Inventory Management Specialist

**Telework Eligible**

Yes

**Major Duties**

• Responsible for performing independent management, coordination, and exercising control over historical demand data used for statistical forecasting.
• Responsible for creating a demand plan for moderate to highly complex/critical customers or items, meeting with the customer(s) to understand how the customer uses the DLA products.
• Analyzes and adjusts historical demand data to develop statistical forecasts for those items that have demonstrated demand patterns, and for those that support the application of statistical models of prediction.
• Makes changes to the demand plan in the system and focuses on the identification of the demand plan recipients and their unique requirements.
• Attends Demand Collaboration meetings, Demand Consensus meetings, and Demand/Supply Alignment meetings.
• Applies criteria to identify collaborative partners from the vendor and customer communities.
  
  

**Qualification Summary**

To qualify for an Inventory Management 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 that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To qualify at the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 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: Developing a demand plan for customers or items. Distinguishing between different demand forecasting techniques. Resolving open issues with collaborative customers. 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 3 years of progressively higher level education leading to a Ph.D or equivalent doctorate degree. C. Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-11, 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-11. 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.