Logistics Management Specialist, SSC/PCL

The United States Space Force (USSF) at Los Angles AFB, El Segundo, CA is searching for a Logistics Management Specialist to support PCL (NH-0346-03, GS-12/13 Equivalent). Description: If selected, you will serve as an SSC Logistics Management Specialist responsible for providing the product support required to field and maintain the readiness and operational capability of Military Satellite Communications and Positioning, Navigation and Timing (MCPNT) space programs/systems throughout their lifecycle. Considered a Subject Matter Expert (SME) by others in the organization, you will be responsible for identifying, developing, implementing, incentivizing, and measuring quantifiable best value outcome- based product support that optimizes life-cycle cost, readiness, and operational capability of MCPNT systems. You will provide product support subject matter expertise to the relevant Program Manager and Product Support Manager (PSM) and collaborate with chief engineers and systems engineers in developing the life-cycle sustainment plan and product support strategy required under 10 USC 4324, analyze the operating and support costs to ensure cost-effective operation, management, and availability of the covered system, adopt predictive analytics and simulation and modeling tools to improve materiel availability and reliability, increase operational availability rates, and reduce operation and sustainment costs and conduct product support business case analyses to provide a structured, iterative methodology to compare and assess the full impact of product support alternatives and provide data-informed recommendations that balance requirements with affordability. You will work independently in coordinating product support arrangements between product support integrators and product support providers across materiel commands, depots, sustainment working capital funds and commercial entities to execute the product support strategy and maintain updated parts cataloging and provisioning; in seeking to resolve issues relating to diminishing manufacturing supply, material shortages, critical readiness items of supply; in managing the end-to-end coordination process related to qualification, certification, and testing of alternative sources of supply for critical readiness items of supply; in identifying any factors contributing to the failure of a major weapon system to meet such requirements and objectives; and in developing and implementing a corrective action plan to address such factors in an expeditious manner;. Initiative and strong communication skills are essential, both oral and written, with a focus on clear, concise and technically accurate dialogue that synchronizes efforts across multiple government and contractor organizations The duties of this position require the ability to analyze, negotiate, and resolve complex issues while maintaining good working relationships. You will train, develop, mentor, and motivate junior civilian and military personnel with a focus on outpacing the threat, accelerating warfighter capabilities, streamlining and synchronizing functional support processes, and expanding excellence in our people and partnerships. Ideal Candidate: Product support is critical to achieving and sustaining warfighter readiness and lethality and must begin at program inception to ensure effective and affordable readiness outcomes and enable unity of effort across all warfighter domains. The ideal candidate will possess knowledge, skills, and abilities in interpreting and applying Department of Defense (DoD)/Department of War (DoW) Product Support Management principles, strategies, concepts, and statutory and regulatory guidance necessary to organize and coordinate activities, products, processes, and data required to achieve defined program supportability cost, schedule, and performance objectives. Duties of position include planning, cost estimating and budgeting, developing, implementing, and managing an effective Product Support Strategy that addresses all 12 Integrated Product Support (IPS) elements to accomplish materiel and system readiness for systems covered by Section 4324 of Title 10, U.S.C., and providing assistance and advice to all levels of the organization to resolve product support/logistics issues in any/all aspects of product support management. Ability to lead a team and/or individual members of a team to ensure the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are communicated to the team and integrated into the team’s strategies, goals, objectives, and products. Assigns responsibilities and prescribes procedures for product support management to establish product support factors early in the requirements development and acquisition process to achieve effective and efficient weapon system capability and life cycle management. Knowledge of the organizational structures, missions, roles, functions, and operations of the United States Space Force and other entities/agencies that govern, interface with, and/or influence the systems acquisition processes and integrated life cycle management. Skill in stratifying resources against approved programs, planning, presenting, and executing acquisition programs, analyzing budget impacts on programs, forecasting long-term O&S funding requirements, reviewing, evaluating, and presenting data, and supporting analysis of logistics management programs and activities’ specialized documentation. The ideal candidate will possess a bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field and shall achieve/acquire Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Life Cycle Logistics (LCL) Level III certification within 24 months of employment. Eight years’ experience in providing life cycle logistics support of DoD/DoW systems is highly desired. Candidate must be TOP SECRET clearance eligible. The ideal candidate will possess a bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field and shall achieve/acquire Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Life Cycle Logistics (LCL) Level III certification within 24 months of employment. Eight years’ experience in the DoD/DoW life cycle logistics field is highly desired. Requirements: 1. Must be a U.S Citizen. 2. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. 3. Safeguards classified or sensitive budget-related information and/or files. 4. May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis. 5. Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”. 6. This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first. 7. Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments. 8. PCS/relocation funding is authorized. 9. Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): 25 days a year. 10. This position is part of the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).

Organization: The United States Space Force (USSF) is a military service that organizes, trains, and equips military members and civilians to protect U.S. and allied interests in space and provide space capabilities to the joint force. USSF responsibilities include developing Guardians, acquiring military space systems, maturing the military doctrine for space power, and organizing space forces to present to our Combatant Commands (CCMDs). The strategic importance of space can’t be overstated. Political and humanitarian interests as well as commercial concerns vital to the world economy all rely on space-based systems. Launched in 2019 as the nation’s sixth and newest military branch, the USSF was created to protect the interests and assets of America and its allies in this heavily contested realm. The Department of Defense relies on satellites and advanced space-based technology for secure communications, navigation, real-time reconnaissance, precision targeting on the battlefield, early warning of potential missile launches, and even weather forecasting. Guardians and civilians of the USSF are challenged every day to reach new heights in protecting and amplifying these space-based capabilities and defending our way of life by maintaining our edge in space. The Space Force wants to attract talent with the character and potential to excel, empower them with information and choices, and develop them in line with their desires and the Space Force’s needs to create a high-performing organization necessary to secure and defend space. Please review the new Guardian Ideal to learn more about the new talent culture within the new U.S. Space Force, as we have a chance to make history and rewrite some of the rules—we hope you are excited about the opportunities this will present! https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article/2782534/cso-unveils-guardian-ideal-space-force-values-at-afa/