Manager, Product Management, Hoxworth Blood Center

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Job Overview

The College of Medicine, Hoxworth Blood Center is recruiting a full-time Manager in the Division of Product Management, to manage the daily operations of product management services to ensure uninterrupted services, provide constant and direct regulatory oversight and operational continuity over Product Management and blood component distribution.  This position will support the University’s mission and commitment to excellence and diversity in our students, faculty, staff, and all our activities.

Essential Functions

• Provide leadership to the department with emphasis on blood and blood component inventory control, management, and distribution to over 24 associated labs and regional transfusion services.
• Manage the daily departmental activities to assure uninterrupted delivery of laboratory services.
• Manage all aspects of logistical inventory control, reconciliation, management, and distribution.
• Manage all aspects of blood and blood component ordering, order receipt, order fulfillment, fill rates, distribution, and turnaround times based on federal, state, and local government laws, regulations, and standards.
• Maintain departmental software, equipment, supplies, and materials used in the inventory management and distribution of blood and blood components.
• Perform appropriate qualification of newly purchased, revised, and/or repaired instruments, equipment, and software prior to use in inventory control, management and distribution.
• Assist with departmental processes, procedures, quality control, equipment calibrations and maintenance, and daily technical reviews to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
• Ensure staff training and competency at defined intervals of employment or changes to policies/procedures.
• Assist with contracts and bids, department budget expenses and revenues, software licenses, and standing resource orders.
• Support and assist the Medical Services department with training and education.
• Support Hoxworth Blood Center’s safety, cGMP and Quality Plan.
• May provide direct and/or indirect supervision to exempt and non-exempt staff (i.e., hiring/firing, performance evaluations, disciplinary action, approve time off, etc.).
• Perform related duties based on departmental need. This job description may be changed at any time.

Required Education

Degree in Biological Science or related field.

Required Experience

Three (3) years of experience in the health care industry or related logical shipping industry at the supervisor level or above.