Sr. Logistics Subject Matter Expert

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The Joint, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Interagency Division (JOID) provides expert support services to a range of customers spanning across the Department of Defense, Federal Civilian, and international markets. JOID provides a diverse portfolio of analytical and programmatic capabilities to help our customers make informed decisions on their most challenging issues.

The Acquisition and Technology Analysis Group within JOID specializes in the application of multi-disciplinary analytic skills to support multiple clients within the Department of Defense (DoD). These clients include the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)), DARPA, the Joint Staff, and USINDOPACOM. SPA provides critical decision support to enabling and executing a strategy of technological superiority and enabling the delivery and sustainment of secure, resilient, and preeminent capabilities to the warfighter quickly and cost effectively. Our team of experienced military, technical, and operations research analysts is skilled in evaluating military problems, identifying the driving factors, devising innovative approaches, collecting applicable data, developing necessary software tools, and performing thorough and timely assessments to inform technology and acquisition governance decisions to ensure U.S. military forces retain military superiority in the future.

We have an upcoming need for a Senior Logistician/Subject Matter Expert to support the Supply Directorate for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics ((DASD(LOG)). This role is located onsite at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA.

The candidate will support the DASD (LOG) Supply Directorate with drafting, formulating, and recommending policy and process changes to the government for a wide variety of logistics-related policy documents. These include but are not limited to: DoDI 3110.06, "War Reserve Material (WRM)"; DoDI 4140.01, "DoD Supply Chain Material Management Policy"; DoDM 4140.68, "Integrated Materiel Management of Non-Consumable Items"; DoDM 4140.70, "DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures for Storage and Material Handling"; and DoDI 5000.85, "Major Capability Acquisition". Additional responsibilities include tracking the acquisition, sale, sustainment, and demilitarization of the conventional munitions stockpile; analyzing DoD practices to propose changes and improve visibility and traceability of assets; tracking the execution of the Comprehensive Inventory Management Improvement Plan (CIMIP); tracking that property is accounted for as part of the Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO) program; proposing changes to the Federal Catalog, Federal codification, material management changes, and standardized codes for the DoD; and developing and maintaining Plans of Actions and Milestones (POAMs) to address provisioning and cataloging changes.

Required:

10+ years of relevant experience plus a Master's degree in Supply, Logistics, English, Communications, Public Policy, or related discipline, OR 20+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree.
• Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance.
• Experience providing Department-level recommendations, advice, and assessments in the areas of Supply Support, Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Disposition.
• Extensive experience in logistics policy writing, development, execution, and oversight.
• Experience providing information regarding agency policies or regulations.
• Demonstrate experience working with regulatory guidelines, standards, and executive decision-making processes that impact the DoD Supply Chain.
• Technical expertise in ensuring that all aspects of a policy revisions and updates are explored to provide options, alternative proposals, or predicted impacts.
• Experience in incorporating revisions, changes, and updates that do not create conflict or violate statutory instructions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of current supply chain DoD-issuances, their application, and impact on the DoD-supply chain--these may include DoDI 3110.06; DoDI 4140.01; DoDM 4140.68, DoDM 4140.7; and DoDI 5000.85.
• Able to work fully onsite based on client needs.