General Supply Specialist

About the role

This position involves performing causative research investigations on inventories generated by discrepancies and resolving them accordingly. The role requires analyzing Care of Supplies in Storage (COSIS) audits/inspections, maintaining accurate inventory records, and planning, coordinating, and executing special storage and distribution activities to meet program requirements. The incumbent will prepare briefings and present reports and recommendations.

Much of the work is sedentary and performed in a typical office environment. The incumbent also frequently performs work within SS&D storage areas, which involves long periods of standing, walking, bending, climbing ladders, stooping, and lifting up to 40 lbs. Work may also be performed in storage or other industrial areas with moderate risks and climatic discomforts, requiring protective clothing, gear, and observance of safety precautions.

Responsibilities

• Performs causative research investigations on inventories generated by discrepancies and resolves them accordingly.
• Performs and analyzes Care of Supplies in Storage (COSIS) audits/inspections and identifies material discrepancies.
• Ensures the maintenance of accurate inventory records.
• Plans, coordinates, and executes special storage and distribution activities to meet program requirements.
• Prepares briefings and/or the presentation of reports and recommendations.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Tour of Duty: Flexible.
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive.
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination; 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.
• You will be a Mission Essential employee, required to work during emergencies to ensure continuation of essential functions.

Qualifications

To qualify for a 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-09 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.

Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Applying supply and material management distribution principles, functions, and concepts.
• Using analytical methods to identify and resolve inventory discrepancies in inventories, location surveys, and inspections.
• Using various standardized personal computer program applications to maintain material research histories.
• Resolving customer support issues.

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).

Education

Substitution: Education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work and must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. If using education to meet basic qualifications, you must submit a transcript as supplemental documentation.

To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LLB or J.D., if related.

Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade level GS-09. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-09.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program.

You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable at the time of application.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.

Additional Information

• As required by 5 C.F.R. 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities.
• This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants.
• Information for Veterans is available at DLA Careers Programs.
• 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.