General Supply Specialist

Salary: $64,438.00 to $83,774.00 Per Year

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Major duties
Serves as primary technical advisor for Emergency Supply Operations Center expedited supply and distribution operations, providing guidance on exception material release orders, urgent demands, and contingency requisitions.
Coordinates and tracks expedited movement of specialized commodities, high-priority assets, oversized cargo, and security-risk materials; responds to customer and inventory control point expedite requests.
Conducts analytical reviews of open, late, and overdue material release orders; researches logistics records to resolve delays, system rejects, administrative violations, and transaction history issues.
Validates inventory availability, resolves discrepancies, prepares reshipment documentation for shortages, and conducts post-operational reviews to prevent recurring supply and distribution issues.
Formulates recommendations to improve storage layouts, aisle configurations, rack safety, stock consolidation, and material flow based on turnover, dimensions, security, and handling requirements.
Conducts operational surveys of receiving, induction, picking, staging, packing, and dispatch processes; identifies constraints and inefficient methods and recommends workflow improvements.
Supports the Branch Supervisor by balancing and tracking workloads, ensuring quality of shipping and distribution documentation, resolving technical problems, and providing training, guidance, and mentoring to operational staff.

Qualifications

To qualify for a General Supply 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-09 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 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: Performs supply, storage, inventory, or distribution support functions, including receiving, storing, issuing, picking, staging, packing, or shipping materials and equipment. Uses automated logistics or inventory systems to research shipment status, track material movements, identify discrepancies, and correct documentation or data errors. Assists with warehouse and distribution operations by monitoring workload, reviewing shipping or inventory documents for accuracy, resolving routine processing issues, and supporting personnel training or procedural updates. B. Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx. If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. C. Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-09 and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-09. 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. Physical Demands: The work is primarily sedentary while performing analytical, system research, and planning duties at a desk or computer terminal. However, the position regularly requires walking, standing, bending, climbing stairs, and light lifting (up to 25 pounds. The employee may occasionally operate light Material Handling Equipment (e.g., pallet jacks, hand trucks) during emergent barrier walk-throughs or demonstration and training activities. Work Environment: The work is primarily performed in an office environment with adequate lighting, heating, and ventilation. Regular visits to warehouse storage areas and loading docks expose the employee to warehouse conditions, including moderate noise, dust, moving material handling equipment, seasonal temperature extremes (including refrigerated or heated facilities), and areas where hazardous chemicals or flammables are stored under strict safety protocols. The employee is required to observe established safety regulations and wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).