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The United States Postal Service has the following challenging employment opportunity for a highly motivated and innovative individual. The Purchasing and SM Specialist position is available in Philadelphia, PA. The successful candidate must demonstrate through a combination of education, training, and experience the following requirements.
Location
US POSTAL SERVICE
Facilities
Philadelphia, PA 19153
Position Information
TITLE: Purchasing and SM Specialist
GRADE: V-01
FLSA DESIGNATION: Exempt
OCCUPATION CODE:
NON-SCHEDULED DAYS: Saturday/Sunday
HOURS: 08:00 A.M. to 04:30 P.M.
PL: N/A
SALARY RANGE: 127,230.00 - 141,890.00 USD Annually
FINANCE NUMBER:
BENEFIT INFORMATION: The salary will be based on previous experience, salary history, and current postal pay policies. We offer excellent benefits including health and life insurance, retirement plan, savings/investment plan with employer contribution, flexible spending, flextime scheduling of core work hours, annual and sick leave.
Background Check
The Inspection Service criminal background check is conducted using United States information resources only (e.g., FBI fingerprint check, state and county checks). A criminal background check involves a 5-year inquiry for any location where the individual has resided, worked or gone to school within the United States or its territories. As a result of this limitation, the criminal background checks of individuals who have not resided in the United States or its territories for the preceding 5-years may not be considered complete. The Inspection Service may be able to process inquiries for U.S. only, but only if their time spent out of the country was spent as: a trailing spouse or dependent of someone working for the U.S. government (military or civilian), a missionary, a student attending school in a foreign country, a Peace Corps participant, or as an employee of a U.S.-based employer/company. If the Inspection Service is unable to perform a complete background check because of outside the United States, such individuals will be ineligible for Postal employment.
Functional Purpose
Develops standards and procedures for the assessment of the Postal Service's needs for services, suppliers, and equipment; provides leadership and guidance in the preparation and administration of contracts for supplies, services, and major systems. Conducts negotiations and contract management. Creates new solutions that make significant changes in technologies and processes that improve the competitive advantage in the marketplace.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Develops and performs strategic needs assessments to identify customers needs for services, supplies, and equipment; determines requirements, and defines solicitation criteria for suppliers. Analyzes and recommends distribution channels.
2. Plans, develops and establishes the purchase strategy for major procurements; may serve as lead during contract negotiations.
3. Creates and develops total cost of ownership models for customers, including a life cycle analysis of materials and/or services; determines value and non-value added to the service and/or product; benchmarks and evaluates opportunities to reduce costs and cycle time.
4. Conducts supplier value and cost analysis to address logistics, pricing, leverage, competitive advantage, and other industry factors related to purchase; performs supplier capability assessment, past performance reviews, and other review methods to create and develop supplier performance data.
5. Develops and analyzes customer satisfaction evaluations and gathers supplier performance data to resolve specification problems, determine production capabilities and responsiveness, monitor quality, obtain feedback, and to support decision-making.
6. Performs market and industry trend analysis to expand and improve the supplier base and to determine availability of services, supplies equipment, and producers; researches and evaluates process and technology options available by the magnitude and impact on the competitive advantage.
7. Oversees the evaluation process of supplier proposals; negotiates pricing, technical requirements, terms, and conditions of the contract; obtains audits and pricing reports where needed to develop negotiation strategy.
8. Awards supplier contracts and performs contract management, including supplier performance reviews and customer satisfaction evaluations.
9. Oversees asset recovery programs.
10. Manages projects to include planning, determining resource requirements, developing timelines, risk analysis, monitoring progress, providing technical guidance and feedback.
11. Leads efforts to comply with Postal Service supplier planning and sourcing strategies.
12. Provides technical direction and guidance on purchasing and material logistics activities.
13. May oversee the activities of lower level employees or teams, when assigned.
SUPERVISION
Manager unit to which assigned.
The United States Postal Service has the following excellent and challenging employment opportunity for highly motivated and innovative individuals. Successful candidates must demonstrate through a combination of education, training, and experience the following requirements:
Requirements
Knowledge of postal, federal or commercial purchasing regulations, policies and procedures.
