Defense Logistics Agency

Supervisory Distribution Facilities Specialist

Defense Logistics Agency$80K — $95K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of specialized experience in logistics and distribution operations.
  • Expertise in supply chain management, warehousing, and inventory systems.
  • Ability to analyze and enhance efficiency of large-scale logistics programs.
  • Experience in policy formulation and performance metrics development for material accountability.
  • Demonstrated leadership in supervising diverse teams and managing work operations effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Direct warehousing activities including receiving, packaging, and inventory management.
  • Manage budget and staffing plans to adapt to mission needs.
  • Oversee comprehensive inventory stewardship and audit readiness programs.
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives for material accountability.
  • Ensure division operations maximize efficiency and resource utilization.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive federal employee benefits package for you and your family.
  • Access to various health, retirement, and personal development resources.
  • Opportunities for professional growth
  • Work schedule that aligns with federal standards.
Full Job Description
Summary

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Duties

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  • Serves as Preservation, Packaging, Packing and Marking Division Chief for a Strategic Distribution Platform.
  • Plans, directs and supervises all unit warehousing activities, including bare item receiving, packaging, stowing, and issues with depot mission support controls for container manufacturing and reclamation.
  • Serves as the depot focal point for the continuous improvement of material accountability, control, and stewardship of inventory assets handled by the depot, customer support and special projects.
  • Resolves budget shortages, plans for long-range staffing and plans for and adjusts work operations of a sizable workforce to meet changing mission needs.
  • Plans, establishes, and manages division-wide operations to ensure maximum efficiency, resource utilization, and economy.
  • Orchestrates comprehensive inventory stewardship programs, driving location audits, denial and in-transit research, physical inventories, and item data integrity initiatives to guarantee audit readiness.


Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
  • Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with 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.
  • This position and any future selections from this announcement may be used to fill various shifts located within DLA Distribution Oklahoma City, OK
  • Licenses/Certifications: Must be able to obtain and maintain licenses and/or certifications required by the installation, federal, state, and local laws.


Qualifications

To qualify for a Supervisory Distribution Facilities Specialist, 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-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 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:

  • Leverages a broad range of supply program relationships with expertise in specialized fields of supply operations, including distribution, warehousing, inventory management, and technical packaging.
  • Applies specialized methods and techniques to independently analyze, evaluate, and direct the effectiveness and efficiency of a large-scale, multi-mission logistics and distribution program.
  • Formulates policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), performance metrics in material accountability and asset stewardship to optimize complex supply chains.


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

As required by 5 C.F.R. a7 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. a7 1194).

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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