Supervisory Supply Management Specialist

About the role

This position, located at the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System, Supply Chain Management Service, is assigned as the Assistant Chief Supply Chain Officer and serves as a senior logistics management expert for the VA HCS, an extremely large and complex medical facility that includes multiple hospitals, numerous community based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) and other health care activities.

Responsibilities

• Directs all supply management, material management, production control activities
• Integrates and aligns acquisition, delivery and management of supplies, equipment and services to ensure the successful delivery of patient care
• Analyzes the supply chain developing actions as a result of analysis results, metrics, quality assurance/compliance, operating practices, and reporting
• Conducts strategic planning and quality management of the equipment and leasing programs
• Plans and coordinates with fiscal, acquisition, clinical and administrative operations in the managing and integrating of supply chain operations
• Oversees the planning and coordination of periodic inspections, inventories and change of hand receipt accounts
• Conducts cost-benefit analysis for procurements through the total supply chain
• Develops, implements and evaluates the logistics and property accountability plans and policies for the organization
• Led the development of long range plans and consolidated requirements into acquisition strategies for services, supplies and equipment
• Conducts audits, compliance reviews and program effectiveness/efficiency reviews of all logistics activities
• Oversees procurement package assembly, submission in an electronic databases, and coordination with Contracting Department
• Analyzes requirements, develops forecasts, directs re-allocation and provides guidance for the execution of funds
• Utilizes financial information to match projected expenditure rates with acquisition lead times and anticipated workloads
• Plans, organizes and assigns work to subordinates engaged in logistics and property management through subordinate supervisors
• Participates on or leads various national workgroups that are established to improve and re-engineer logistics operations, systems and policies
• Provides advice and counsel to employees and subordinate supervisors relative to work and administrative matters
• Prepares requests for filling vacancies to meet workload requirements
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/17/2026.
• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade of GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to... responsible for ensuring the logistical requirements of an organization are met; planning/coordinating and evaluating various operations to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of a logistics program. Areas of knowledge and skill should include acquisition management, purchasing, transportation, distribution, inventory management and control, expendable and non-expendable equipment, and warehouse operations; experience assisting with budget formulation and forecasting of expenditures. At this level, candidates should possess experience in overseeing and managing a group with a variety of occupations and subordinate supervisors.
• Preferred Experience: a minimum of 4 years of Logistics VHA supervisory experience in NX, EX, or Acquisition is preferred.