Total 31 Others level Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory job vacancies in Bangor, Washington

• Conduct extensive searches for information pertaining to a wide range of complex and/or unusual supply transactions and patterns.
• Research problems surfaced by customers and resolve issues or routes to appropriate senior leadership for further analysis.
• Retrieve and use data to evaluate a wide variety of supply transactions, programs, and vendor inquiries.
• Evaluate various supply transactions to include customer issues, backorders, turn-ins, and receipts for mission critical property.
• Perform research to determine reasons for patterns of transaction errors and failures. Research different databases and publications to extract data.
• Analyze data from different databases to ensure consistency and accuracy.

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

- Ongoing temporary opportunity

- £11.44 per hour rising to £14.34 depending on shift

- Various shift patterns allocated on a weekly basis 5am - 3pm - £11.44

- 11pm - 8am - £12.70

- Sun - Days - £13.70

- Sun - Nights - £15.24

- Attractive overtime rates subject to business demand

- Excellent work/life balance

THE BUSINESS

Our client is a market leading logistics company based in Washington, Tyne & Wear. They specialise in the transport of ambient and temperature-controlled food products. As experts within supply chain and logistics they specialise in flexible, reliable and cost-effective services for major names in both supply and retail. They pride themselves on many years of experience and knowledge providing innovative and effective solutions that add value to their customer's operations. They are a customer focussed company with values that commit to supporting local community and being an Employer of Choice.

THE ROLE

Due to an upturn in work we have immediate requirements for a team of Warehouse Operatives/Cage Handlers to join our client. If you like being active in a job role and have independence to get on with the job at hand, this is the role for you! Duties and tasks will include:

- You must be available to work a 5am start and be flexible to work all other shifts

- You will be working in a cold room food storage environment

- You will be loading/unloading cages of various food products from wagons

- Follow company processes and procedures at all times keeping in line with current Health & Safety policies

- Assist with maintenance of all warehouse areas and report damage/accidents

- Carry out any other reasonable task requested by your warehouse manager or team leader in their absence

THE PERSON

A good attitude and high level of stamina is key for this role as well as the following specifications:

- You must be available to work a 5am start and be flexible to work all other shifts

- You need a flexible approach with the willingness to commence work at short notice as business demand often changes

- This is a highly manual dexterous role and you will demonstrate these skills

- You will have a proactive and hardworking attitude as you will hit the ground running

- You can demonstrate good listening skills and be able to follow instructions

- It would be advantageous if you have your own transport or live in the local area

- You will need to be physically fit to do this role

THE PACKAGE

- £11.44 per hour rising to £14.34 depending on shift

- Various shift patterns allocated on a weekly basis 5am - 3pm - £11.44

- 11pm - 8am - £12.70

- Sun - Days - £13.70

- Sun - Nights - £15.24

- Attractive overtime rates subject to business demand

- Excellent work/life balance

TO APPLY

This is a very popular role and won't be available for long. It is a great opportunity to work together with friends or family so don't waste any time and apply ASAP. Your CV will go directly to our consultant Harry Mann who is leading the search. Alternatively, if you have any questions, please get in touch with Harry or any other member of the Industrial team on 0191 492 6622 Option 1

You will serve as a Division Chief under the direction of the Office of Procurement Policy and Oversight. As Division Chief, Procurement Policy and Systems, you will be responsible for facilitating the procurement of goods and services throughout the Coast Guard (CG) by developing, coordinating and administering the CG procurement program, assuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations and policies in all service-wide CG acquisition activities. You will be responsible for building a service-wide acquisition workforce and electronic acquisition tools through the development and issuance of contracting policies and procedures. You will direct and coordinate a service-wide acquisition program that promotes the CG's mission success while preserving the public trust.

