Consultant - Fort Worth Southwest Region

Job Details

Job Location:

Donor Recruitment - DFW - Bedford, TX 76021

Position Type:
Full Time Education Level: 4 Year Degree

Travel Percentage :
Valid DL required

Job Category:
Sales Territory Coverage:

This role supports the F-Southwest region, including Burleson, Cleburne, Granbury, Stephenville, South Fort Worth, Glen Rose, and Keene. Key service areas are Burleson, Cleburne, Granbury, and Stephenville, with travel required throughout the territory.

The Consultant is responsible for promoting the Carter Blood Care (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.

• Bachelor’s Degree (preferred), or equivalent experience

• 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

• Requires effective communication, both verbally and in writing. Communicating, educating, and promoting the CBC mission, inspiring blood donors and blood drive coordinators. Requires an ability to persuade and convince potential donors and drive coordinators with effective presentation skills, maximizing CBC’s ability to meet the mission.

• 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.