Total 61 Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory job vacancies in Fort Meade Naval Facilities, Maryland

• Assisting customers by answering questions such as item price or location, and handling bulky/heavy items.
• Operating an electronic checkout system to record unit price, total customer purchase, and make change.
• Performing a variety of duties in handling, preparing and maintaining stock levels of grocery and produce items.
• Reviewing stock levels and gathering inventory data in order to maintain the Computer Assisted Ordering (CAO) system.
• Preparing and maintaining a variety of documents to order commissary items, reconcile invoices and submit requisitions.
• Maintaining security, safety, and sanitation practices and procedures.

What are the Major Duties of this Position? Functions as a Warehouse Worker in the Food Service Department at the a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) federal correctional facility.

Responsible for supervising inmate workers who receive, store, and issue a wide variety of supplies, material, equipment and commodities required in the operation of the Food Service Department.

Responsible for clerical, Funds Control, Time and Attendance and budgeting duties as assigned by the Food Service Administrator and is expected to apply a working knowledge of policies and procedures as related to this office and the food service aspect of the institution.

Responsible for delivery follow-up on outstanding purchase orders placed with commercial vendors.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staffs correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

Assisting customers by answering questions such as item price or location, and handling bulky/heavy items.

• Operating an electronic checkout system to record unit price, total customer purchase, and make change.
• Performing a variety of duties in handling, preparing and maintaining stock levels of grocery and produce items.
• Reviewing stock levels and gathering inventory data in order to maintain the Computer Assisted Ordering (CAO) system.
• Preparing and maintaining a variety of documents to order commissary items, reconcile invoices and submit requisitions.
• Maintaining security, safety, and sanitation practices and procedures.

• Determine the method of purchase: existing contract, open market, Federal Supply schedules, etc.
• Negotiate and prepare contract modifications that may change place of performance, scope of work, period of performance, and other conditions.
• Monitor the entire purchasing process from receipt of purchase request to completion of the order/contract.
• Monitor available goods and services through continuous market research.
• Ensure contract files are complete per regulations and agency policies
• Screen incoming correspondence, publications, and directives and forwards to appropriate Division personnel.
• Coordinate with other agencies to determine applicable labor laws and social legislation.
• Perform administrative work to include tracking and initiating personnel actions and inputs.
• This is a developmental position. Duties are written at the full performance grade level of GS-10.

• 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.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will participate in planning for new data processing systems in terms of defining the nature of information required, organizational responsibilities, computer network requirements, and the nature of output desired from inventory management systems.

Typical assignments include:

• Assisting in maintaining records and controls over property, serving as an Accountability Property Officer.
• Assisting in analyzing, investigating, and determining causes of inventory discrepancies and action necessary to correct deficiencies.
• Managing cradle to grave operation of accountable and consumable inventory items.
• Conducting and monitoring cyclic inventories by compiling data and processing the data into systems.
• Reviewing and implementing changes in automated data bases and systems of data storage, formats, and reports.
• Assisting in researching procurement data for purchases.
• Serving as a backup for Inventory Management Specialist (warehouse) for managing supply.

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.

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.

Promotion Potential: Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will participate in planning for new data processing systems in terms of defining the nature of information required, organizational responsibilities, computer network requirements, and the nature of output desired from inventory management systems..

Typical assignments include:

• Assisting in maintaining records and controls over property, serving as an Accountability Property Officer.
• Assisting in analyzing, investigating, and determining causes of inventory discrepancies and action necessary to correct deficiencies.
• Managing cradle to grave operation of accountable and consumable inventory items.
• Conducting and monitors cyclic inventories by compiling data and processing the data into systems.
• Reviewing and implementing changes in automated data bases and systems of data storage, formats, and reports.
• Assisting in researching procurement data for purchases.
• Serving as a backup for Inventory Management Specialist (warehouse) for managing supply.

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.

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.

Promotion Potential: Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.

