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Summary Serves as a Supervisory Commissary Management Specialist (Supervisory Category Manager) in the Sales Directorate. Responsible for managing category decisions across all commissary stores. Serves as the Agency spokesman and a recognized subject matter expert in category management including visual merchandising, pricing, management, and sales for assigned categories. Read the entire announcement before starting the application process. Responsibilities Assesses employees' developmental and training needs, providing or arranging necessary training; works with staff to resolve customer complaints and implement effective solutions; evaluates subordinates' performance, develops performance standards, and participates in hiring processes by interviewing candidates and recommending appointments, promotions, or reassignments. Develops business plans and implementation strategies to drive Agency sales growth and enhance patron savings. Uses business insights to support effective product selection and shelving strategies that appeal to commissary customers worldwide. Acts as the Agency spokesman and recognized subject matter expert in category management, covering visual merchandising, pricing, management, and sales. Personally executes complex category management assignments, ensuring optimal product performance and placement. Supervises specialists performing category management support functions, providing leadership and guidance to ensure effective execution of strategies, managing work assignments, overseeing personnel at the GS-13 level, and ensuring compliance with policies and best practices. Engages with manufacturers, brokers, and distributors to explore new technologies, strategies, and category management enhancements; negotiates key elements of DeCA's industry partnerships, including pricing, promotions, merchandising support, and contractual terms. Guides the planogrammer and reset team on changes/additions in placement and facings of new and existing products to maintain adequate space for all items in the section. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications You must meet qualifications and requirements by the announcement closing date. Your resume must clearly show that you meet the qualifications (i.e., specialized experience requirements) for the below grade level. At the GS-14 grade level, you can meet minimum qualifications only through having the required specialized experience. Specialized experience is demonstrated knowledge of retail procurement and distribution methods; principles, procedures, and techniques of retail food merchandising and retail food store management, and developments in commercial retail food store items, equipment, and practices. Examples of creditable qualifying specialized experience include: Managing a commissary store, supermarket, or similar type o commercial retail food store. Managing a department in a retail food store. Planning, standardizing, or controlling operations in an assigned group of retail food stores. Developing, interpreting, or applying policies, procedures, and operating standards for use in a retail food store. Providing technical advice on merchandising and operational matters pertaining to grocery, meats, and produce supplies, as well as front-end operations. You will receive credit for all relevant qualifying experience (paid and unpaid), including volunteer work done through National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Qualifications One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level. You must also meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements by the announcement close date. Time-in-grade applies to the promotion of current and former federal employees who hold or have held a permanent GS position in either the competitive or excepted service in the previous 52 weeks. Your application package must contain proof you meet this requirement. See Required Documents for more information. For GS-14: You must have 52 weeks of Federal service at or equivalent to GS-13 Time after competitive appointment. Current federal civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since being selected for a non-temporary appointment from a competitive examination register of eligibles (an announcement opened to the public) or under a direct hire authority. As part of the online application process, you will respond to a series of questions designed to evaluate your possession of these competencies: Analysis Brand and Category Management Category Management Commissary Operations Communication Supervisory Overtime: Occasional Bargaining Unit Status: Not covered Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt Obligated Position: If obligated, you occupying the position is subject to the former incumbent returning. If the former incumbent does not return to the position, your occupancy may become permanent. Tentative job offers identify if the position you are offered is obligated. Those retired under CSRS or FERS considered: No. DoD criteria not met. Recruitment/Relocation Incentives Offered: None Education For this grade level, you must meet the qualification requirement through experience alone. You may not use education to qualify. Additional Information Executive Order 12564 requires a federal workplace to be free of illegal drugs and prohibits the use of illegal drugs both on and off duty by federal employees. As a reminder, marijuana is still classified as an illegal drug by the Federal government and is prohibited for use by Federal employees even if such use is legal in the state where the Federal employee resides and/or works. The Defense Commissary Agency is a Drug-Free Federal Workplace where the use of illegal drugs will not be tolerated and may result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal service. DeCA employees accepting a downgrade (i.e., change to lower grade) into this position may be entitled to pay retention. Applicants with financial difficulty are not automatically removed from consideration. Selectees are required to complete an online onboarding process. PCS is authorized. If you PCS'd at government expense within the past 12 months, additional government funded PCS may not be authorized; however, you may choose to pay your own moving expenses. Most civilian PCS entitlements are now taxable. The Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) reimburses eligible employees for additional Federal, State, and local income taxes incurred because of receiving taxable travel income. More information is available at Civilian Relocation/PCS Tax Changes. The following may result in a rating of ineligible. Ineligible applicants receive no consideration. Not selecting an eligibility. Submitting an incomplete application package may result in your not being considered for this position. Your resume must reflect that you are either Part-Time with the number of hours listed, Full Time, or 40 hours per week as your work schedule. If you fail to provide this information in your resume, your resume will be considered as incomplete. Submitting encrypted documents or uploading Adobe portfolio documents. Submitting any document that contains a photo or image of you. Including social media links, inappropriate material/content, classified or government sensitive information, or personal information such as age, gender, race, religion, or social security number on your resume. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or questionnaire responses. Deliberately attempting to falsify your application information, such as copying portions of this announcement into your resume.