Logistics Management Specialist

Summary

This position serves as a Logistics Management Specialist in the Supply Chain Management Department at the Nebraska-Western Iowa VA Medical Center. Directs and coordinates logistics planning across multiple activities and geographically separated areas. Develops and implements policies, programs, and procedures for effective SCM planning and management. Provides administrative and technical oversight to lower-graded logistics staff.

Duties

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Resolve or assist with resolving high-priority logistics, supply, distribution, information, and service issues. Coordinate promptly with local personnel and activities to address mission-critical problems. Establish procedures integrating Supply Chain Management operations with VAMC services and supported activities. Support mission-essential deployment planning for Supply Chain Management Emergency Management Response Team (SCM EMRT) operations. Ensure assigned personnel and equipment are identified and prepared for simulated and actual emergency response exercises. Conduct logistical assessments of strategic supply support with supported customers. Notify management of systemic supply chain problems. Troubleshoot and resolve supply chain deficiencies affecting mission operations. Develop supply-related input for fiscal-year and long-range plans and programs. Analyze planning assumptions for reasonableness, consistency, and validity. Analyze the effectiveness of logistics and vendor support services. Conduct ongoing strategic analyses across supply chain activities. Recommend solutions to improve logistics and supply chain operations. Research private-sector and VA best practices. Develop and apply supply chain concepts that support organizational requirements. Support long-range supply chain planning and coordination. Optimize supply chain support and interactions. Develop logistics and supply chain management training opportunities. Provide customers and collaborative partners with information about supply chain systems, programs, services, supplies, and support. Participate in developing education and training materials. Communicate the role of logistics in maintaining comprehensive support. Educate customers and personnel on operational readiness and sustainability. Perform other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday - Friday, 7:00 am - 3:30 pm. Telework: Not Authorized. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Logistics Management Specialist/ PD99839S. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved/NA. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/19/2026. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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 and/or education as described below: To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, you must possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-11) in the Federal Service, that is directly related to the work of a Logistics Management Specialist and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. Specialized experience includes, serving as a team lead or senior specialist in supply chain management, assisting with the direction and control of logistics planning; analyze product delivery or supply chain processes to identify or recommend changes; performing data analysis, and statistical analysis to identify improvement opportunities. This position requires some degree of specialized knowledge and experience of logistics support activities in areas of acquisition management, purchasing, transportation, distribution, inventory management and control, expendable and non-expendable equipment, and warehouse operations. 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 DEMANDS: Work is moderately sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work is primarily performed in an office setting that is typically performed in an adequately lighted and climate controlled office. 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.