Logistics Management Specialist - Assistant Chief Supply Chain Officer

Logistics Management Specialist - Assistant Chief Supply Chain Officer

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Prescott, Arizona

Salary Range: $106437 - $138370 Per Year

Job Summary: ***Relocation/Recruitment Incentives May Be Authorized** The Logistics Management Specialist (also known as the Assistant Chief Supply Chain Officer (ACSCO) is a senior supply chain management officer for a VA Health Care System (VA HCS) with multiple sites of care and supported catchment areas, responsible for the development and integration of a cohesive supply chain. The incumbent supports oversight, guidance, management and integration of supply chain operations across the organization.

Major Duties:

• Duties include, but may not be limited to the following; Serves as a senior logistics management officer, integrating acquisitions and procurement, logistics and related support and services for the supply chain, EX/NX and capital equipment, inventory management, storage and distribution operations, total supply support, and in some cases transportation, mail room, and reproduction. Reviews complex and novel logistics and supply chain management issues and develops new methods, processes or techniques to address these. Reviews changes in agency objectives, key legislation and industry standards and determines appropriate changes in logistics policy and processes. Plans for and coordinates new logistics program requirements. Leads the coordination of logistics / supply chain efforts with other federal agencies. Develops plans and proposals for interagency projects and services. When issues arise with these agencies, serves as a technical expert in developing innovative solutions to these. Based on technical knowledge of logistics and supply chain management, recommends policy, procedures and methods that best meet the needs of the VA HCS. Plans and carries out long-range (5-10 years) logistics studies and forecasts and makes recommendations for long ­term policy and programs based on these studies. Evaluates evolving technology in the field and determines the best use of technology to accomplish logistics program objectives. Accounts for the integration and alignment of acquisition, delivery and management of supplies, equipment and services to ensure the successful delivery of patient care. Oversees the execution of standardized business processes, established performance measures and analyzes the supply chain, developing actions as a result of analysis results, metrics, quality assurance/compliance, operating practices, and reporting within the facility. Supports the coordination and integration of new technology and/or implementation of new supply/equipment requirements. Serves as expert logistician for the CSCO. Integrates operations for the acquisition and procurement of complex healthcare resources that involve planning, coordinating, and evaluating the logistical and supply chain management actions required to support the complex requirements of a large healthcare system. Oversees, guides, manages, and integrates supply chain operations across the facility/organizations; plans/coordinates with fiscal, acquisition, clinical and administrative operations. Provides expert input with direction of supply chain, budget projections/execution for logistics programs and contracts, and in VISN financial, business, capital asset management, clinical, and administrative operations. Serves as a senior VA HCS logistics expert and utilizes extensive knowledge of supply chain systems and requirements and provides direct support to the VA HCS, multiple campuses, and support catchment areas; provides expert level technical advice and guidance to all organizational logistics personnel pertaining to logistics. Performs broad and comprehensive formal studies of benefits, impacts, characteristics and problems associated with logistics policy. Analyzes the supply chain, developing actions as a result of analysis results, metrics, quality assurance/compliance, operating practices, and reporting within the health care system. Develops performance measurement/management of all of the aforementioned (including statistical analysis, workload projections, and process management). Analyzes and coordinates information and requirements with the facility, VISN and VACO in the area of acquisitions and procurement, supply, equipment and medical readiness. Through subordinate managers, conducts cost-benefit analysis for procurements through the total supply chain. Analyzes supply status and directs the priority of maintenance effort for organizational equipment. When these indicators and reviews reveal improvement opportunities, acts as a catalyst and ensures these opportunities are realized. Provides technical expert input to CSCO, establishes policy and ensures best practices are implemented as appropriate, utilizing continuous quality improvement principles, practices and initiatives, including six sigma and lean management. Implements and monitors current logistics systems (such as GIP, AEMS/MERS, IFCAP, etc.) and the deployment of Enhanced Supply Support Programs, or their future replacement programs. Performs other duties as applicable. Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 7:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Logistics Management Specialist - Assistant Chief Supply Chain Officer/PD99838S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified candidates Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/13/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: serving as a supply chain management leader/supervisor; ensuring the logistical requirements of an organization are met; planning/coordinating and evaluating various operations of a logistics program; providing acquisition management, purchasing, transportation, distribution, inventory management and control, expendable and non-expendable equipment, and warehouse operations; assisting with budget formulation and forecasting of expenditures; and managing a group with a variety of occupations and subordinate supervisors. 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; religions; 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. Note: 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. Physical Requirements: Work is primarily sedentary, but requires visits to warehouse and storage areas, loading docks and other facilities. 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/.

How to Apply: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/13/2026 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12951701. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creating a Two-Page Resume: Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstrating skills and competencies Remove outdated or unrelated experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found at: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/ Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. 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/. During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-13