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Purchasing Agent

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The employee will serve as a Purchasing Agent at the LTC Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center in Ann Arbor MI. This position primarily performs Purchasing Agent work to acquire supplies services and construction by purchase rental or lease through a delivery orders andor b small purchase procedures.

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The employee will serve as a Purchasing Agent at the LTC Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center in Ann Arbor MI. This position primarily performs Purchasing Agent work to acquire supplies services and construction by purchase rental or lease through a delivery orders andor b small purchase procedures.

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Location 1 vacancy in the following location

Ann Arbor MI

No matching locations found.

Work site options Telework eligible: No Remote job: No Relocation expenses reimbursed: No

Salary 50087 - 65113 per year

Pay scale & grade: GS 6 Promotion potential: 6

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Work schedule: Full-time Travel Required: Not required Appointment type: Permanent

Occupations and job series 1105 Purchasing

Supervisory status: No Federal service type: This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union: Yes Drug test: No Security clearance: Not Required Position sensitivity and risk: Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

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Background check type: Credentialing, Suitability, Fitness

Financial disclosure required: No

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Announcement number: CARZ-13093519-27-JDC Control number: 889894200

This job is open to: Help The public: U.S. Citizens Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

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THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION. YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION.

Duties include but may not be limited to the following:

Purchasing Support - Conducts purchasing under the micro purchase threshold; reviews and edits purchase requests; resolves issues to ensure requests and bills are processed accurately and in a timely manner; identifies needs or problems and determines corrective action; utilizes federal and agency acquisition regulations to identify possible sources and other pertinent information related to purchases; tracks obligations/commitments and monitors expenditures to support recurring budget forecasts and identify potential fraud waste and abuse based on procurement history and purchase trends.

Procurement Support - Procures supplies and services to meet the purchase rental or lease needs of the organization; develops unique selection criteria for each purchase; prepares and issues contract modifications for changes in delivery schedule and sends formal correspondence to a variety of customers such as inventory management specialists, other service line contacts and contracting officers as appropriate for the purposes of auditing documents, processing receiving reports and payments; conducting open market research and sole source small purchases for highly specialized medical items with critical product requirements.

Administrative Support - Serves as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers in regard to procured items; develops reports and spreadsheets; obtains, organizes, files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes; performs a variety of receptionist, timekeeping, record keeping and miscellaneous duties in medical facility.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

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• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• To be considered for this position you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the 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 forms 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 drivers licenses or state-issued identification 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) - See Required Documents below for details.
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary 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
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped them with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-5 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes experience performing clerical or assistant duties in support of purchasing and procurement; procuring supplies and services to meet the purchase rental or lease needs of an organization; working with medical staff to determine procurement needs and priorities; resolving a variety of shipment, payment, or other discrepancies in support of procurement programs and operations; purchasing various equipment, supplies and services through the use of a purchase card; and assembling and/or summarizing information from files and documents as required to create reports; utilizing automated/computerized supply/inventory management systems and Microsoft Office software programs such as MS Word and Excel.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Requires some physical effort such as standing, sitting, walking or bending. There are no special physical demands.

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.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level so there is no need to submit transcripts.

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Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental) covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position after notification of the adjudication of your request you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual Vacation Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6, or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations Security and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 80 or more before any Veterans preference points) for this vacancy. 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.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following competencies, knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics:

• Attention to Detail
• Flexibility
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Reading Comprehension
• Self-Management
• Stress Tolerance
• Teamwork

Your experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week. 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. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on the online assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.

Candidates who apply under All U.S. Citizens announcements will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. Qualified candidates will be assigned to a quality category. The categories are defined as follows:

• Best qualified - Applicants possessing the type and quality of experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications.
• Very Highly Qualified - Applicants possessing the type and quality of experience that exceeds to a very considerable extent the minimum qualifications.
• Highly Qualified - Applicants possessing the type and quality of experience that exceeds to a considerable extent the minimum qualifications.
• Well qualified - Applicants possessing the type and quality of experience that marginally exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position and who demonstrate average proficiency in most of the critical competencies.
• Qualified - Applicants possessing the type and quality of experience that meets the minimum qualifications.

Application of Veterans Preference: Category rating and selection procedures place those with veterans preference above non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligible applicants that meet the eligibility and qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality category except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level or higher.

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,