Supervisory Supply Technician-Supply Chain Management

This Supervisory Supply Technician position is located within the Supply Chain Management Service at the Boston VA Healthcare System, at the West Roxbury, MA campus. This position is full time at 40 hours per week.

The primary purpose of the Supervisory Supply Technician position is to ensure that supplies and material are distributed to all areas serviced by Supply Chain Management. Duties include, but are not limited to: Directing, supervising and managing the primary inventory point that receives stores and issues supplies and materials. Supervising a team of supply technicians in the distribution area to provide supplies and material to the VA Healthcare System. Assigning work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees. Finding ways to improve production or increase the quality of the work directed. Assuring reasonable equity of performance standards and rating techniques. Approving expenses comparable to within-grade-increases, overtime, and employee travel. Directing and overseeing management and distribution of all supplies and materials in the VA Healthcare System and supported catchment area. Ensuring critical supplies are appropriately monitored and controlled. Delivering supplies in timely and accurate manner, ensuring that supplies and material delivered are in sterile and operational condition; deliveries will be to wards, clinics, and other secondary locations that may be in remote sites. Conducting wall-to-wall and periodic inventories. Analyzing and tests operations, methods, and proposals to evaluate alternatives, to draw conclusions, and to make recommendations in managing the inventory programs for supplies and material. Giving advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters. Maintaining a thorough understanding of a broad range of knowledge of the Supply Program. Work Schedule: Full time, 7:00am-3:30pm. Telework: Not Available. Compressed Work Schedule: Not Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Title/Functional Statement #: 99831S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized. Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade). Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year). Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child. Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA. Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement). Notifications: This is a not a Bargaining Unit position. Position is in the Competitive Service. Veterans' preference does not apply for other current permanent Federal agency employees. Current federal employees must submit copies of their most recent non-award SF50 (notice of personnel action). The SF50 must identify the position, title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (competitive or excepted). In some cases, more than one SF50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay. The incumbent may be required to travel to other VA campuses and CBOC's. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment. Selectee required to serve one year supervisory/managerial probationary period.

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.