Knowledge of quality principles and continuous improvement tools to include benchmarking techniques and practices.
Ability to manage projects, which includes developing plans and timelines, determining resource requirements, organizing and overseeing tasks, monitoring progress, and reporting results.
Ability to communicate both orally and in writing sufficient to develop and present briefings, and to lead business meetings.
Ability to perform summary or statistical analysis on data, to interpret and report results, and make recommendations and appropriate business decisions based on the results.
Ability to establish and maintain effective team and individual work relationships with a wide range of postal and non-postal employees and functional groups.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT: Applicants must possess one of the following degrees or professional certifications: 1. A baccalaureate or post-graduate degree from an accredited college or university, that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: supply chain management, accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, material management, logistics and inventory control, quantitative methods, or organization and management. 2. Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) qualification or Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). 3. Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), or Certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM) from the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). 4. Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM), Certified Commercial Contracts Manager (CCCM), or Certified Federal Contracts Manager (CFCM) from the Contract Management Association (NCMA).
This position may require function specific technical knowledge which is noted in the supplemental qualifications at the time of posting.
**This position requires an NACI clearance. This process can take up to 6 weeks from the date the offer letter is returned**
Reimbursement of relocation expenses will be considered.
Qualified applicants must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening to meet the U.S. Postal Service's requirement to be drug free. Applicants must also be a U.S. citizen or have permanent alien status.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m., Central Time, of the posting's closing date. Applicants claiming veterans' preference must attach a copy of member copy 4 (only) of Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) or other proof of eligibility if claiming 10-point veterans' preference. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an equal opportunity employer. The USPS provides reasonable accommodation for any part of the application, interview, and/or selection process, please make your request to the examiner, selecting official or local manager of Human Resources. This request can also be made by someone on your behalf. Explain the nature of your limitations and the accommodation needed. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
SPECIAL NOTE: Current career Postal Service employees are ineligible to apply to this posting.
The United States Postal Service has the following challenging employment opportunity for a highly motivated and innovative individual. The Purchasing and SM Specialist position is available in Philadelphia, PA. The successful candidate must demonstrate through a combination of education, training, and experience the following requirements.
Location
US POSTAL SERVICE
Facilities
Philadelphia, PA 19153
Position Information
TITLE: Purchasing and SM Specialist
GRADE: V-01
FLSA DESIGNATION: Exempt
OCCUPATION CODE:
NON-SCHEDULED DAYS: Saturday/Sunday
HOURS: 08:00 A.M. to 04:30 P.M.
PL: N/A
SALARY RANGE: 127,230.00 - 141,890.00 USD Annually
FINANCE NUMBER:
BENEFIT INFORMATION: The salary will be based on previous experience, salary history, and current postal pay policies. We offer excellent benefits including health and life insurance, retirement plan, savings/investment plan with employer contribution, flexible spending, flextime scheduling of core work hours, annual and sick leave.
Background Check
The Inspection Service criminal background check is conducted using United States information resources only (e.g., FBI fingerprint check, state and county checks). A criminal background check involves a 5-year inquiry for any location where the individual has resided, worked or gone to school within the United States or its territories. As a result of this limitation, the criminal background checks of individuals who have not resided in the United States or its territories for the preceding 5-years may not be considered complete. The Inspection Service may be able to process inquiries for U.S. only, but only if their time spent out of the country was spent as: a trailing spouse or dependent of someone working for the U.S. government (military or civilian), a missionary, a student attending school in a foreign country, a Peace Corps participant, or as an employee of a U.S.-based employer/company. If the Inspection Service is unable to perform a complete background check because of outside the United States, such individuals will be ineligible for Postal employment.
Functional Purpose
Develops standards and procedures for the assessment of the Postal Service's needs for services, suppliers, and equipment; provides leadership and guidance in the preparation and administration of contracts for supplies, services, and major systems. Conducts negotiations and contract management. Creates new solutions that make significant changes in technologies and processes that improve the competitive advantage in the marketplace.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Develops and performs strategic needs assessments to identify customers needs for services, supplies, and equipment; determines requirements, and defines solicitation criteria for suppliers. Analyzes and recommends distribution channels.