Being a CG civilian makes you a valuable member of the CG team. Typical work assignments include:

• Evaluating employee performance, assuring that developmental and training needs are met, interviewing candidates for vacancies, selecting personnel, and hearing and resolving employee complaints.
• Providing expert technical leadership and consultation in the oversight of the acquisition process for one or more of the agency's major procurement and reporting systems programs covering acquisitions of vital national importance and overseeing the in-depth compliance review and evaluation of complex, unusual or unprecedented contract actions.
• Serving as the agency-wide expert in the functional area of procurement, e.g., pre-awards issues or price/cost analysis and post award issues.
• Advising contracting activities in formulating programs or concepts to reflect optimum utilization of resources, data, and procurement systems.

As the Contracting Specialist/ Procurement Analyst you will serve as the procurement/contracting subject matter expert and advisor to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and is responsible for planning, advising, and administering contracts, and interagency agreements for services and supplies all in support of the agency, and performing a variety of financial functions to facilitate financial and operational management applicable regulations adherence.

You will perform the following duties:

• Serves as the contracting/procurement expert and advisor on the acceptability and applicability of overall procurement objectives. Provides advice and guidance on contracting matters to project managers and contracting officer representatives.
• Utilizes knowledge of various contract vehicles and applicable statutory requirements to develop and formulate standard operating procedures on issues critical to the STB contracting and procurement activities.
• Develops procurement objectives and strategies including terms of competition, selecting appropriate methods of generating proposals (solicited and unsolicited) and selecting appropriate methods, techniques, and instruments for implementing widely differing types of proposed projects or activities.
• Provides general oversight of agency purchase requests, interagency agreements, purchase orders, contracts, and other source documents to ensure that the agency's expenses remain within applicable limits and thresholds, are accurately documented, and does not violate agency policies, the Anti-Deficiency Act, the Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR), and applicable acquisition regulations.
• Reviews external audit reports on procurements and makes recommendations on findings. Analyzes Congressional inquiries involving procurements and prepares appropriate responses based on knowledge of procurement operations.
• Provides consultative technical advice and guidance to clients including the adequacy of work statements and specifications and provides guidance and support in the selection strategy, evaluation process, negotiation of business and technical terms, and the subsequent administration and formal closeout of the area's contracts.
• Monitors purchases, agreements, and contracts, to ensure award requirements are met. Communicates frequently with program managers and subject matter experts to discuss and advise on contractual, financial, and other administrative management matters.

As a Supervisory Inventory Management Specialist, you will:

• Serve as the main agency contact point for the implementation of the Federal Management Regulations for personal property.
• Manage and oversee Departmental personal property inventory programs.
• Plan and conduct management studies and analyses of Departmental property inventory operations, process, and programs.
• Direct all activities involving the administration of bank card purchase, Blanket Purchase Agreements and contracts for various personal property functions, including office equipment maintenance and repair, conventional furniture and case goods purchase, furniture repairs and reconfiguration, and carpet purchase and installation.
• Develop Departmental budget estimates for furniture and equipment needs based upon historical data, knowledge of property requirements and equipment capabilities.

"This is an Open & Continuous announcement. Applicants will be referred to the hiring manager every 2 weeks from the open date of the announcement."

This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-06. At the GS-05 grade level, the employee performs assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-06. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher level work, and availability of funds.

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

• Perform technical level purchasing support adhering to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Veteran Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR), Veteran Health Administration (VHA), and Prosthetics directives and handbooks, Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) policy and station memorandums to acquire Veteran specific medical equipment, supplies and services based on a medical provider's clinical assessment and evaluation of the Veteran's medical condition.
• Submits Acquisition Plans and Procurement Packages for stock and veteran specific needs to the Network Contracting Office and uploads quotes, bids, invoices, consults, and other important documents to Electronic Contract Management System (eCMS).
• Verifies Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) and Bradstreet information and ensures each vendor is in System for Award Management (SAM) and in good standing with the government to do business with.
• Verifies accountability of all prosthetics expenditures in both the purchase menu and the prosthetics program and associate all obligations to the individual veteran.
• Ensure the services provides are documented not only as the type of service, but the duration.
• Complex purchasing: requires irregular research, analysis, collaboration and many other steps to ensure both best value and the most appropriate devices are purchased for the Veterans.
• Routine purchasing: includes routine purchase orders on established contracts or through established vendor resources using regular significant research, analysis or collaboration.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.
As a Contract Specialist, you will:

