Marketing Representative- West MS

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

Qualifications:

• 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.

It's a great time to join us in our life saving mission - you'll be glad you did!

Mississippi Blood Services is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation or gender identity.

EOE/M/F/Disabled/Vet

Drug Free Workplace

Pre-employment drug testing required

Note: Our application process is designed to be completed through this online process. However, if a reasonable accommodation is needed to enable you to apply for one of our positions, please contact us at 601-368-2647 and we will gladly work with you.