Total 81 Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory job vacancies in Laughlin AFB, Texas

• 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.

• 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.

• Serves as a lead worker to three or more Store Worker employees
• Provides training and instructions to lower level employees
• Distributes daily work assignments and monitors progress
• Maintains adequate stock of perishable and non-perishable items
• Replenishes depleted stock with incoming items or from storage areas
• Verifies shipments by checking the shipping documents, making proper notations on the documents, and identifying any obvious spoilage, damages, overages, or shortages.

• 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.

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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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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.

• Leads a team that is the single point of contact for all acquisitions in support of SDDC, providing guidance and recommendations to the Command Leadership, Subordinate Commands, Army Service Component Command, team members, and Contracting Agencies.
• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets priorities, and ensures performance is timely, efficient, and of acceptable quality.
• Establishes and maintains collaborative environment with requirement owners to develop acquisition strategies, provide support on requirement package generation and management of acquisitions.
• Creates a positive and welcoming culture where empowerment and creativity thrive.
• Fosters the development of others by providing guidance, sharing expertise, and perspective to build future leaders and maximize employees' full potential
• Evaluates the effectiveness of operations supervised in terms of mission accomplishment, quality and quantity standards, procedural, policy, and regulatory compliance
• Provides technical advice on contractual matters based on in-depth knowledge of acquisition regulations and policies
• Directs and coordinates plans for development and refinement of new and diverse acquisition management strategies to accomplish short-, mid-, and long-term organizational goals and objectives

• 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.

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• How to Apply (including a preview of the assessment questionnaire, if applicable)
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• Operate an electronic checkout system, makes change, and verifies change fund and amount of currency received during an assigned shift.
• Manage change machines ensuring proper amounts of cash and coins are available.
• Assist customers by answering questions concerning prices, identification, and location of items.
• Count cash and negotiable instruments and to prepare an accountability report.
• Manage the self-check-out registers assisting customers in the correct processing of their purchases.
• Change register tape, and clear routine equipment and scanning jams on registers.

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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.