Purchasing Agent

Location: White River Junction

Purchasing Agent The Veterans Health Administration is seeking a Purchasing Agent for the Prosthetics department at the White River Junction VA Healthcare System in White River Junction, VT. This full-time position supports the purchase of complex and highly specialized services, supplies, equipment, and systems through delivery orders, small purchases, vendor coordination, purchase request review, procurement tracking, and administrative support for medical facility programs and activities.

Location:

White River Junction, VT Vacancies: 1 Salary: $46,137 - $66,857 per year Pay Scale & Grade: GS-5 to GS-6 Promotion Potential: GS-6

Work Schedule:

Full-time, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Appointment Type:
Permanent Telework:
Not authorized Remote/Virtual:
Not available

Travel Required:

25% or less Relocation Expenses:
Not reimbursed Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

May be authorized Critical Skills Incentive:
Not approved PCS:
Not authorized Drug Test:
Not required Security Clearance:
Not required Position Sensitivity/Risk:
Non-sensitive / Low Risk Financial Disclosure:
Not required Union Representation:
Yes

Key Responsibilities:

Conduct purchasing under the micro-purchase threshold. Review and edit purchase requests. Resolve purchasing, billing, and processing issues to ensure requests and bills are completed accurately and timely. Identify procurement needs or problems and determine corrective action. Use federal and agency acquisition regulations to identify possible sources and relevant purchasing information. Track obligations and commitments and monitor expenditures to support recurring budget forecasts.

Identify potential fraud, waste, and abuse based on procurement history and purchase trends. Procure supplies and services to meet purchase, rental, or lease needs of the organization. Develop unique selection criteria for each purchase. Prepare and issue contract modifications for changes in delivery schedules. Send formal correspondence to inventory management specialists, service line contacts, and contracting officers. Audit documents and support processing of receiving reports and payments.

Conduct open-market research and sole-source small purchases for highly specialized medical items with critical product requirements. Serve as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers regarding procured items. Develop reports and spreadsheets for briefing and presentation purposes. Obtain, organize, file, and retrieve reports and procurement-related documents. Perform receptionist, timekeeping, record keeping, and miscellaneous administrative duties in a medical facility setting.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

Must be a U.S. Citizen. Must complete all required application steps, including the application, questionnaire, and online assessment. Must meet Selective Service registration requirements if male and born after December 31, 1959. Must be subject to a background/security investigation. Must complete all online onboarding requirements. Must provide acceptable identification for employment eligibility verification. Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as required for Department of Veterans Affairs health care personnel.

Selected applicant must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period. Eligibility:
This announcement is open to current federal employees in the competitive service, current federal employees in the excepted service, current employees of the hiring agency, CTAP/ICTAP/RPL eligible applicants, land and base management eligible applicants, veterans, military spouses, individuals with disabilities, Peace Corps and Ameri Corps VISTA alumni, and other eligible special hiring authority applicants. Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date.

For GS-6, applicants must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5 level if subject to time-in-grade rules. This is an open continuous announcement with an initial cut-off date of May 5, 2026 and subsequent cut-off dates bi-weekly. GS-5 Qualification Requirements:
Must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at…