Plasma Center Manager

Grifols•Hueytown, AL

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Grifols is seeking a Plasma Center Manager to lead center operations and employees, ensuring the center meets production, staffing, cost, quality, and regulatory goals. The manager establishes an organizational environment that supports employee morale and productivity and operates the center with high ethical and integrity standards. The role includes managing personnel functions, developing staff, overseeing operational improvements, planning staffing levels, and providing strategic direction. The manager oversees donor selection, plasma collection, shipment, records, inventory, equipment, facility cleanliness, and freezer management, including responding appropriately to freezer alarms. The role also supports community outreach and donor retention, ensures compliance with applicable regulations and procedures, and works with divisional and corporate management on annual budgets and production targets. The position is located in Hueytown, Alabama.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; preferably in Science, Business, Nursing, Finance, or a related field.
Typically requires at least 3 years of related clinical or general business experience.

Nice To Haves

Supervisory experience is preferred but not required.
Experience in a medical and/or cGMP-regulated environment is preferred.
Experience with plasma or whole blood is preferred.

Responsibilities

Meet quarterly goals, staffing and labor-efficiency standards, cost-per-liter targets, and quality KPI goals.
Create an organizational environment and value systems that support workforce morale and productivity.
Manage center employees and operations according to high ethical and integrity standards.
Ensure staff training and quality goals are met, implement operational changes, and maximize center efficiency.
Monitor and evaluate operations; develop action plans and supervise process improvements.
Manage headcount and staffing through high- and low-production periods, and provide timely staffing projections for cyclical, seasonal, or situational demand.
Direct personnel functions, including hiring, work assignment and direction, development and training, disciplinary actions, termination, and personnel-record maintenance.
Provide strategic direction and planning.
Oversee donor selection, plasma collection and shipment, and completion of records through the Assistant Manager.
Ensure production employees are adequately trained and understand how to perform tasks to company standards.
Maintain adequate inventory of goods and supplies and oversee ordering as needed.
Ensure the center is neat and clean and equipment is kept in good working order.
Manage freezers, plasma shipments, and equipment failures; respond to freezer alarms and handle them appropriately.
Develop community representation and support public relations and marketing campaigns to attract and retain donors.
Maintain familiarity with and ensure compliance with state and federal regulations, FDA-approved Standard Operating Procedures, OSHA, CLIA, and cGMP.
Ensure donor selection, plasma collection, and manufacturing records meet applicable regulatory and production standards.
Work with the management team and Training and Quality staff to meet training and quality goals.
Build rapport with donors and support customer satisfaction and long-term donation.
Work with divisional and corporate management to prepare the annual budget and manage the facility to production and quality targets within the agreed cost structure.