PROCUREMENT ANALYST

Summary

This position may be subject to organizational compensation limits as identified in the organization's CCAS business rules or separate compensation management strategy. ACC delivers contracting solutions in order to support the Army and unified land operations- anytime and anywhere. ACC enables Army readiness through global, expeditionary contracting support to warfighters.

Duties

• •Represents the Army Contracting Command (ACC) as a subject-matter expert and trusted business leader on complex acquisition and contracting matters supporting and affecting ACC’s mission within the Foreign Miliary Sales Division (FMSD).
• •Leads efforts to assess customer needs and satisfaction with ACC services, identifying trends, gaps, and opportunities for improvement within the security assistance enterprise.
• •Evaluates contracting operations, policies, procedures, workforce practices and organizational execution to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• •Communicates significant changes in acquisition policy priorities, and practices to customer organizations to ensure operational alignment with emphasis within the security assistance arena.
• •Provides senior level analytical insight, recommendations and problem-solving assistance across the Army, the Security Assistance Enterprise (SAE)
• •and Department of War (DOW) stakeholders, to include headquarters staff, major subordinate commands, contracting centers and contracting support brigades.
• •Provides senior level guidance to Army headquarters staff, Major Command leadership, the SAE and major supported DOW organizations on acquisition actions that influence mission priorities, resource allocation, and enterprise performance.
• •Develops and communicates ACC Headquarters’ position on changes affecting acquisition governance, including proposed regulatory adjustments, legislative considerations, and policy decisions with FMS and command wide impact.
• •Functions as the primary ACC Headquarters liaison, within the Foreign Military Sales Division (FMSD), assigned to support customer organizations, ensuring timely access to ACC FMS capabilities and support.
• •Identifies and assesses opportunities to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and stewardship of contracting operations and evaluates risks related to waste, fraud, abuse or mismanagement within ACC’s FMS program.
• •Cultivates and sustains effective working relationships with key stakeholders across the Army, the SAE, the DOW, federal agencies and relevant industry partners.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. All Current Federal Employees MUST attach a current SF-50 for consideration. Without a SF-50, your application will be considered incomplete. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. **You must submit a copy of ALL your transcripts with this application package, which includes your bachelor's transcripts even if you have a master's degree. ** **Basic Requirement (IOR) for Contract Specialist: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) from an accredited educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees. (Official Transcripts must be submitted with conferred date.) OR Exemption: You are exempt from the education requirements above if (A) you are a current civilian employee in DoD who occupied GS-1102 positions or contracting positions with authority to award or administer contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold in an Executive Department on or before September 30, 2000; OR (B) you are a current military member who occupied a similar occupational specialty to the GS (or equivalent)-1102 on or before September 30, 2000. In addition to the basic education requirement listed above, you must also meet the specialized experience requirement listed below: Specialized Experience: In order to qualify for this position, an applicant's resume must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-03 (GS-13 equivalent) grade level in the Federal service which includes: 1). Managing a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) acquisition program and acting as the liaison between various internal/external contacts; 2). Analyzing compliance of programs relating to internal controls and command metrics to provide improvement recommendations for acquisition and procurement processes for contracting operations. 3). Interpreting policy statements and applying procurement principles and technical/program requirements to ensure the acquisition documentation is reflected and integrated into the resulting contracting and procurement actions; and 4). Advising senior officials and customers on new procurement policies that impact contracting and acquisition programs throughout the federal government. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level in the federal service (NH-03 or GS-13). This is a DOD Demonstration Project position. Under the Defense Authorization Act, personnel management demonstration programs are operating in numerous Army activities and various other organizations supported by Army civilian personnel centers. Under the streamlined personnel operations for the demonstration projects, the familiar 15 General Schedule grade structure is replaced with broad pay bands that typically encompass a range of grades. For example, acquisition jobs in level NH-IV of broad banding encompass the traditional GS-14 through GS-15 grades. Other initiatives under the demonstration projects include simplified job classification, streamlined hiring processes, and expanded developmental opportunities. Acquisition Back To Basics Certification: This is an Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position IAW DODI 5000.66. Selectee must meet position requirements for (Contracting Professional-C) certification within 36 months as of entrance on duty.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qua