General Supply Specialist
Defense Logistics Agency
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LEAD GENERAL SUPPLY SPECIALIST
Military Sealift Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Salary
$90,838 - $118,092
per year
Type
Full Time
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January 23, 2026
GS-11 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading a team in managing supply chain operations for the Military Sealift Command, including overseeing orders from vendors, monitoring deliveries, and ensuring everything runs smoothly for ship support.
You'll act as a key coordinator, approving purchases and planning material needs for ongoing operations and repairs.
It's a great fit for someone with experience in logistics coordination and team leadership who enjoys problem-solving to improve efficiency in a government setting.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent in supply chain or logistics
- Experience coordinating contract support services and evaluating contractor performance
- Proficiency in monitoring order fulfillment from vendors, federal systems, and government activities
- Skills in updating order status and reporting in internal property and material custody systems
- Ability to analyze operations, workloads, workflows, and recommend efficiency improvements
- Experience acting as an Approving Official for Government Purchase Cards
- Strong communication and planning skills for team assignments and consensus-building
Full Job Description
You will serve as a LEAD GENERAL SUPPLY SPECIALIST in the LOGISTICS DIRECTORATE (N4), SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT DIVISION (N48), REQUIREMENTS PROCESSING (N481) of MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience serving as the Technical Point of Contact by coordinating contract support services, evaluating contractor performance, and providing input to performance reports, etc.
Experience with monitoring order fulfillment processes from commercial vendors, the federal supply system, and other Government activities, ensuring order fulfillment meets customer delivery/destination requirements.
Experience updating order status and reporting within internal property systems and supporting material custody systems.
Experience analyzing internal operations and current and potential workloads, existing workflow and procedures to evaluate efficiency and recommending changes as required.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:
- You will act as an Approving Official for Government Purchase Card holders.
- You will monitor order fulfillment processes.
- You will participate with applicable ship engineering and logistics staff in the planning of material and services requirements for operation, support, and repair throughout the life cycle phases.
- You will provide support by utilizing a variety of coordinating, facilitating, consensus-building and planning techniques.
- You will communicate assignments and projects to the team with actionable events and milestones with timeframes for completion.
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