• Plan, negotiate, lead, and/or administer complex procurements of goods, systems or services with specialized, state-of-the-art, critical or scarce requirements.
• Develops and/or review complex contractual pricing arrangements and incentives characterized by multiple incentives requiring sophisticated contracting techniques, sharing arrangements such as cost-plus-incentive-fees or fixed-price-incentive-fees where the agency and the contractor share cost risk, or economic price adjustment clauses for adjusting labor and material costs where price cannot be reasonably predicted at the time of negotiation.
• Present findings, recommends corrective actions, and makes policy or procedure improvements.
• Review, advise on, develop and recommend operation-wide or agency-wide procurement processes and systems, procedures and policies; or equivalent assignment.

As an Inventory Currency Controller, you will:
- Maintain an adequate supply of replacement inventory for damaged notes.
- Record transactions in the BEP designated electronic system of record.
- Assist in reconciling discrepancies discovered during the count of mutilated stock.
- Responsible for acquiring QA samples from submitted mutts in line with quality procedures.
- Verify accumulated units of cancelled and counted stock, checking each against accompanying identification.

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to program management/administration, supervision, clinical and education.

Program Management/Administration

• Oversees the implementation of the pharmacy procurement and inventory programs.
• Responsible for monitoring, communication and coordination of drug and supply recalls, conversions, special handling medications, drug alerts and shortages.
• Serves as the pharmacy recall coordinator by developing and implementing action plans to manage drug recalls.
• Collaborates with Pharmacy Leadership to develop and implement a VAWW Pharmacy cost containment strategic plan by fully utilizing the VISN and National PBM pharmacoeconomic resources and community by translating national data, innovations, and recommendations into local process improvement that maximize fiscal responsibility and providing clinical review and recommendations to develop drug conversion plans to address drug shortages, pharmacoeconomic initiatives and emerging safety concerns.
• Responsible for pharmacoeconomic outcomes and analysis, performance measures, and impact assessments designed to maximize both resource utilization and quality patient care.
• Interfaces with internal and external customers to identify, develop, and implement appropriate formulary programs, outcome assessments, and cost containment activities.
• Manages the non-formulary and prior authorization drug approval process including the establishment and implementation of programs for the appropriate and cost efficient use of selected drugs that are high cost and subject to inappropriate use.

• Analyzes current and future workforce requirements to determine competencies and skills needed.
• Successfully transitions new hires into the position by promptly communicating performance elements and standards within applicable timeframes, providing ongoing feedback and coaching, and making appropriate use of the probationary period to assess the employee's ability to perform.
• Establishes results-oriented plans with subordinate employees with cascaded goals within 60 days of the beginning of the performance appraisal cycles.
• Appropriately identifies and addresses specific, performance-related deficiencies with the employee in a timely manner to ensure employee is given every opportunity to improve to a successful level of performance.
• Develops the ability of the subordinate staff and others, as appropriate, to perform and contribute to the organization through coaching, mentoring and providing ongoing feedback and by granting opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods.
• Appropriately recognizes and rewards employee's contributions and performance in accordance with policy and within established timeframes.
• Works with the servicing Human Resources Management Office, as appropriate, to ensure that an employee's conduct deficiencies are addressed expeditiously.
• Ensures that subordinates complete all mandatory training on a timely basis.

• Drug Therapy Monitoring.
• Serves as a drug information resource for other health care providers, answering inquiries regarding therapeutics, drug interactions, dosing, side effects, etc.
• Report any adverse events to VADERS and create order sets for high cost and specialty pharmaceuticals to provide guidance to prescribing, monitoring, and formulary compliance.
• Track patients using high-cost medications to verify therapeutic goals are being met, with an eye on optimizing medication management if they are not achieving desired therapeutic outcomes.
• Performs prescription processing activities in outpatient and/or inpatient pharmacy areas.

