Total 25 purchasing procurement inventory job vacancies in lackland afb texas

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 shipments. The 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 activities. Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Purchasing Support - Conducts purchasing under the micro purchase threshold; reviews and edits purchase requests; resolves issues to ensure requests and bills are processed accurately and in a timely manner; identifies needs or problems and determines corrective action; utilizes federal and agency acquisition regulations to identify possible sources and other pertinent information related to purchases; tracks obligations/commitments and monitors expenditures to support recurring budget forecasts and identify potential fraud, waste and abuse based on procurement history and purchase trends; and,
• Procurement Support - Procures supplies and services to meet the purchase, rental, or lease needs of the organization; develops unique selection criteria for each purchase; Prepare 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 requirements; and,
• Administrative Support - Serves as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers in regard to procured items; develops reports and spreadsheets, obtains, organizes, files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes; performs a variety of receptionist, timekeeping, record keeping and miscellaneous duties in medical facility; and,
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Provides tailored customer support, maintains customer data, and responds to customer inquiries.
• Reviews backorder status reports on a daily basis and takes appropriate action to escalate backorders no meeting customer requirements.
• Receives and processes order cancellations, provides status updates and modifications, and conducts follow-up on customer receipt.
• Investigates, coordinates and releases Sales Orders that inhibit flow through automated systems.
• Applies DLA expedite policy and other standard operating procedures to request expedite actions within supply chains and/or emergency issuance from controlled stock.
• Recommends use of alternative sources of supply when faced with long lead times and identifies potential sources of supply for emergency requirements for which there is an order.
• Reviews performance metrics and takes action to improve processes when performance falls below goal.
• Provides input to higher graded CSSs regarding cause analysis findings in areas requiring performance improvement.
• Prepares briefing materials including background information, recommendations, statistical data, charts and graphs.
• Writes detailed reports concerning the status of their assignments and issues/problems identified in the course of performing the work.
• Coordinates with key storage and distribution personnel to resolve discrepancies and routine problems.

• Provides a full range of procurement analyst services.
• Performs all aspects of contracting oversight, review, and assistance to provide responsive and timely support to customers.
• Aggressively counsels and makes recommendations to maximize small business procurement opportunities.
• Develops guidance materials to explain regulatory and policy changes
• Provides analyst services, oversight, and support for procurements involving highly specialized, enterprise, and/or complex contracts.
• Performs reviews and analysis of procurements involving complex contracts.
• Researches and drafts responses to Congressional inquiries and provides information.
• Provides information and assistance to business concerns relative to participation in the acquisition program.
• Analyzes, evaluates, and reviews procurement programs and issues.
• Prepares and/or consolidates special and recurring reports.
• Performs staff visits to contracting offices and analyzes acquisition statistics.
• Participates in conferences and special events pertinent to Army Small Business Programs.

This is a Maintenance Workforce Development Program (MWDP) Position. To be eligible, you MUST be a WG, WL, WS, or GS-7 or below employee currently working with the Air Force, OR eligible to apply as a military spouse assigned to a Formal Training Plan. This position is a developmental (GS-09 Target GS-11) position. Individual selected may be promoted without further competition, upon meeting all legal and regulatory requirements. Starting salary indicated on this vacancy announcement is for the GS-09. This position is covered by a formalized training program and pay retention of 150% of the maximum rate of the basic pay is authorized.

• Perform work associated with the management of items, and preparation of data for accurate planning of budgetary estimates.
• Validate Air Force repair requirements data, initiate repair, maintain documentation for repair actions.
• Review customer requirements and direct worldwide DoD supply activities to optimize worldwide asset distribution.
• Prepare presentations and reports for management relative to any aspect of assigned items or projects when required.
• Determine demand forecast factors, costs, lead times, and asset on hand levels that determine the buy and repair budget requirements for the assigned items.

• Serves as a Material Management Cell Chief and represents DLA Aviation as supply chain manager at a DLA Aviation industrial site.
• Maintains customer relationships in order to monitor sources of supply and ensure assets are available for issue when required and alleviate work-stoppages.
• Provides effective/efficient material management support for assigned military service production lines/groups.
• Oversees material management and storage implementation for managed items.
• Coordinates the expenditures of government funds for purchase of material and maintains accurate inventory.
• Conducts, initiates, or participates in studies, projects and/or surveys of material management operations to determine required improvements for supported commodities and/or weapons systems.

• Determines parts supportability across all sources of supply for established and future shop workloads/special projects and works to mitigate potential supportability constraints.
• Assures optimum utilization of current assets, specialized storage activities, and rapid reaction time in support of DoD programs.
• Coordinates with DLA Demand and Supply Planners and appropriate Air Force personnel to establish and set retail stock levels.
• Compares supply requirements to constraints, to identify supportability gaps and perform risk assessments.
• Perform supportability analysis on an assigned major weapon system, utilizing supply chain best practices to ensure all end items are supportable.

