Assistant Chief Supply Chain Officer

Assistant Chief Supply Chain Officer

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Hampton, Virginia

Salary Range: $88183 - $114634 Per Year

Job Summary: The Assistant Chief Supply Chain Officer (ACSCO) is a supply chain management specialist at the Hampton VA Medical Center and supported catchment areas, responsible for the development and integration of a cohesive supply chain; supports oversight, guidance, management, and integration of supply chain operations, including planning and coordination with fiscal, acquisition, clinical and administrative operations

Major Duties:

• Logistics Operations/Supply Chain Integration Serves as the senior logistics management officer. Exercises supply chain management responsibility for the coordination and integration of new technology and/or implementation of new supply/equipment requirements. Develops performance measurement/management for statistical analysis, workload projections, and process management. Conducts cost-benefit analysis for procurements through the total supply chain. Conducts audits, compliance reviews and program effectiveness/efficiency reviews of all logistics activities to ensure they provide satisfactory levels of service and comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, directives, and procedures. Oversees all activities that will be involved in providing needed logistics support. Serves as the liaison to the VISN, Office of Acquisition and Logistics and the VHA Procurement and Logistics Office; to include the Director of the appropriate acquisition Regional Procurement Office (RPO). Serves as the Chairperson or Co-Chair of the Medical Center Clinical Product Review Committee; exercises delegated approval from the Medical Center Director to approve all trials and evaluations for new products and equipment. Mentors and guides VA HCS and supported catchment area logistics personnel, including interns resulting from the national Logistics and Acquisition Training Programs. Serves as the VA HCS Accountable Officer to ensure that all government property is accounted for receipt of title to final utilization and disposal. Plans, develops, and adapts the supply chain management procedures as needed to coordinate the management and control of all VA HCS EX and NX inventory. Oversees inventory management and accountability for all material and commodities. Develops implements and evaluates the logistics and property accountability plans and policies for the organization. Advises the Medical Center Director of equipment on hand and equipment readiness issues which have a direct impact on patient care. Monitors progress toward meeting the logistics plan, identifies causes and impacts of delays or other problems related to overall execution of the logistics plan and adjusts plans and schedules to mitigate those impacts. Leverages life cycle management practices to ensure efficient allocation of resources for assets through the entire lifecycle. Works closely and collaboratively with the Biomedical and Engineering staff as part of the overall management of the property/equipment program. Conducts strategic planning and quality management of the equipment and leasing programs. Develops strategies to assist supported activities and the acquisition staff with Advanced Procurement Planning (APP). Takes the lead and coordinates with the Network Contract Office (NCO) and associated RPO to ensure integrated and seamless logistics and acquisition support to customers. Oversees pre-award and post-award contract administration, procurement package assembly, submission in eCMS or other electronic databases, and coordination with Contracting. Collaborates and negotiates with customers to ensure pre-award contract documents are completed for all contracting activities with the VA HCS and supported catchment area. Manages multi-million-dollar budgets for staff training, expendable supplies, equipment. Becomes the Logistics Section Chief when the Facility Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is activated and the Incident Commander requires the position to be filled. Supervision Working through subordinate supervisors, plans, organizes and assigns work to subordinates engaged in logistics and property management across organizational lines. Develops plans, milestones, and policy for the accomplishment of assigned functions on an immediate and long-range basis. Reviews work completed by subordinates, accepting, amending, or rejecting work as appropriate. Exercises significant supervisory responsibilities in dealing with officials of other sections or organizations, or in advising management officials of higher rank. Executes administration and personnel management responsibilities. Makes decisions on work problems presented by subordinate supervisors. Assures that subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of such programs as Equal Opportunity, internal controls, Persons with Disabilities, Labor -Management Relations, and other similar special emphasis programs. Will be responsible for performing other related supervisory duties. Work Schedule: M-F 8-4:30pm Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Assistant Chief Supply Chain Officer/PD99536S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/12/2025. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. 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-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience includes, but is not limited to, serving as a supply chain management leader, responsible for ensuring the logistical requirements of an organization are met; planning/coordinating and evaluating various operations to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of supply chain operations. Areas of knowledge and skill should include acquisition management, purchasing, transportation, distribution, inventory management and control, expendable and non-expendable equipment, and warehouse operations; experience assisting with budget formulation and forecasting of expenditures. At this level, candidates should possess experience in leading and/or managing a group with a variety of occupations. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Acquisition Strategy Administration and Management Financial Management Leadership Manages Human Resources Planning and Evaluating Problem Solving 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: Work is primarily sedentary, but requires visits to warehouse and storage areas, loading docks and other facilities. Work is normally performed in an office setting that is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated, and requires safe office practices. 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/.

How to Apply: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 11/12/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12829166. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creating a Two-Page Resume: Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstrating skills and competencies Remove outdated or unrelated experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found at: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/ ???????The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Application Deadline: 2025-11-12