Purchasing Agent

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located with the Department of Materiel Management, Naval Hospital Bremerton, Washington. A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized.

Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.

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.

Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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.

Qualification requirements for GS-08 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience performing support duties which includes screening purchase requests for completeness and adequacy of purchase description; assisting in price analysis to evaluate prices for the procurement of items using automated small purchase systems sufficient to locate, add and retrieve information.

This definition of specialized is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

Qualification requirements for GS-09 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience performing support duties which includes using unilateral instruments to establish contracts, i.e.

purchase orders, call against blanket purchase agreements and credit card purchase; monitoring vendors performance through contract and review of progress reports; compiling a Bidders List of possible suppliers using automated small purchase systems sufficient to locate, add and retrieve information.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-08).

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-08).

Major Duties:

• Serve as a Lead Purchasing Agent utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures to purchase.
• Develop and select criteria/technical ranking factors for purchases of a variety of requirements.
• Administer purchase orders that require extensive monitoring and oversight to resolve complex problems.
• Review, edit, and process supply and equipment requests and contract services.
• Manage the administration and daily operation of the security module for Standard Procurement System (SPS).
• Establish and coordinate training for the electronic interface system.
• Gather and prepare data for the daily electronic submission of the Individual Contraction Action Report for purchases.
• Provide technical assistance to receipt control personnel pertaining to payment and invoicing problems.