Reviews purchase requests from activities in terms of compliance with administrative requirements and adequacy of information, including item description, minimum allowable purchase quantity, availability of funds and estimated cost. Coordinates with requesting office to obtain or provide additional information and identifies when separate requests may be consolidated. Determines procurement source; local, Air Force Nonappropriated Fund Purchasing Office (AFNAFPO) or the Servicing Contracting Office (SCO). Develops source list of responsible suppliers from established lists, history files, catalogs, newspapers, etc. Determines procurement method based on such factors as procurement history, urgency of need, estimated cost, and applicable directives. Prepares requests for quotation to obtain quotes for small purchases and contracts. Verifies and abstracts information from vendors for orders or contracts. Reviews offers for compliance. Negotiates with vendors on a variety of issues, such as price breaks, accelerated delivery, reduction of service charges, etc. Prepares documentation for award. Issues purchase/delivery orders, Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) (priced and unpriced), Individual Service Contracts, Concessionaire Contracts, and other contracts and agreements within limits of contracting officer's warrant. Responsible for post award administration. Administers contracts, orders, agreements, and modifications, including follow-up. Gathers, monitors, and maintains data, related to purchasing, prepares reports and responds to inquiries. Uses automated systems to input purchase requests, issue orders, request for quotations (RFQ), and other purchasing associated information.

If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12623014

• Provides tailored customer support, maintains customer data, and responds to customer inquiries.
• Reviews backorder status reports on a daily basis and takes appropriate action to escalate backorders no meeting customer requirements.
• Receives and processes order cancellations, provides status updates and modifications, and conducts follow-up on customer receipt.
• Investigates, coordinates and releases Sales Orders that inhibit flow through automated systems.
• Applies DLA expedite policy and other standard operating procedures to request expedite actions within supply chains and/or emergency issuance from controlled stock.
• Recommends use of alternative sources of supply when faced with long lead times and identifies potential sources of supply for emergency requirements for which there is an order.
• Reviews performance metrics and takes action to improve processes when performance falls below goal.
• Provides input to higher graded CSSs regarding cause analysis findings in areas requiring performance improvement.
• Prepares briefing materials including background information, recommendations, statistical data, charts and graphs.
• Writes detailed reports concerning the status of their assignments and issues/problems identified in the course of performing the work.
• Coordinates with key storage and distribution personnel to resolve discrepancies and routine problems.

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 shipments. The 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 activities. Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Purchasing Support - Conducts purchasing under the micro purchase threshold; reviews and edits purchase requests; resolves issues to ensure requests and bills are processed accurately and in a timely manner; identifies needs or problems and determines corrective action; utilizes federal and agency acquisition regulations to identify possible sources and other pertinent information related to purchases; tracks obligations/commitments and monitors expenditures to support recurring budget forecasts and identify potential fraud, waste and abuse based on procurement history and purchase trends; and,
• Procurement Support - Procures supplies and services to meet the purchase, rental, or lease needs of the organization; develops unique selection criteria for each purchase; Prepare 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 requirements; and,
• Administrative Support - Serves as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers in regard to procured items; develops reports and spreadsheets, obtains, organizes, files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes; performs a variety of receptionist, timekeeping, record keeping and miscellaneous duties in medical facility; and,
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Purchasing Support: conducts purchasing under the micro purchase threshold; reviews and edits purchase requests; resolves issues to ensure requests and bills are processed accurately and in a timely manner; identifies needs or problems and determines corrective action; utilizes federal and agency acquisition regulations to identify possible sources and other pertinent information related to purchases.
• Procurement Support: develops unique selection criteria for each purchase; establishes user IDs and passwords, ensures proper card usage, and conducts random account reviews; procures supplies and services to meet the purchase, rental, or lease needs of the organization.
• Administrative Support: establishes office files and records systems; conducts formal meetings and prepares presentations for procurement conferences; reports cases of fraud and prepares unauthorized credit card purchase reports.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The primary purpose of this position is to acquire a wide range of standard equipment, supplies, or services typically described
through open market procedures or through orders against established contracts using simplified acquisition procedures. Reviews
purchase requests from activities in terms of compliance with administrative requirements and adequacy of information, including item description, minimum allowable purchase quantity, availability of funds and estimated cost. Coordinates with requesting office to obtain or provide additional information and identifies when separate requests may be consolidated. Determines procurement source; local, Air Force Nonappropriated Fund Purchasing Office (AFNAFPO) or the Servicing Contracting Office (SCO). Develops source list of responsible suppliers from established lists, history files, catalogs, newspapers, etc. Determines procurement method based on such factors as procurement history, urgency of need, estimated cost, and applicable directives. Prepares requests for quotation to obtain quotes for small purchases and contracts. Verifies and abstracts information from vendors for orders or contracts. Reviews offers for compliance. Negotiates with vendors on a variety of issues, such as price breaks, accelerated delivery, reduction of service charges, etc. Prepares documentation for award. Issues purchase/delivery orders, Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) (priced and unpriced), Individual Service Contracts, Concessionaire Contracts, and other contracts and agreements within limits of contracting
officer's warrant. Responsible for post award administration. Administers contracts, orders, agreements, and modifications, including
follow-up. Gathers, monitors, and maintains data, related to purchasing, prepares reports and responds to inquiries. Uses automated
systems to input purchase requests, issue orders, request for quotations (RFQ), and other purchasing associated information.

