Inventory Management Specialist (NX)

This position serves as an Operating Room Inventory Management Specialist in the Commodity Management Division with specialized focus on the Medical/Surgical Supplies of the Logistics Service in a Veteran Affairs Health Care System (VA HCS) and supported catchment area, with responsibility for the inventory management of all expendable supplies and durable medical equipment (DME) and with oversight of implant inventory in the assigned area(s).

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/30/2026.

For a Grade 7:

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-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. 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: Experience coordinating short, mid, and long-range planning of non-expendable assets; researching and analyzing data for acquisition planning associated with control and accountability of equipment in use and to be replaced; determining required sources or equipment, purchase card program and simplified acquisition procedures; and utilizing policies and procedures applicable to Inventory Management and other stages of logistic processes.

OR,

• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have One full year of graduate level education, Which is the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent One year of full-time study (18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours should be considered as satisfying the One year of full-time study requirement; or superior academic achievement (have completed or expect to complete, within nine months, all the requirements for a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. (Transcripts or evidence of maintaining academic achievement grades are required).

OR,

• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond the first year of graduate level education or 18 semester hours and specialized experience may be used to meet total experience requirements.

GS-09

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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: maintaining inventory control records in an automated system; managing a property management program and determining the means and methods to resolve issues and improve operations; determining required sources of equipment, purchase card program and simplified acquisition procedures; researching and analyzing information to include tracing sequences of inventory management transactions; and advising on the management, control and accountability of equipment in use. OR,
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. of J.D., if related that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. OR,
• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond successfully completed education and specialized experience directly related to the work of the position as outlined above that meets the requirements of the position. Only education in excess of the first year (18 semester hours) may be used to qualify applicants for the GS-09 level.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Attention to Detail
• Communication
• Contracting/Procurement
• Flexibility
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Learning
• Planning and Evaluating
• Problem Solving
• Reading Comprehension
• Reasoning
• Self-Management
• Teamwork
• Technical Competence
• Technology Application

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; religions; spiritual; 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: Involves a mix of working in an office environment to working in a warehouse to assist in processing new equipment receipts and entering into the EIL. A great amount of time walking and climbing stairs is required to conduct on-site inventories of EIL equipment. Lifting of up to 40 pounds is required when receiving new equipment at the facility and preparing for the sale of excess property. Work conditions are often indoors, but could occasionally be dirty, hot, humid or unusually cold when involved in property inventories, disposal of equipment, transferring of equipment between serviced locations and recycling centers.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

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.
NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with application. Education cannot be credited without documentation.

Responsibilities:

Manages the lifecycle of non-expendable assets in the VA HCS and supported catchment area. Specific duties performed in this capacity are:

• Conducts short, mid and long-term advanced planning for new and replacement Non-expendable (NX) assets, utilizing enterprise-wide computerized planning tools.
• Research opportunities for and conducts analysis of potential cost savings, efficiencies, and process improvements using quantitative analysis and historical usage patterns.
• Supports customers and acquisition personnel in developing requirements, utilizing mandatory sources and standardization of sources.
• Determines the best purchasing and payment method to utilize, i.e., purchase card order, contract document, etc.
• Reviews and reports back to Fiscal on listings of delinquent payments and receipts of equipment purchase orders.
• Corresponds with procurement officials, vendors, project engineers and other stakeholders to resolve issues, such as inspections, installation, training and deployment of equipment.
• Coordinates final disposition of non-expendable (NX) assets, including the reutilization program; organizes requirements of hazardous materials disposal, IT sanitization control; and appropriate shipment and transfer method.
• Analyzes data to include projected lifecycle, down time, repair rates, lost workload, cost, depreciation, trade-in value and other factors which impact procurement decisions.
• Reviews and reports back to Fiscal on listings of delinquent payments and receipts of equipment purchase orders.
• Develops and supports the creation of acquisition strategies and standardization initiatives to acquire and purchase high-tech, high-cost medical devices, surgical equipment devices and major classes of materials, displaying familiarity with contracting laws and regulations with industry practices.
• Conducts data/information analysis for acquisition planning associated with materials and/or capital equipment

Inventory Management and Control:

• Manages and controls NX assets for a VA HCS and supported catchment area.
• Provides guidance on NX asset management and to all services and service lines.
• Acts as a central point of contact for the coordination of material support and the resolution of Logistics problems across organizational lines.
• Ensures equipment accountability at each service line is appropriately managed, assigned, and monitored through the monthly inspection program.
• Research causes and location of items not found during inventories; analyzes specific situations and determines specific facts comprising the equipment loss.
• Under the guidance of a supervisory or higher graded specialist, investigates to gather pertinent information and to render a decision that satisfactorily resolves the problem
• Maintains Equipment Inventory List (EIL) accounts.
• Assists delegated Custodial Officials on equipment acquisition, disposal, scanning and tracking of equipment for EIL Custodial Official inventories, providing oversight and project management.
• Schedules and conducts physical inventories (with a bar code scanner or other appropriate means) of all NX equipment.

Performs other duties as assigned

Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday - Friday, Rotating Schedule
Compressed/Flexible: No
Telework: No
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Inventory Management Specialist (NX)/PD99824S and PD99824-S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: No

Salary : $57,641