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Distribution Program Management Specialist

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DLA Distribution Headquarters

New Cumberland, PA (In Person)

$140,053 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 1 week ago (Updated 4 days ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/14/2026

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Distribution Program Management Specialist Department of Defense Defense Logistics Agency Summary See below for important informion regarding this job. Learn more about this agency Summary See below for important informion regarding this job. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply in 3 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 14, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: New Cumberland Defense Logistics Center, PA 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $121,785 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Promotion potential 13 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent - Multiple Appoitntment Types Occupions and job series 2001 General Supply Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number DLADist-26-12979489-MP Control number 872002000 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Clarificion from the agency "Agency" means current permanent DLA employees in the commuting area. Veterans eligibilities include 30% or more Disabled Vet, Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA). Military Spouse Preference (MSP) eligibles, Retained Grade Preference (RGP) eligibles, and Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician eligibles in the commuting area may also apply. Videos Duties Help Supports the Distribution Command Group by developing long-term training requirements for the DLA Distribution workforce. Directs the establishment and optimizion of a standard and disciplined problem-solving process to improve training across DLA Distribution. Participes in the development and/or revision of annual and quarterly training guidance. Manages teams established to improve the development and delivery of the DLA Distribution training. Adapts analytical techniques to improve the effectiveness of institutional and unit training. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. citizen
Tour of Duty:
Set Schedule Security Requirements:
Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determinion, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudiced background checks grounds for removal. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):
Exempt Selective Service Requirement:
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
Recruitment Incentives:
Not Authorized Bargaining Unit Stus:
No Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identificion documents to access certain federal facilities.
See https:
//www.tsa.gov/real-id for more informion. Position is subject to occasional overtime. Must be able to obtain and maintain licenses and/or certificions required by the installion, federal, ste, and local laws. Qualificions To qualify for a Distribution Program Management Specialist, your resume and supporting documention must support: A.
Specialized Experience:
One year of specialized experience th equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or reled to this position. To qualify the GS-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or prive sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualificions, and any other regulory requirements by the cut-off/closing de of the announcement.
Creditable specialized experience includes:
Identifying and implementing significant process improvements in logistics and distribution training. Conducting detailed analysis of wide variety reled documents to determine whether the most up-to-de concepts are used to determine where there are deficiencies and to determine whether all issues have been Researching and applying a wide range of qualitive and/or quantitive methods to identify, assess, analyze, and improve team effectiveness, efficiency, and work products. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Work Environment:
Work is often performed in a warehouse environment th may have inadeque lighting, dust, etc. Required to multiple field offices. Educion Substitution of educion may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. Additional informion As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194). For Important General Applicant Informion and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf
Reemployed Annuitants:
This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found : https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF Informion for Veterans is available : https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/ . As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official de of retirement. Drug-Free Workplace Policy The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing. Applicants tentively selected for employment in testing designed positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentive job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the de of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designed positions are subject to random drug testing. A negive drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start de). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentive or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Stement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opies, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.
ADVISORY
Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal . Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. The assessments for this job will measure the following
Competencies:
Program Analysis Employee Development Distribution Operions Oral and Written Communicions Once the applicion process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documention may be completed and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. The ring you receive is based on your responses to the assessment questionnaire. The score is a measure of the degree to which your background mches the competencies required for this position. If your resume and/or supporting documention is reviewed and a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and or experience, you may lose considerion for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your ring. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position you must provide a complete Applicion Package.
Each Applicion Package MUST include:
Your Resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents . Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program ( ICTAP ): If you are an eligible ICTAP applicant you may apply for special selection over other candides for this position. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be red a score of 85 or higher for this position. ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separion notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separion; an agency certificion th you cannot be placed after injury compension has been termined; an OPM notificion th your disability annuity has been termined; OR a Military Department or Nional Guard Bureau notificion th you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456. Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP)" eligibility. If you are claiming MSP and are determined to be among the Best Qualified for the position, you may be referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. To be eligible as a MSP, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package: Spouse's Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) orders; Marriage Certifice or License; PPP Self Certificion Checklist ; Veterans' Preference documention (e.g., DD-214, VA Letter, Stement of Service, if applicable); Transcripts (if applicable). These documents must provide acceptable informion to verify: Residency within the commuting area of your sponsor's permanent duty stion (PDS); proof of marriage to the active duty sponsor; proof of military member's active duty stus; and other documention required by the vacancy announcement to which you are applying.
NOTE:
Previous federal employees must also submit the following additional documention: SF-50s (e.g., LWOP, highest grade held, overseas appointments, etc.), SF-75 informion, and documention of performance ring of record (ded within the last 12 months). Selected PPP MSP applicants will need to certify they have not accepted nor declined another offer of permanent, Federal employment (to include NAF and the military exchange services) since relocing to the military sponsor's current duty stion. Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP) : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP)" eligibility. If you are claiming RGP and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. Informion and required documention for claiming RGP may be found the General Applicant Informion and Definitions link below. To be eligible as a RGP, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package: a signed Retained Grade PPP Self-Certificion Checklist ( DD3145-1 (whs.mil) ); a copy of your Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) effecting the placement in retained grade stus; or a copy of the notificion letter you received regarding the RIF or classificion downgrade. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12979489 . Agency contact informion Tyler Aronson Phone 4457370081 Tyler.

