Job Summary

Works collaboratively to convene and align key functional areas to develop forward-looking, integrated plans across recruitment, marketing, collections, business development, and manufacturing. Enables proactive adjustments across the blood supply chain by informing upstream collections planning and downstream manufacturing, inventory, and logistics readiness, while maintaining clear separation from operational execution, allocation authority, and quality decision-making. Works across hospital, clinical (advanced therapies), and research customers.

Essential Responsibilities

Enterprise demand forecasting and scenario planning – 35%

• Develops and maintains rolling 7‑day, 30‑day, and 90‑day demand forecasts across all demand streams (Hospital, Research, Clinical (Advanced Therapies)).

Cross-functional alignment and meetings – 25%

• Leads regular demand review discussions focused on insight, alignment, and preparation.

• Facilitates rapid-response alignment with key stakeholders (Collections, Manufacturing, Inventory, Logistics, Recruitment, and Marketing) to address sudden shifts in demand or inventory levels, ensuring cross-functional clarity on required actions while maintaining separation from operational decision-making.

Collections and donor/marketing integration – 15%

• Partners with the VP Donor & Community Engagement to adjust collection targets, timing, and mix based on forecasted demand. Identifies opportunities, trends, seasonality, and volatility risks. Develops collection volume scenarios to support enterprise readiness.

• Partners with Marketing leadership to determine optimal campaign timing to address collections gaps.

Supply chain readiness (manufacturing, inventory, logistics) – 15%

• Communicates demand implications to Manufacturing, Inventory, and Logistics to support capacity planning and readiness activities.

• Maintains demand planning methodologies, assumptions, and data integrity.

Executive partnership and strategic insight – 10%

• Partners with the CEO and Chief Growth Officer to align growth strategies with realistic demand assumptions.

• Partners with the VP of Blood Supply Chain to synthesize market signals from hospital clients, research partners, and growth initiatives. Identifies emerging demand trends, seasonality, and volatility risks. Develops demand scenarios (baseline, surge, and downside) to support enterprise readiness. Translates demand into collections volume signals to inform donor recruitment and collections planning.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, analytics, operations management, or a related field from an accredited college or university.

Experience

• 10 years of progressive experience in demand planning, supply chain planning, revenue planning, or a closely related analytical role.

• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional planning processes and facilitating alignment among stakeholders.

• Proven ability to build and interpret forecasts, scenarios, and decision-support models using data from multiple sources.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree.

• Familiarity with blood banking, healthcare services, life sciences, or related industries.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Who We Are:

Since 1975, Gulf Coast Blood has been one of the nation’s largest community blood centers, serving 170 hospitals across 26 counties. Headquartered in Houston, we support the world’s largest medical complex—the Texas Medical Center—while operating 18 donor centers and hosting more than 7,000 mobile blood drives each year. As an FDA-accredited nonprofit, we provide high-quality human cellular material for both scientific and therapeutic use.

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER STATEMENT

Gulf Coast Blood is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants for positions are considered without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, military status, protected veteran status, disability status, genetic testing results, or any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable law, statute, regulation or Executive Order.