Summary

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Duties

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• Planning, directing, executing, and administering nationwide programs for inventory, facility, and operations management of for the industrial, raw, and semi-processed strategic and critical commodities within the National Defense Stockpiles (NDS).
• Oversees the development, implementation, and depot integration of all environmental, safety, and occupational health plans, regulatory compliance, process, and procedures.
• Exercises staff responsibility for mission operations, programs, budget, and manpower resources.
• Administers nationwide policies for the lifecycle inventory management of NDS commodities, directs the comprehensive oversight of all NDS depots to ensure operation under the highest standards of security and efficiency.
• Oversees strict inventory control processes to maintain 100% accountability of high-value strategic assets across all locations to ensure full compliance with the NDS Transaction Fund Audit.
• Develops nationwide policy and procedures related to storage, space, and transportation requirements; methods of preserving or repackaging materials for the organization's strategic and critical commodities at supply distribution depot facilities.
• Ensures organizational work plans, short and long-range schedules, priorities, assignments, and positions structures effectively, efficiently, and economically carry out the mission of the organization.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
• Security Requirements: Critical Sensitive with Top Secret Access
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Supervisory Probation: Required
• Completion of Supervisory Certification Program: Required
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.
• Financial Filing Requirement: Yes
• This is a Mission Essential (ME) position. The incumbent may be required to report to work in the event of a natural disaster, inclement weather, or crisis.
• You will be a Mission Essential employee. This requires you to work during an emergency to ensure continuation of essential functions. You may be required to work at the designated duty location, a telework site, or an alternate location/facility.
• This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located within DLA Strategic Materials in Fort Belvoir, VA.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Director of Material Management, 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-15 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 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:

• Planning, directing, and executing an organization's supply and inventory management of raw and semi-processed strategic and critical commodities for the National Defense Stockpile.
• Leading an organization's environmental, safety and occupational health and storage operations programs for mineral commodities and stockpile operations.
• Advising on internal controls, program policy, and best practices for stockpile nationwide operations projects, plans, policies, and continuity of operations.

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.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf

Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF

Information for Veterans is available at: https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/. As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement.

Benefits

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