Aronson@dla.mil Address DLA Distribution Headquarters 5430 Mifflin Avenue Suite 5430 New Cumberland, PA 17070 US Next steps Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive a notificion. A review may be completed of your online questionnaire and the documention you submitted to support your responses. Applicants th are found among the most highly qualified may be referred to the hiring official for considerion, and you will receive a notificion of referral. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) . Be sure to check your USA Jobs account for your notificion updes. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position you must provide a complete Applicion Package.
Each Applicion Package MUST include:
Your Resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents . Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program ( ICTAP ): If you are an eligible ICTAP applicant you may apply for special selection over other candides for this position. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be red a score of 85 or higher for this position. ICTAP eligibles must submit one of the following as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority: a separion notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separion; an agency certificion th you cannot be placed after injury compension has been termined; an OPM notificion th your disability annuity has been termined; OR a Military Department or Nional Guard Bureau notificion th you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456. Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP)" eligibility. If you are claiming MSP and are determined to be among the Best Qualified for the position, you may be referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. To be eligible as a MSP, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package: Spouse's Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) orders; Marriage Certifice or License; PPP Self Certificion Checklist ; Veterans' Preference documention (e.g., DD-214, VA Letter, Stement of Service, if applicable); Transcripts (if applicable). These documents must provide acceptable informion to verify: Residency within the commuting area of your sponsor's permanent duty stion (PDS); proof of marriage to the active duty sponsor; proof of military member's active duty stus; and other documention required by the vacancy announcement to which you are applying.
NOTE:
Previous federal employees must also submit the following additional documention: SF-50s (e.g., LWOP, highest grade held, overseas appointments, etc.), SF-75 informion, and documention of performance ring of record (ded within the last 12 months). Selected PPP MSP applicants will need to certify they have not accepted nor declined another offer of permanent, Federal employment (to include NAF and the military exchange services) since relocing to the military sponsor's current duty stion. Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP) : In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the "Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP)" eligibility. If you are claiming RGP and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. Informion and required documention for claiming RGP may be found the General Applicant Informion and Definitions link below. To be eligible as a RGP, you must submit the following supporting documents with your applicion package: a signed Retained Grade PPP Self-Certificion Checklist ( DD3145-1 (whs.mil) ); a copy of your Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) effecting the placement in retained grade stus; or a copy of the notificion letter you received regarding the RIF or classificion downgrade. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12979489 . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Tyler Aronson Phone 4457370081 Tyler.

Aronson@dla.mil Address DLA Distribution Headquarters 5430 Mifflin Avenue Suite 5430 New Cumberland, PA 17070 US Next steps Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive a notificion. A review may be completed of your online questionnaire and the documention you submitted to support your responses. Applicants th are found among the most highly qualified may be referred to the hiring official for considerion, and you will receive a notificion of referral. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) . Be sure to check your USA Jobs account for your notificion updes. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply in 3 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 14, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: New Cumberland Defense Logistics Center, PA 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $121,785 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Promotion potential 13 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent - Multiple Appoitntment Types Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number DLADist-26-12979489-MP Control number 872002000