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Purchasing Agent
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
Hybrid San Antonio, TX $46K – $60K Apply by Sep 22, 2026 Purchasing ISTJ HealthcareTradesTransportation
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The position serves as a Purchasing Agent for the Supply Chain Management Service in the South Texas Veterans Healthcare System and supported catchment area. This position primarily performs Purchasing Agent work to acquire supplies, services, and construction by purchase, rental, or lease through delivery orders and/or small purchase procedures.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Purchases various equipment, supplies, and services through the use of the government purchase card for micro purchases.
- →Reviews and edits purchase requests to ensure the item or service is adequately described based on the requester's need and the request is consistent with legal requirements.
- →Obtains necessary product information, price information, and procedures for written or verbal purchase orders.
- →Provides general guidance to potential vendors on requirements and information needed to be entered into the VHA's local vendor file.
- →Utilizes various web-based portals to order items from awarded contracts, including the Department of Defense's Electronic Catalog (ECAT) and the Medical Surgical Prime Vendor's site for ordering, tracking, and monitoring procurement transactions.
- →Reviews Fund Control Points and verifies the running balances to ensure procurement obligations are complete and approved prior to placing orders.
- →Provides administration and oversight of orders and services.
- →Represents the VA in discussions with vendors/contractors to obtain agreement on micro purchases and vendor/contractor compliance.
- →Monitors vendor performance through personal contact, reviews progress reports, and discusses reasons for delays, failures, or price changes.
- →Tracks obligations/commitments and monitors expenditures to support recurring budget forecasts and identify potential fraud, waste, and abuse based on procurement history and purchase trends.
- →Researches, reviews, develops spreadsheets, and prepares reports for procurement under the microthreshold to address departmental needs from the Supervisor.
- →Compiles, consolidates, organizes, and summarizes specific procurement information to support efforts related to annual budget estimates and a variety of one-time and recurring reports.
- →Provides excellent customer service to medical staff, customers, vendors, and contractors and expeditiously resolves issues to ensure requests and bills are processed in a timely and accurate manner.
- →Resolves minor disputes and informal complaints among medical staff and customers and refers formal complaints to the immediate supervisor.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: You may be required to pass a pre-employment physical examination Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
Personality Fit
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