Inventory Management Specialist

Inventory Management Specialist

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

Inventory Management and Control

• Acts as a central point of contact for the coordination of commodity support and the resolution of logistics problems across organizational lines.
• Acts as a focal point for new EX supply procedures.
• Researches opportunities for and conducts analysis of potential cost savings, efficiencies, and process improvements using quantitative analysis and historical usage patterns.
• Conducts short, mid and long-term advanced planning for expendable items and DME, utilizing enterprise-wide computerized planning tools.
• Analyzes data to include demand history, program requirements, VA HCS operations, procurement lead-time, current stock levels and other factors which impact procurement decisions.
• Proactively engages customers to make recommendations for product changes, substitutions, and additions to product lines with a focus on increasing supply economy and efficiency.
• Performs analytical work to manage, regulate, coordinate, or otherwise exercise control over EX supplies.
• Applies knowledge of systems, techniques and underlying management concepts for determining, regulating and controlling the level and flow of supplies from the initial planning stages with service lines, through procurement, storage, issue, utilization and disposal.
• Reviews and reports back to Fiscal on listings of delinquent payments and receipts of purchase orders. Corresponds with procurement officials, vendors, project engineers and other stakeholders to resolve inventory issues.
• Coordinates rotation of emergency caches to prevent expirations and economy of supply while maintaining National Emergency Management stock levels.
• Conducts wall-to-wall and periodic inventories on own initiative to identify potential shrinkage issues or other supply chain discrepancies.
• Administers the EX inventory management program by planning and reviewing of all inventory processes, functions, and related systems; conducting effectiveness/efficiency reviews; compiling and analyzing performance measures and implementing process improvements based upon supply chain benchmarks and standardization initiatives from VHACO and the Network Office.

Returns, Recalls and Reutilization

• Implements federal and agency programs for the return and reutilization of medical supplies.
• Uses well established and commonly applied supply methods to maintain activity formulary inventory.
• Coordinates with the property managers for disposal of surplus or excess supplies in accordance with specific agency directives and procedures.
• Serves as the primary responder to the VA National Center for Patient Safety Recall Office for their area of responsibility.
• Makes emergent procurement decisions in coordination with stakeholders based on back order issues created by national recalls.
• Participates in Root Cause Analysis process to assist in determining how the supply chain is impacted upon a near miss or Veteran care mishap.

Promotion Potential:

The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 8:00 am -4:30 pm

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Inventory Management Specialist/ PD99823S

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

***All required documentation must be uploaded before the announcement closes, to support eligibility. Failure to submit documentation will constitute the application being categorized as incomplete and therefore ineligible for referral. Experience must be clearly indicated in your resume.