• Provides proactive, ongoing communication related to the pharmacy programs under their supervision to professional staff via Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee meetings, Medical Staff meetings, Pharmacy Staff meetings, and individualized meetings, as appropriate.
• Serves as a resource and provides information and education to staff, Pharmacy Residents, and Pharmacy Students in areas of Inventory Management and approved clinical guidelines to reduce unnecessary and inappropriate use of drugs.
• Works with the Pharmacy Leadership to identify targeted drug therapy interventions.
• Participates in the precepting or training of pharmacy residents, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, students and other medical center personnel as required.

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to program management/administration, supervision, clinical and education.

Program Management/Administration

• Oversees the implementation of the pharmacy procurement and inventory programs.
• Responsible for monitoring, communication and coordination of drug and supply recalls, conversions, special handling medications, drug alerts and shortages.
• Serves as the pharmacy recall coordinator by developing and implementing action plans to manage drug recalls.
• Collaborates with Pharmacy Leadership to develop and implement a VAWW Pharmacy cost containment strategic plan by fully utilizing the VISN and National PBM pharmacoeconomic resources and community by translating national data, innovations, and recommendations into local process improvement that maximize fiscal responsibility and providing clinical review and recommendations to develop drug conversion plans to address drug shortages, pharmacoeconomic initiatives and emerging safety concerns.
• Responsible for pharmacoeconomic outcomes and analysis, performance measures, and impact assessments designed to maximize both resource utilization and quality patient care.
• Interfaces with internal and external customers to identify, develop, and implement appropriate formulary programs, outcome assessments, and cost containment activities.
• Manages the non-formulary and prior authorization drug approval process including the establishment and implementation of programs for the appropriate and cost efficient use of selected drugs that are high cost and subject to inappropriate use.

• Analyzes current and future workforce requirements to determine competencies and skills needed.
• Successfully transitions new hires into the position by promptly communicating performance elements and standards within applicable timeframes, providing ongoing feedback and coaching, and making appropriate use of the probationary period to assess the employee's ability to perform.
• Establishes results-oriented plans with subordinate employees with cascaded goals within 60 days of the beginning of the performance appraisal cycles.
• Appropriately identifies and addresses specific, performance-related deficiencies with the employee in a timely manner to ensure employee is given every opportunity to improve to a successful level of performance.
• Develops the ability of the subordinate staff and others, as appropriate, to perform and contribute to the organization through coaching, mentoring and providing ongoing feedback and by granting opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods.
• Appropriately recognizes and rewards employee's contributions and performance in accordance with policy and within established timeframes.
• Works with the servicing Human Resources Management Office, as appropriate, to ensure that an employee's conduct deficiencies are addressed expeditiously.
• Ensures that subordinates complete all mandatory training on a timely basis.

• Drug Therapy Monitoring.
• Serves as a drug information resource for other health care providers, answering inquiries regarding therapeutics, drug interactions, dosing, side effects, etc.
• Report any adverse events to VADERS and create order sets for high cost and specialty pharmaceuticals to provide guidance to prescribing, monitoring, and formulary compliance.
• Track patients using high-cost medications to verify therapeutic goals are being met, with an eye on optimizing medication management if they are not achieving desired therapeutic outcomes.
• Performs prescription processing activities in outpatient and/or inpatient pharmacy areas.

• Provides proactive, ongoing communication related to the pharmacy programs under their supervision to professional staff via Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee meetings, Medical Staff meetings, Pharmacy Staff meetings, and individualized meetings, as appropriate.
• Serves as a resource and provides information and education to staff, Pharmacy Residents, and Pharmacy Students in areas of Inventory Management and approved clinical guidelines to reduce unnecessary and inappropriate use of drugs.
• Works with the Pharmacy Leadership to identify targeted drug therapy interventions.
• Participates in the precepting or training of pharmacy residents, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, students and other medical center personnel as required.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Inventory Management Specialist position, you will ensure effective and efficient coordination with the various property custodial officers to coordinate the accountability, utilization, maintenance, protection, transfer, and disposition of disaster and non-disaster supported personal property. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Managing the storage, replenishment, inventory, disposal, and accountability of all supplies and equipment to support and sustain disaster and non-disaster response teams in emergencies and/or disasters.
• Conducting on-site audits of disaster supplies and equipment and performing special supply and demand studies to plan for future supply requirements to meet customer needs.
• Reviewing financial data to determine reprogramming requirements.
• Ensuring that all associates receive essential information and training on the use, maintenance, and accountability of government property.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

