Product Management Supervisor | Blood bank

Your Blood. Your Hospital. Your Neighbors

LifeServe Blood Center is a non-profit, community-based blood center that has served the needs of local hospitals and patients in our regions since 1947. As one of the 15 largest blood centers in the country, LifeServe provides blood products to more than 175 hospitals primarily in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Illinois.

Want to develop a career while helping to save lives? LifeServe Blood Center currently has a full-time opening in our Johnston lab as a Product Management Supervisor. This position is primarily responsible for supervising team members to ensure product distribution and quality control functions are met through processes, functions, and tasks that are related to manufacturing and distributing quality blood products.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervises, communicates, and assesses that Product Management Technicians and Product Management Drivers perform assigned duties in compliance with all organization policies, processes, and procedures.
• Leads and performs decision making duties for product management processes and activities as well as transportation and logistics for movement of blood products throughout our region.
• Performs all duties of a Product Management Technician
• Provides expertise to handle all questions regarding product management
• Performs review of product management processes related to documentation and release of quality control results.
• Evaluates and prioritizes daily/weekly workload for team members.
• Performs and documents quality control, calibration, and maintenance tasks.
• Assist with writing, reviewing and evaluation of SOPs.
• Assists with validation of new equipment and processes.
• Promotes team member retention and professional growth by providing a positive and supportive culture and environment.
• Authority to recommend personnel decisions such as hiring, promotion, performance evaluation, coaching, disciplinary action, and terminations.
• Facilitates team member development by providing feedback, coaching, and mentoring with the coordination of management.
• Ensures team members have adequate training to perform designated duties.
• Travel to Omaha location required.
• Holds a current driver’s license and has a motor vehicle report meeting insurability requirements required.
• Maintains confidentiality of LifeServe Blood Center donors, team members, financial/proprietary records, and other information at all times.
• Maintains acceptable attendance.

NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• May be required to perform product transportation duties if needed.
• Working knowledge and experience working on a computer system required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Directly supervises:

+ Product Management Technician I, II/TL

+ Product Management Driver

+ Hospital Services Cross Technician/TL

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE / SKILLS:

• Associate’s degree in laboratory science required, with additional MLT (or equivalent certification) preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in medical laboratory, chemical, physical, or biological science preferred.
• Minimum two (2) years of clinical laboratory experience or production manufacturing (pharma-related) experience required.

Our Benefits Are Just Your Type!

When you’re part of a team that saves lives every day, you deserve benefits that have your back.

Part-time team members enjoy:

• + Vision coverage

+ 403(b) retirement plan with up to 4% contribution after a year (and at least 1,000 service hours)

+ Supplemental accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity plans

+ Flexible spending accounts for health, limited-purpose, and dependent care

Full-time team members receive all of that plus:

• + Medical and dental coverage

+ HSA with employer contribution

+ Life and AD&D insurance

+ Supplemental life insurance

LifeServe is proud to support the people who make life-saving moments possible: YOU!

Physical Requirements:

• Sit
• Stand
• Walk
• Twist/turn
• Stoop/bend
• Push/pull
• Squat
• Balance
• Reach/work above shoulders
• Use hands/wrists to squeeze, use fine/simple/gross motor skills, and machinery usage
• Forearm rotations
• Machinery usage
• Lift/carry up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to sit or stand for long periods of time

Offers of employment are contingent on the successful completion of pre-employment, post-offer drug testing and background checks.

LifeServe Blood Center is fully committed to equal employment opportunity. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation due to a disability at any stage of the employment application process should contact us at [email protected].

Education

Preferred* Associates or better

Behaviors

Preferred* Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest

• Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

Preferred* Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks

• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help
• Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals

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