Blood Collections Manager-Fixed Sites

American Red Cross; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

American Red Cross seeks a Fixed Site Collections Manager to provide strategic oversight for our Kansas-Oklahoma regional collection sites. You will guide production targets, regulatory compliance, and budget management while leading collection teams.

You will use biomedical knowledge and logistics experience to drive performance, support volunteers, and coordinate with union leadership. Occasional travel to Tulsa, Salina, and Wichita sites is required.

Qualifications

• Oversees collection operations and staff to meet targets.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
• Leads budgeting, resource planning and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and monitor collections budget for regional sites.
• Manage mobile operations and coordinate cross‑department activities.
• Improve donor flow and donor experience in collaboration with Donor Recruitment.
• Coach and mentor supervisors and staff per policies and contracts.
• Ensure proper staffing, training, and regulatory compliance.
• May operate ARC vehicles and travel 25–30% to sites in the region.
• Support internal and external communication to foster teamwork.
• Participate in divisional and national projects.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Regulatory knowledge

Donor recruitment coordination

Change management

Union relations

Job description

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Job Description:

Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

As a Fixed Site Collections Manager, you will provide strategic oversight and leadership for our fixed collection sites in the Kansas-Oklahoma region. You’ll ensure that each facility meets regulatory requirements and production targets while promoting a diverse portfolio of blood products, including whole blood, Power Red cells, platelets, and plasma.

In this role, you will oversee collection teams within the region to ensure the achievement of collection goals, business initiatives, and quality metrics. In this role, you will use your biomedical knowledge, logistics/supply chain experience, strong leadership skills, and the ability to manage union relations to lead our collections teams. You will enforce organizational policies, drive production, and embrace cultural initiatives. As a change agent, you will lead teams through transformation, fostering future leadership and collaboration. Your operational mindset and communication skills will be key to driving success and efficiency.

Provide support, development, and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.

Perform all duties and responsibilities in compliance with standard operating procedures and other applicable Federal, State, and local regulations.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities):

• Develop and monitor assigned collections budget to ensure sufficient capacity and effective utilization of resources.
• Responsible for managing assigned mobile operations and may oversee the use of multiple technologies. Coordinate with multiple department functional areas to ensure achievement of assigned collection goals, business initiatives, and metrics for quality, service excellence and process improvement in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible.
• Monitor, evaluate and correct donor flow and customer service problems in collaboration with Donor Recruitment, to enhance the donor experience and contribute to the achievement of organizational goals.
• Manage, coach and mentor supervisors and staff in accordance with personnel policies and bargaining unit contracts, including performance evaluations, disciplinary actions, and employment decisions to enhance success of the operation and minimize turnover.
• Ensure appropriate staffing is in place to efficiently and effectively run operations. Coordinate department training and/or communication protocols, including in-services, regulatory requirements, and new staff training. Ensure teams successfully perform collections that meet patient need, such as right-type mix and demand requirements for day of week and manufacturing location.
• May operate ARC vehicles as required, including loading, setting up, maintaining, and tearing down supplies and equipment as required.
• Ensure effective internal and external communication between all department levels and functions to foster teamwork and enhance operational success.
• Participate in divisional and national projects
• Working out of Tulsa, Salina, or Wichita site; will need to travel to additional sites regularly; Approx 25-30% travel.

Pay Information : The compensation for this role starts at $90,000/year.