Purchasing Agent

Summary This position serves as a Purchasing Agent for the Logistics Service within the VA Health Care System Salem -VA performing work to acquire supplies - services - and construction by purchase - rental - or lease through (a) delivery orders and/or (b) small purchase procedures. Qualifications To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/26/2026. 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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. 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: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to: acquiring supplies - services - and construction by purchase - rental - or lease through delivery orders and/or small purchase procedures; applying knowledge of commercial supply sources and common business practices related to sales - prices - discounts - units of measurement - deliveries - stocks - and shipments for a medical facility. 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 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 shipmentsThe 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 activitiesMajor duties and responsibilities include: Purchasing Support - Conducts purchasing under the micro purchase thresholdreviews and edits purchase requestsresolves issues to ensure requests and bills are processed accurately and in a timely manneridentifies needs or problems and determines corrective actionutilizes federal and agency acquisition regulations to identify possible sources and other pertinent information related to purchasestracks obligations/commitments and monitors expenditures to support recurring budget forecasts and identify potential fraud - waste and abuse based on procurement history and purchase trendsand - Procurement Support - Procures supplies and services to meet the purchase - rental - or lease needs of the organizationdevelops unique selection criteria for each purchasePrepare 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 requirementsand - Administrative Support - Serves as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers in regard to procured itemsdevelops reports and spreadsheets - obtains - organizes - files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposesperforms a variety of receptionist - timekeeping - record keeping and miscellaneous duties in medical facilityand - Performs other related duties as assignedWork Schedule: Full-Time - Monday - Friday - 7:45am-4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual positionPosition Description/PD#: Purchasing Agent/PD99896S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized