Strategic Business Planning Manager

By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network? Join us-Where your Career is a Force for Good! 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. Where Your Career is a Force for Good! WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (Job Overview): If you are energetic, self-motivated, enjoy working with volunteers and like the fast pace of sales, the American Red Cross has an opportunity for you! We have an opening on our Donor Recruitmentteam for a Strategic Business Planning Manager who is responsible for working with blood drive coordinators and donor groups to achieve blood collection targets for area blood drives. As an employee at the American Red Cross, you could be on the front lines of making a positive impact on our community. Join our non-profit organization, where your heart and mind go to work! WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities): - Develop and implement annual and long-term sponsor partnership annual blood drive programs in assigned geography to achieve collection goals. - Identify, develop and implement creative strategies to attract, sell, manage and retain Blood Program Leaders/Sponsor partnerships and maximize value from sponsor partnerships. - Provide sufficient organizational and operational support to sponsor contact and maintain a high level of communication with all assigned Blood Program Leaders/Sponsors. - Support the blood drive annual calendar build by identifying and applying appropriate methods to ensure productive scheduling of blood drives by assigned Sponsors. - Keep abreast of assigned geography, including but not limited to its government, demographics organizations, and competitive profile, and apply that knowledge to all aspects of servicing Sponsor groups and the penetration of designated markets. - Maintain accurate system records and provide tracking and statistical data on Sponsor group performance. - Ensure tools, technology, and strategy provided by the organization to enhance customer service, efficiency, and productivity are fit for purpose and identify opportunities for improvement. WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum Qualifications): Bachelor's degree OR a combination of education and work experience. Minimum 3 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required. Knowledge of group dynamics, direct sales, customer maintenance techniques, and negotiation skills. Good organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities effectively. Excellent oral and written communication skills, including training and presentation skills. Ability to work on a team. Ability to work with internal/external partners as well as internal unit management teams to resolve complex business problems. Ability t