• You will serve as the on-site representative for inventory management of depot maintenance material and direct oversite of supporting warehouses.
• You will ensure proper flow of incoming and outgoing inventory to support maintenance planning and production.
• You will determine current and anticipated storage requirements and advise supervisors.
• You will continuously review warehousing activities to ensure processes stay current with required support as well as maintaining best utilization of space and equipment.
• You will analyze command regulations, operating procedures and command policies to determine the impact on affected areas of operations.
• You will perform stock reconciliation.
• You will coordinate special services required for movement of equipment and material in support of shipping and delivery as well as facility maintenance to ensure proper care and appearance of assigned warehouses.

• Front end operations including patron identification, customer inquiries, check out and cash control.
• Non-perishable stock control including transporting items and stocking shelves.
• Meat display and case stocking.
• Produce inspection, display and rotation.
• Account maintenance, supply and computer operations.
• Contractor performance.

• Duties and Qualifications
• How to Apply (including a preview of the assessment questionnaire, if applicable)
• How You Will be Evaluated

• Front end operations including patron identification, customer inquiries, check out and cash control.
• Non-perishable stock control including transporting items and stocking shelves.
• Meat display and case stocking.
• Produce inspection, display and rotation.
• Account maintenance, supply and computer operations.
• Contractor performance.

• Maintaining adequate stock of resale items.
• Identifying any obvious spoilage, damage, and out-of-date merchandise.
• Receiving supplies, equipment and resale items.
• Operating a computer system that calculates and marks prices, and determines weights of merchandise.
• Transporting items to shelving and display areas.

• Duties and Qualifications
• How to Apply (including a preview of the assessment questionnaire, if applicable)
• How You Will be Evaluated

• Maintaining adequate stock of resale items.
• Identifying any obvious spoilage, damage, and out-of-date merchandise.
• Receiving supplies, equipment and resale items.
• Operating a computer system that calculates and marks prices, and determines weights of merchandise.
• Transporting items to shelving and display areas.

• Duties and Qualifications
• How to Apply (including a preview of the assessment questionnaire, if applicable)
• How You Will be Evaluated

• Implements policies and procedures applicable to the CMS assets, inventory, material, and equipment control and management.
• Analyzes data and develops recommendations for improvements, new techniques, and alternate methods for program enhancements.
• Plans, organizes, controls, integrates, and evaluates the work of personal Inventory programs by ensuring operations are in compliance with federal, state, and local statutes, rules, and regulations.
• Analyzes information to determine retention or repair needs for disposal actions of used assets, materials, supplies, inventory and equipment.
• Monitors contractor compliance for all objectives and identifies and corrects contract problems.

• You will serve as the senior Procurement Analyst responsible to develop acceptable and applicable contractual policy and procedures related to all NAVSUP WSS acquisitions.
• You will m makes decisions/recommendations on the interpretation and content of Federal, DoD, and Navy policy concerning the management and development of long-range and interrelated acquisition processes.
• You will have knowledge of contracting regulations, laws and procedures, particularly as they relate to the negotiated method of the procurement.
• You will have knowledge of negotiation authorities and techniques, contract types, cost and price analysis, negotiated overhead rates, economic price adjustment considerations, and Government Furnished Property procedures.
• You will have knowledge of industrial production methods and commercial merchandising practices in order to plan and carry- long term pre-award and/ or post award procurement actions.
• You will have knowledge of acquisition automation systems, commercial Electronic Data exchange systems and electronic Imaging equipment to process and carry out various actions and processes throughout the full contracting and procurement Lifecyle.

• Provides exemplary customer service to include greeting, professional appearance, positive attitude, and approaching the customer, suggestive selling and adding on.
• Completes retail reports and submits to management.
• Operates the POS terminal, scans, verifies retail price, verifies product information, processes proper type of sale/return in terminal, properly secures credit card information and delivers receipt to customer.
• Stocks and maintains the sales floor according to daily sales plan. Stays current with merchandise assortment.
• Provides on the job training to new sales store clerks as needed.