires coordinating with departments and vendors, maintaining stock accuracy, and applying procedures and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience coordinating work and setting priorities.
• Overseeing receipt, distribution, and stock monitoring in a complex medical center.
• Training staff and improving inventory processes.

Responsibilities

• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates.
• Sets and adjusts short- and long-term priorities; prepares schedules.
• Advises and instructs employees on work and administrative matters.
• Eliminates bottlenecks and bottlenecks to improve production.
• Provides guidance on new, complex or unusual situations.
• Oversees management and distribution of supplies to the medical center.
• Oversees receipt of supplies and materials.
• Ensures proper storage and organization of inventory.
• Analyzes and resolves issues to plan effectively.
• Conducts market research on new products and updates inventory.
• Ensures availability of recurring supply items managed via the inventory system.
• Analyzes management reports to control fund limits and identify trends.
• Collaborates with vendors and staff on logistics policy and changes.
• Communicates with staff to coordinate logistics initiatives.
• Work Schedule: Full-Time, 12:00PM-8:30PM EST or 7:00AM-3:30PM EST; rotating holidays.
• Position Description: Supervisory Supply Technician/PD99831S.

Skills

Conflict Management

Influencing/Negotiating

Manages Resources

Partnering

Planning and Evaluating

Tools

Automated Inventory System

Job description

Summary

This position serves as the Supervisory Supply Technician (Medical) for the Medical Supply Distribution (MSD) areas of Logistics Service within the Washington DC VAMC. As a Supervisory Supply Technician - you 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.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 11/02/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. The grade may have been in any occupation - but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year - it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade - as required by the announcement. In this instance - you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: 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; monitoring expiration dates; ensuring 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. The Best Qualified Candidate has the following: One year of specialized experience independently performing and overseeing supply operations - including receiving - storing - issuing - replenishing - shipping - turn-in - and property accountability. Monitors stock levels and reorder points - conducts and oversees physical inventories - verifies shipments - and resolves discrepancies; ensures proper labeling - rotation - handling - and preservation; uses automated systems to maintain and analyze data and prepare and review documentation including transfers and turn-ins; plans - prioritizes - assigns - and reviews work - trains and evaluates staff - and resolves operational and personnel issues; applies procedures - internal controls - safety requirements - and inventory regulations; coordinates supply requests with departments - vendors - customers - and management; and recommends and implements process improvements. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Conflict Management Influencing/Negotiating Manages Resources Partnering Planning and Evaluating 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;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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. 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. Physical Requirements: Work is normally accomplished within a supply office and supply distribution points with the majority of time utilizing the automated inventory system for inventory management - processing orders - distributing supplies - conducting physical inventories in the warehouse and various supply points. Responsible for the storage and distribution of supplies to both primary and secondary inventory points - as well as within the bulk supply areas. This may include movement of stock to assist in counting - storing - rotating - and retrieving items from shelves and cabinets. 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). Work requires pushing loaded carts of medical supplies (weighing in excess of 100+ pounds). With proper assistance - moves heavier items' weighing over 40 pounds. 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/.

Duties

• Duties include - but may not be limited to the following: Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates
• sets and adjusts short term priorities - and prepares schedules for completion of work based on priorities
• Advises - counsels and instructs employees on work and administrative manners - such as complaints - grievances - etc.
• Finds and implements ways to eliminate or reduce significant bottlenecks and barriers to production
• Provides guidance and evaluates work involving new - complex or unusual situations and those without clear precedence
• Oversees management and distribution of all supplies and material in the medical center through subordinates who maintain stock - monitor expiration dates and rotating stock - ensure critical supplies are monitored - perform daily inventory - resolve differences in records - distribute items - deliver supplies in a timely manner - and complete specialty cart preparation
• Oversees the receipt of supplies and material into the medical center
• Ensures supplies are unpacked and properly stored in inventory areas
• Analyzes and resolves difficult issues and problems in order to plan effectively and render equitable and reliable decisions
• Conducts market research on all new products and ensures they are recorded in the automated inventory system
• Ensures availability of recurring supply items which are managed and distributed through the computerized inventory management system
• Analyzes management reports in order to manage and control the fund control point limitations and identify trends - correct errors - and resolve problems
• Works with members of the vendor and/or contract community - managers - supervisors and other staff throughout the medical center on Logistics issues
• and Communicates with subordinate staff and other administrative and clinical staff to coordinate and persuade logistics activities on the implementation of policy or procedural changes
• Work Schedule: Full-Time - Monday - Friday - 12:00PM EST - 8:30PM EST or 7:00AM EST-3:30PM EST - Rotating holidays and weekends Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Supply Technician/PD99831S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized