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Lead Customer Relationship Specialist

Defense Logistics Agency

Department of Defense

Recent

Location

Salary

$122,749 - $159,575

per year

Type

Closes

January 12, 2026

GS-13 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team to manage customer relationships in the Defense Logistics Agency, focusing on handling orders, solving problems, and improving support for defense-related needs.

You'll act as the main contact for customers, guide order processes, and lead efforts to boost satisfaction through reviews and outreach.

It's a great fit for experienced professionals with strong leadership skills and a background in customer service or logistics, especially in government or military settings.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent in order fulfillment, demand planning, or marketing
  • Ability to provide oversight and guidance to teams handling customer service programs
  • Experience conducting program reviews to evaluate and improve customer support
  • Knowledge of defense distribution systems and web-based ordering applications
  • Skills in briefing internal and external customers to clarify requirements
  • Proficiency in dispersing guidance on policies and procedures to resolve issues
  • Active participation in customer outreach and satisfaction assessments

Full Job Description

See below for important information regarding this job. To qualify for a Lead Customer Relationship Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support: A.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position.

To qualify at the GS-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.

Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.

Creditable specialized experience includes: Provide oversight and guidance to a team responsible for order fulfillment, demand planning, or marketing techniques.

Conduct detailed program reviews for evaluating, advising and improving customer service/support programs.

Provide guidance to the Order Fulfillment process including defense distribution systems and other webbased ordering applications.

Conduct briefs to internal and external customers to address, identify and clarify their requirements as requested.

Disperse guidance for new/revised policies, practices and procedures developed to resolve recurring problems and/or improve the quality of customer service. B.

Education Substitution: Applicants may not qualify for this position base on education in lieu of specialized experience.

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, religious, 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. Major Duties:

  • Serves as a lead member within a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Cell or Segment support team (training, overseeing workload and briefing internal/external customers).
  • Serves as the primary customer facing point of contact for the Order Fulfillment process.
  • Works with the customer account specialists in identifying their needs, solving or coordinating timely resolution of customer orders/support problems.
  • Serves as an active participant in customer outreach initiatives to assess customer satisfaction and inform customers of new DLA capabilities.
  • Works through organizational groups to resolve the status of an item and provide emergency customer support.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/6/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/7/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DLAEnergy-26-12861034-MP