Consultant - F-Southwest Region (53650)

Carter BloodCare • Bedford, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Consultant is responsible for promoting the Carter BloodCare (CBC) mission, implementing effective strategies to recruit, manage, and maintain relationships with sponsor organizations, and achieving successful blood collection events while meeting established blood collection goals. The Consultant is responsible for retention of current accounts, developing new accounts, and building strong relationships with account blood drive coordinators. This position requires the employee to have regular personal interaction and coordination of work with other employees in the workplace, as well as face-to-face interaction with members of the public, actual and potential sponsors of blood drives, and/or donors. Responsibilities include education, planning, and ongoing support to account blood drive coordinators to ensure sponsors host successful and productive blood drives. The Consultant is responsible for complete sponsor account information, accurate record keeping and ongoing maintenance of ‘up to date’ account information. This critical information is maintained in an electronic Customer Relations management software system provided by CBC. Ability to work varied hours, evenings, weekends and some holidays. Must be available during blood drive events or when schedule demands. Must be able to travel and conduct face–to-face sales calls with potential sponsors of blood drives. Regular full-time attendance is required during normal working hours.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in sales or account relationship management.
• Excellent internal/ external customer service skills.
• Ability to work closely and harmoniously with the CBC management team, departmental personnel, donor groups, individual donors, collection staff, and volunteers.
• Requires creativity, the ability to communicate effectively, participate and share ideas to help formulate new recruitment strategies and tactics to improve donor participation.
• Effective communication, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to persuade and convince potential donors and drive coordinators with effective presentation skills.
• Ability to work varied hours, evenings, weekends and some holidays.
• Must be available during blood drive events or when schedule demands.
• Must be able to travel and to conduct face–to-face sales calls with clients.
• Manage multiple accounts and projects simultaneously while meeting aggressive timelines.
• Good time management and organizational skills are a must.
• Accurate and ‘up to date’ record keeping are required to reflect the latest account information.
• Must be comfortable working in a goal driven environment.
• Always maintaining donor confidentiality.
• Ability to work independently, demonstrating self-initiative, taking responsibility/ownership of decisions and actions.
• Ability to use systematic approach to define and solve problems.
• Must be computer literate.
• Ability to walk, stoop, bend, lift, and carry equipment weighing up to approximately 15 pounds.
• Normal vision requirements.
• Ability to clearly speak, hear, and write.
• Ability to drive to and from remote locations routinely, as part of the sales call process.
• Ability to travel (including by air) to periodically attend seminars, workshops, training, events, and to visit other blood centers to enhance knowledge and skills.
• Valid DL required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree

Responsibilities

• Promote the Carter BloodCare (CBC) mission.
• Implement effective strategies to recruit, manage, and maintain relationships with sponsor organizations.
• Achieve successful blood collection events while meeting established blood collection goals.
• Retain current accounts and develop new accounts.
• Build strong relationships with account blood drive coordinators.
• Provide education, planning, and ongoing support to account blood drive coordinators.
• Maintain complete sponsor account information, accurate record keeping, and ongoing maintenance of 'up to date' account information in an electronic Customer Relations management software system.
• Work varied hours, evenings, weekends, and some holidays.
• Be available during blood drive events or when schedule demands.
• Travel and conduct face-to-face sales calls with potential sponsors of blood drives.
• Maintain regular full-time attendance during normal working hours.
• Maintain donor confidentiality.
• Organize successful, efficient blood drives to meet collection goals.
• Be on time for meeting appointments, make presentations before internal and external groups, and perform cold calls.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants.
• Will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an employees or applicants race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, genetic, and veteran or disability status.
• Complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
• Pro Disabled & Veteran Employer.
• Maintain a drug-free workplace.
• Perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level