If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12613731

• Serve as project lead/manager, conducting organizational and process related studies and analysis of organizations, functions, and work processes to improve mission effectiveness, resource allocation and efficiency, functions, and work processes to improve mission effectiveness, and resource allocation.
• Plan, organize, and oversee the activities of the organization, ensuring that logistics management related operations comply
  with legal and regulatory requirements and meet customer needs.
• Participate in special logistics related operation projects and initiatives and perform special assignments.
• Represent the organization with a variety of installation and functional area organizations.
• Serve as focal point in the support of supply and logistics systems processes and procedures, organize and provide specialized functional supply expertise towards the activities of the organization.

The primary purpose of this position is to provide clerical support, perform routine administrative tasks to assist resources management staff and to acquire equipment, supplies or services through open market procedures using acquisition procedures.
Classifies and verifies a wide variety of accounting documents in order to assure their mathematical correctness, completeness of information, and to prepare control sheets with appropriate accounting codes. Maintains double-entry bookkeeping journals and subsidiary ledgers and posting entries to establish accounts. Prepares monthly balances, reconciles accounts, and transcribes to general ledger for closeout of all accounts. Traces discrepancies, if necessary, to posting documents, computes operational expenses incurred by individual activities for accounting services provided, and assigns charges appropriately. Reports prepared may include profit and loss statements, financial statements, and miscellaneous financial reporting data. Determines procurement method based on such factors as procurement history, urgency of need, estimated cost, and applicable directives. Prepares requests for quotation to obtain quotes for small purchases and contracts. Verifies and abstracts information from vendors for orders or contracts. Reviews offers for compliance. Negotiates with vendors on a variety of issues, such as price breaks, accelerated delivery, reduction of service charges, etc. Prepares documentation for award. Issues purchase/delivery orders, Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) (priced and unpriced), Individual Service Contracts, Concessionaire Contracts, and other contracts and agreements within limits of contracting officer's warrant. Responsible for post award administration. Administers contracts, orders, agreements, and modifications, including follow-up. Gathers, monitors, and maintains data, related to purchasing, prepares reports and responds to inquiries. Uses automated systems to input purchase requests, issue orders, request for quotations (RFQ), and other purchasing associated information. This position may require occasional travel. Performs other related duties as assigned.

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 shipments. The 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 activities. Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Purchasing Support - Conducts purchasing under the micro purchase threshold; reviews and edits purchase requests; resolves issues to ensure requests and bills are processed accurately and in a timely manner; identifies needs or problems and determines corrective action; utilizes federal and agency acquisition regulations to identify possible sources and other pertinent information related to purchases; tracks obligations/commitments and monitors expenditures to support recurring budget forecasts and identify potential fraud, waste and abuse based on procurement history and purchase trends; and,
• Procurement Support - Procures supplies and services to meet the purchase, rental, or lease needs of the organization; develops unique selection criteria for each purchase; Prepare 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 requirements; and,
• Administrative Support - Serves as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers in regard to procured items; develops reports and spreadsheets, obtains, organizes, files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes; performs a variety of receptionist, timekeeping, record keeping and miscellaneous duties in medical facility; and,
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The Lead Purchasing Agent is responsible for issuing, reviewing and or procuring prescribed items to Veterans in compliance with VHA guidelines and directives. As a purchase card holder, fulfills acquisition requests under the federal micro-purchase threshold, ensuring purchases are procured in accordance with federal and VA regulations, policy and procedures with responsibility for work leading to the purchase of a wide variety of complex and highly specialized services, supplies, equipment, and systems.
Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Lead Duties - Leads three or more Purchasing Agents performing work at or below the GS-6 level; serves as first respondent to any staff concerns related to procurement or purchase orders and is expected to work independently to resolve those issues, only escalating unresolvable issues; distributes and balances the workload among employees; assures timely accomplishment of assignments; and reviews completed work for compliance; instructs Purchasing Agents in specific tasks and job techniques; and, identifies training needs and provides on the job training to new Purchasing Agents.
• Purchasing and Procurement Support - Conducts purchasing for the VA HCS and supported catchment area under the micro purchase threshold; purchases various equipment, supplies, and services using the government purchase card for micro purchases; utilizes different ordering, reporting procedures, and purchasing methods depending on the type quantity, dollar value, and urgency of the requirement; provides administration and oversight on orders and services; advises approving officials and purchase card holders on purchase card program, procurement procedures and responsibilities.
• Administrative Support - Serves as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers in regard to procured items; provides clerical support and coordination to approving officials and administrators; utilizes a variety of automated systems to enter, update, revise, sort, and calculate data; develops reports and spreadsheets, obtains, organizes, files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.