2. Plans, develops and establishes the purchase strategy for major procurements; may serve as lead during contract negotiations.
3. Creates and develops total cost of ownership models for customers, including a life cycle analysis of materials and/or services; determines value and non-value added to the service and/or product; benchmarks and evaluates opportunities to reduce costs and cycle time.
4. Conducts supplier value and cost analysis to address logistics, pricing, leverage, competitive advantage, and other industry factors related to purchase; performs supplier capability assessment, past performance reviews, and other review methods to create and develop supplier performance data.
5. Develops and analyzes customer satisfaction evaluations and gathers supplier performance data to resolve specification problems, determine production capabilities and responsiveness, monitor quality, obtain feedback, and to support decision-making.
6. Performs market and industry trend analysis to expand and improve the supplier base and to determine availability of services, supplies equipment, and producers; researches and evaluates process and technology options available by the magnitude and impact on the competitive advantage.
7. Oversees the evaluation process of supplier proposals; negotiates pricing, technical requirements, terms, and conditions of the contract; obtains audits and pricing reports where needed to develop negotiation strategy.
8. Awards supplier contracts and performs contract management, including supplier performance reviews and customer satisfaction evaluations.
9. Oversees asset recovery programs.
10. Manages projects to include planning, determining resource requirements, developing timelines, risk analysis, monitoring progress, providing technical guidance and feedback.
11. Leads efforts to comply with Postal Service supplier planning and sourcing strategies.
12. Provides technical direction and guidance on purchasing and material logistics activities.
13. May oversee the activities of lower level employees or teams, when assigned.
SUPERVISION
Manager unit to which assigned.
The United States Postal Service has the following excellent and challenging employment opportunity for highly motivated and innovative individuals. Successful candidates must demonstrate through a combination of education, training, and experience the following requirements:
Requirements
Knowledge of postal, federal or commercial purchasing regulations, policies and procedures.
Knowledge of quality principles and continuous improvement tools to include benchmarking techniques and practices.
Ability to manage projects, which includes developing plans and timelines, determining resource requirements, organizing and overseeing tasks, monitoring progress, and reporting results.
Ability to communicate both orally and in writing sufficient to develop and present briefings, and to lead business meetings.
Ability to perform summary or statistical analysis on data, to interpret and report results, and make recommendations and appropriate business decisions based on the results.
Ability to establish and maintain effective team and individual work relationships with a wide range of postal and non-postal employees and functional groups.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT: Applicants must possess one of the following degrees or professional certifications: 1. A baccalaureate or post-graduate degree from an accredited college or university, that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: supply chain management, accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, material management, logistics and inventory control, quantitative methods, or organization and management. 2. Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) qualification or Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). 3. Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), or Certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM) from the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). 4. Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM), Certified Commercial Contracts Manager (CCCM), or Certified Federal Contracts Manager (CFCM) from the Contract Management Association (NCMA).
This position may require function specific technical knowledge which is noted in the supplemental qualifications at the time of posting.
**This position requires an NACI clearance. This process can take up to 6 weeks from the date the offer letter is returned**
Reimbursement of relocation expenses will be considered.
Qualified applicants must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening to meet the U.S. Postal Service's requirement to be drug free. Applicants must also be a U.S. citizen or have permanent alien status.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m., Central Time, of the posting's closing date. Applicants claiming veterans' preference must attach a copy of member copy 4 (only) of Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) or other proof of eligibility if claiming 10-point veterans' preference. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an equal opportunity employer. The USPS provides reasonable accommodation for any part of the application, interview, and/or selection process, please make your request to the examiner, selecting official or local manager of Human Resources. This request can also be made by someone on your behalf. Explain the nature of your limitations and the accommodation needed. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
SPECIAL NOTE: Current career Postal Service employees are ineligible to apply to this posting.