Marketing Representative- East MS

Mississippi Blood Services•Tupelo, MS

About The Position

Mississippi Blood Services makes a difference in people's lives every day. With the support of the community and voluntary blood donors, we have been serving the needs of hospital patients since 1979. We are committed to providing excellent benefits, a great working environment and just being an all-around great place to work. We're looking for an individual with flexible skills who can provide support in the following areas to help meet our mission: Duties: Consistently achieve unit goals in assigned territory. Sales activities from this position generate nearly 70% of total collections for MBS. Sales are achieved by developing and maintaining strong productive relationships with existing groups and by continuously identifying new groups, specials and promotional opportunities within the assigned territory. Continuously achieve acceptable level of performance in the areas of Unit Accuracy and Registration Accuracy, which helps ensure efficient use of MBS's mobile collection resources. Continuously achieve acceptable level of performance in units collected per drive and number of drives booked per month Continuously achieve an acceptable level of booking in accordance with Donor Resource's 12-Week process Commit company resources to mobile operations in an efficient, cost effective manner Develop donor groups and organize all mobile visits in assigned geographical territory Generate mobile prep sheets, change sheets, and material order forms for each mobile visit Manage all aspects of the mobile from initial contact to follow up with contact person, including education of donor groups and delivery of material packets to chairperson Maintain accurate physical records of each mobile visit and each donor group Manage correspondence concerning donor protection for groups Attend department staff meetings, training sessions, and other company wide meetings

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Valid MS driver's license and excellent driving record with personal automobile liability insurance coverage
Ability to connect quickly with people in a poised, convincing and enthusiastic way
Ability to work at a faster than average pace to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
Ability to work cooperatively with and through other people to complete tasks
Sense of urgency, initiative and drive to get things done correctly
A good understanding of people, and ability to use that understanding effectively in motivating and persuading others to act.
Ability to achieve goals in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

Consistently achieve unit goals in assigned territory.
Sales activities from this position generate nearly 70% of total collections for MBS.
Sales are achieved by developing and maintaining strong productive relationships with existing groups and by continuously identifying new groups, specials and promotional opportunities within the assigned territory.
Continuously achieve acceptable level of performance in the areas of Unit Accuracy and Registration Accuracy, which helps ensure efficient use of MBS's mobile collection resources.
Continuously achieve acceptable level of performance in units collected per drive and number of drives booked per month
Continuously achieve an acceptable level of booking in accordance with Donor Resource's 12-Week process
Commit company resources to mobile operations in an efficient, cost effective manner
Develop donor groups and organize all mobile visits in assigned geographical territory
Generate mobile prep sheets, change sheets, and material order forms for each mobile visit
Manage all aspects of the mobile from initial contact to follow up with contact person, including education of donor groups and delivery of material packets to chairperson
Maintain accurate physical records of each mobile visit and each donor group
Manage correspondence concerning donor protection for groups
Attend department staff meetings, training sessions, and other company wide meetings