This position will be hired into a temporary 4-year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

• Serves as a Senior Procurement Analyst in the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Administration (OA), Acquisition Management Division (AMD).
• Responsible for making senior-level decisions that impact the Agency's procurement policy, procedures, procesess and operations.
• Serves as a spokesperson for senior leadership or the Department during the course of procurement reviews and in support of procurement initiatives.
• Demonstrates active support for acquisition integration, modernization and performance measurement.
• Serves as a team member on regular or special contract or acquisition review boards.
• Plans, develops, coordinates and promulgates procurement and acquisition policies, procedures and regulations.
• Coordinates and evaluates federal procurement regulations and develops implementing OJP acquisition regulations, policies and guidance.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

The Assistant DNI for Acquisition Procurement & Facilities (ADNI/AP&F) ensures U.S. intelligence superiority by enabling the identification, development and timely fielding of breakthrough capabilities, innovatively applying advanced technologies and promoting acquisition excellence. ADNI/AP&F is the Intelligence Community (IC) catalyst for technical innovation, responsive stewardship, and acquisition & procurement excellence addressing the key intelligence challenges by establishing and maintaining an agile and transparent best-practice environment that promotes innovation, responsible financial stewardship, and IC acquisition and procurement success. The Intelligence Community Senior Procurement Executive (IC SPE) reports to the ADNI/ AP&F and is responsible for oversight of IC procurement programs, policies and processes and strategic sourcing initiatives; fostering a well-qualified mission focused IC procurement workforce; and promoting IC level industry outreach.

Major duties and responsibilities include the following:

Serve as principal advisor to DDNI/P&C, ADNI/ AP&F, the IC CFO, the IC CIO, and other senior officials within the ODNI on contracting and procurement matters;

Support a flexible acquisition environment that facilities rapid exploitation of emerging technologies and innovation within industry;

Oversee IC-wide strategic sourcing of commodities, services, and technology to include the IC Enterprise Agreement (IC EA) program and relevant Services of Common Concern (SoCC). Oversee policy and processes to enable effective ODNI governance and oversight of IC SoCCs;

Oversee procurement policy activities across the IC and set strategies to develop the vision, goals, objectives and direction of policy activities for IC-wide procurement policies and activities that align with the National Intelligence Strategy and DNI strategic goals and objectives;

Chair the IC Procurement Executive Council and oversee the IC Enterprise Software Efficiencies Steering Group to promote sharing and understanding of best practices in acquisition, contracting and procurement and policies within the IC;

Represent the IC on contracting and procurement matters to external entities, coordinating with ODNI Office of General Counsel and with affected IC elements, as appropriate;

Coordinate with IC elements and ODNI components to facilitate the effective IC contracting and procurement activities and execution of National Intelligence Program (NIP) funds;

Create and sustain partnerships with other IC elements to include Senior Procurement Executives and other ODNl leaders to ensure a continuing dialogue and active insight into ongoing and planned procurement efforts, policy developments, and technology activities. Develop and maintain a network of senior-level contacts within DoD and the IC to foster intelligence integration and interagency cooperation;

Oversee efforts in collaboration with National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) and IC CIO senior officials to support the ADNI AP&F as the DNl's senior representative to the Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC);

Foster a culture of excellence and demonstrate independent initiative to proactively identify and communicate challenges facing ODNI/SPE, the Policy and Capabilities (P&C) Directorate, the ODNI, or the IC. Develop innovative and creative ways to address these challenges in a collaborative manner within P&C, across ODNI, with the broader IC, and in partnership with other external stakeholders, as appropriate that advance efforts to lead the Intelligence Community to future mission success;

