Lead Supply Technician

Description:

The primary purpose of the position is to ensure supplies and materials are distributed to all areas serviced by Logistics. Leads three or more GS-2005 employees in the distribution area to provide wards, clinics, operating rooms, secondary storage locations, and other hospital facilities with supplies and material including, but not limited to, sterile and non-sterile medical supplies, instruments sets, and equipment.

Requirements:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/13/2025.

Time-In-Grade Requirement : Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Requires intensive knowledge and experience of standard supply management procedures to perform work involving Inventory and excess material management. Utilizes a thorough knowledge of and ability to interpret. policies, procedures, manuals, and regulations pertaining to supply/inventory management and federal acquisition systems to ensure team conformance with established requirements. Requires thorough knowledge of related stock rotation, hazard alerts and recalls ensuring outdated or otherwise compromised supplies and material are removed from usage area. Must have advanced knowledge and experience of an automated point of use inventory system (OmniCell or similar secure dispensing system), as well as the parent inventory system, both of which monitor issues and receipts in support of stock replenishment processes. The interface between the two can be a significant source of error. Incumbent must be able to evaluate numerical differences between the two systems and reconcile. Requires analytical ability to define and recognize problems, to collect applicable data and make recommendations for a solution. Thorough knowledge and experience of an automated computerized supply/inventory management system and familiarity with Microsoft (MS) Office software programs such as MS Word and Excel. Computer skills are required related to entering information and management of supply inventory systems using the generic inventory package and validate the data provided by the automated system, due to errors caused by frequent customer misunderstanding of the system's screen Instructions. Data accuracy in the automated system is critical to long-term stock management.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Customer Service (Clerical/Technical)
• Reasoning
• Technical Competence

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note : A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The work requires standing and walking during the entire workday, and frequent reaching, bending and lifting of supply packages (occasionally weighing as much as 50 pounds). Work requires pushing loaded carts of medical supplies (weighing in excess of 100+ pounds). With proper assistance, moves heavier items' weighing over 40 pounds.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ .