Supervisory Logistics Management Specialist

Summary

The Supervisory Logistics Management Specialist is the senior supply chain management officer for a VA Health Care System (VA HCS) and supported catchment area, responsible for the development and integration of a cohesive, forward-looking supply chain that ensures the logistical requirements of the VA HCS and supported catchment area are met.

Duties

• Oversees, guides, manages and integrates supply chain operations across the organization, including planning/coordination with fiscal, acquisition, clinical and administrative operations. Establishes, monitors and manages the performance and measurement of logistics functions throughout the VA HCS for all aspects of the supply chain including requirements determination, acquisition planning/coordination/oversight, purchasing, transportation, distribution, tracking, inventory management/control, reconciliation of undelivered orders, and disposition of supplies and equipment. Conducts logistics audits, compliance reviews and program effectiveness/efficiency reviews based on self-developed and nationally developed standards, of all facility activities to ensure they provide satisfactory levels of service and comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, directives and procedures. Plans and manages all levels of supply chain activities involved in sourcing, procurement and logistics management. Coordinates and collaborates with a variety of stakeholders; including clinicians, professional/administrative peers, suppliers, intermediaries, third-party service providers, and customers. Oversees, negotiates, and integrates functions with primary responsibility for linking major business functions and business processes within and across organizations into a cohesive and high performing business model (includes all of the logistics management activities and coordination of processes and activities with and across VA HCS operations, finance and information technology). Identifies specific requirements for money, manpower, material, facilities, and services needed to support the program and correlating those requirements with program plans to assure needed support is provided at right time and place. Exercises knowledge of agency program planning, funding, and management information systems and utilizes broad knowledge and skills of organization functions and activities to provide logistical support and coordinate and evaluate the efforts of functional specialists to identify specific requirements to develop and adjust plans and schedules for the actions needed to meet requirements timely. Plans forecasts and executes budget for supplies, subsistence, durable medical equipment, medical gases, expendable/non-expendable and capital equipment, inventory management, warehouse operations, transportation, and distribution. All other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: 7:30 am to 4:00 pm, Monday to Friday. Compressed/Flexible: Not authorized. Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Logistics Management Specialist/PD99812S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/13/2026. 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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-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: Serving as a senior supply chain management leader/supervisor, 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 with budget formulation and forecasting of expenditures. At this level, candidates should possess experience in managing a group with a variety of occupations and subordinate supervisors. NOTE: 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. 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/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.