Lead a professional staff in successfully defining and managing complex programs and projects that may include ill-defined requirements, ambiguity, parallel tasks, multiple dependencies, high risks, and multiple interfaces; ensure timelines, costs, deliverables, and outcomes are achieved according to approved plans;

Lead, manage, and direct a professional level staff, evaluate performance, collaborate on goal setting, and provide feedback and guidance regarding personal and professional development opportunities;

Maintain effective working relationships with other ODNI and IC components and other government agencies to elicit customer/stakeholder requirements and address issues that span multiple mission or program areas;

Lead the development and implementation of building a workforce and culture to deliver services that exceed customer expectations;

Promote inclusiveness, diversity, communication, collaboration, teamwork, and partnership between and among all ODNI employees, including peers and subordinate supervisors. Foster an inclusive organizational culture by promoting collaboration, flexibility, fairness, and transparency.

This position is located at ICC-B in Bethesda, MD. However, there is the potential for use of other ODNI locations on a limited basis.

As Practice Leader and Senior Director, serves as a member of the management team by supervising the Program Acquisition & Assistance (PAA) Practice Group and providing intellectual and technical leadership over MCC's programs, policies, and practices for the compact Procurement functions. Provides leadership, strategic guidance, and oversight over the execution of MCC's program procurement guidelines across the portfolio. The Practice Leader and Senior Director:

• Defines and develops MCC's approach to international public procurement procedures and functions with partner countries.
• Serves as a recognized expert and senior advisor to MCC leaders on issues related to international public procurement.
• Defines best practices, templates, procurement management tools and approaches, and other guidance to be applied across MCC disciplines.
• Leads MCC's procurement outreach efforts with the private sector, including organizing events, industry days, target marketing, and building relationships with private sector firms and other US government agencies.
• Formulates and recommends plans to improve policies, practices, methods, and organizational operations related to international public procurement.
• Incorporates industry trends such as sustainable procurement and Artificial Intelligence related to the subject matter of international public procurement into ongoing programs and initiatives.
• Represents MCC in external forums vis-à-vis technical discussions, deliberations, and other knowledge management activities concerning areas of expertise.
• Coordinates and consults with other donors and research providers to keep abreast of best practices and trends.
• Manages teams of professional experts and coordinates and interacts with a variety of stakeholders at different managerial levels
• Exercises technical and administrative supervision of subordinates.
• Ensures a continuing affirmative application of MCC policies concerning equal opportunity.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

As the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO), you will oversee, manage, and develop policies and procedures involving the procurement of supplies, construction, and services required to manage the overall operational efficiency within the Secret Service. As the agency authority on procurement and contracting matters, you will be responsible for the acquisition of all goods and services for the protective, investigative, and administrative mission of the Secret Service.

As a key executive advisor, you will inform the Chief Management Officer and the Chief Operating Officer on the interpretation of contracting laws, principles, and regulations to generate new procurement concepts or make recommendations regarding procurement matters impacting the Secret Service.

The primary duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Acquires commercial items, classified/sensitive intelligence technology, protective countermeasures, major nationwide telecommunication network systems, complex and diversified information technology systems and services, major system acquisitions for highly sensitive investigation and protection equipment, and state-of-the-art electronic and security systems. Products and services procured are unique, time sensitive, high dollar value and critical to the mission of the Secret Service.
• Plans, directs, and oversees a worldwide centralized procurement program through several subordinate supervisors who directly supervise contract and procurement specialists, automation specialists, and administrative/support personnel in procuring equipment, supplies, and services for the Secret Service.
• Refines procurement policies used in the acquisition of goods and services to enhance operational efficiency; develops and implements new procedures and processes to streamline and improve operations.
• Develops and maintains liaison with officials from other Federal agencies as well as state and local agencies, the private sector, administrators of other related programs and professional associations, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
• Keeps abreast of newly proposed or enacted legislation impacting procurement programs, program innovations at the Federal, state, and local levels, and in the private sector. Provides authoritative interpretations, instructions, and guidance relative to all phases of procurement management. Provides information and guidance at meetings with senior officials of the Secret Service.