Procurement Analyst (E-Commerce)

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f.

Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at Fort Meade.

CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS".

This position is in the Professional work category at the Senior work level within the CES Occupational Structure.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement".

If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirement for Procurement Analyst: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees.

OR Exemption: You are exempt from the education requirements above if (A) you are a current civilian employee in DoD who occupied GS-1102 positions or contracting positions with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold in an Executive Department on or before September 30, 2000; OR (B) you are a current military member who occupied a similar occupational specialty to the GS (or equivalent)-1102 on or before September 30, 2000.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: providing guidance and oversight over electronic business (e-business) processes and related expedited acquisition and procurement programs; reviewing complex requirements packages and provides guidance on contractual, financial, and technical aspects of a project to develop a long-range contracting plan; providing continuous assessment and evaluation of overall acquisition goals, objectives, strategies, performance and briefs higher management on progress of initiatives managing procurement and e-business programs; and evaluating problems and outcomes of special projects and develops a plan of action to resolve found issues.

Major Duties:

• Interprets guidelines relevant to e-business and other acquisition streamlining programs and uses judgment and discretion in determining their intent.
• Identifies and develops improvements to highly complex processes in the DoD procurement/e-business community.
• Serves on and leads Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) composed of various technical and functional disciplines engaged in developing and recommending e-business and procurement program improvements to support Command procurements.
• Responsible for the accuracy, timeliness, operational responsiveness, and regulatory/policy compliance of the full range of individual and team e-business/procurement projects and initiatives assigned to the organization.
• Leads efforts to advise J9 leadership and project managers in planning the overall approach to meet contracting program objectives for a wide range of programs or systems.
• Provides acquisition planning and management expertise to support special projects, initiatives and studies.
• Coordinates and performs long-range planning of interrelated contracting efforts within a wide variety of contract types and contracting methods, for programs which support different, complex organizational functions.
• Represents the organization at executive levels within the DoD and U.S. Government and to contractor/industry representatives, communicating the Command’s IT acquisition objectives and gaining endorsement of proposed courses of action.
• Briefs higher levels of management on initiative or project progress, problems, and other factors of interest or inquiry.