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To qualify for a General Supply Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support: A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-09 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: Utilizes distribution operations and functions to include Receiving, Warehousing, Inventory, and Transportation as well as knowledge and practical experience in distribution related processes Applies interrelated supply processes to develop and implement procedures and practices to cover supply objectives unique to automated supply distribution warehousing systems Utilizes supply principles, practices, and techniques of the physical receipt, custody, care, and distribution of material to evaluate processes and recommend viable alternatives B. Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx. If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. C. Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-09, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-09. 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). 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.
Performs assignments involving Customer Service, and the Emergency Supply Operations Center (ESOC), along with associated Receiving, Warehousing, Inventory, and Transportation tasks
Works with customers and depots to resolve unusual customer problems related to distribution functions
Collects data from databases to provide evidence and possible causes of problems experienced by customers
Follows all actions from receipt to dispatch, ensures determination of exceptional circumstances and coordination with every entity involved in handling the shipment
Analyzes, interprets, and evaluates generated materials, utilizes master data files to locate stock numbers and identified authorized substitutions