This position serves as a Lead Purchasing Agent for the Logistics Service within the VA Health Care System and supported catchment area. 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 - Lead 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; distribute and balances the workload among employees; assure timely accomplishment of assignments; and review completed work for compliance; instruct Purchasing Agents in specific tasks and job techniques; and, identify training needs and provides on the job training to new Purchasing Agents.
- Purchasing and Procurement Support - Conduct purchasing for the VA HCS and supported catchment area under the micro purchase threshold; purchase various equipment, supplies, and services using the government purchase card for micro purchases; utilize different ordering, reporting procedures, and purchasing methods depending on the type quantity, dollar value, and urgency of the requirement; provide administration and oversight on orders and services; advise approving officials and purchase card holders on purchase card program, procurement
procedures and responsibilities.
- Administrative Support - Serve as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers in regard to procured items; provide clerical support and coordination to approving officials and administrators; utilize a variety of automated systems to enter, update, revise, sort, and calculate data; develop reports and spreadsheets, obtains, organizes, files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: 7:30am - 4:00pm Monday - Friday
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Lead Purchasing Agent/PD99879S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Starting at $49,025 Per Year (GS 7)