Head, Facilities And Program Management

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About BioLife Plasma Services
Every day at BioLife, we feel good knowing that what we do helps improve the lives of patients with rare diseases. While you focus on our donors, we’ll support you. We offer a purpose you can believe in, a team you can count on, opportunities for career growth, and a comprehensive benefits program, all in a fast-paced, friendly environment.
This position is currently classified as “hybrid” in accordance with Takeda’s Hybrid and Remote Work policy & will be based out of Bannockburn, IL (non-virtual).
BioLife Plasma Services is a subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.
OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE

• Contribute to servinig more patients, as well as supporting donors and employees, by delivering high-quality facilities management services and projects for plasma centers and testing labs.
• Contribute to annual strategic imperatives by managing budgets, collaborating with stakeholders, and maintaining business continuity.
• Transform the business through innovation, continuous improvement, and analytics.

Accountabilities

• Management of stakeholder relationships with Operations, Finance, Procurement, Quality, Security, EHS, Sustainability, and Market Expansion, to achieve a high level of stakeholder and donor satisfaction.
• Leadership of an organization accountable for facilities management and business continuity at BioLife testing labs and plasma centers located throughout the United States.
• Leadership of an engaged, productive, innovative, and ethical team that is aligned to annual strategic imperatives.
• Oversight of vendors for an outsourced integrated facilities management provider, HVAC & refrigeration program, emergency freezer program, utility bill management, as well as other strategic vendors.
• Management of multiple annual budgets, including integrated facilities management, stategic asset replacement, and miscellaneous functional support.

DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS
Technical/Functional Expertise

• Experience with managing positive relationships with mulitple company-wide stakeholders, including recurring meeitngs and communication.
• Ability to work independently and make decisions to acheive annual objectives.
• Ability to manage healthcare and testing lab facilities.
• Capabilities with participating and contributing on a leadership team.
• Financial acumen for managing budgets
• Capabilities to adapt to evolving circumstances and manage a business through change.
• Willingness to collaborate with stakeholders to lead improvements and stategic risk.
• Ability to communicate clearly and credibly with written and verbal correspondence.
• Experience with stategic asset management programs for proactive replacement or enhacement of equipment, fixtures, or finishes.
• Proficiency with leading engaged employees in a hybrid work environment, including employees located throughout the United States.
• Proficiency with directly or indirectly managing vendors to achieve budget expectations and quality services, primarily with outsourced integrated facilities managment companies, but also with critical equipment suppliers, utility payment vendors, uniform suppliers, emergecy response vendors, waste and hazardous waste management companies, and other repair/maintenance vendors.
• Disaster/crisis preparation, response, and recovery
• Capabilities with leading through change and transformation while maintaining productivity.
• Ability to leverage data and analytics to drive stategic insights and improvements.
• Experience with integrated facilities management functions, including
• Ability to manage and work in a matrixed, global organization.
• Knowledge of HVAC and refrigeration equipment services.
• Proficiency with managing constructive vendor relationships.
• Proficiency with thought leadership and introducing new ideas to optimize and transform the business.
• Capabilities with developing stategic insights and improvements from data and analytics.
• Reactive, preventative, and predictive maintenance
• Experience with maintaining operational continuity for critical equipment and facilities.
• Experience with continuous improvement to lead strategic change and program enhancements, as well as incremental value to the organization.
• Knowledge of operating in a healthcare, pharma, and/or critical environment.
• Ability to introduce or implement strategic operational decisions to meet budgets.
• Interior and exterior services
• HVAC and refrigeration equipment
• Capability with ensuring IFM service compliance in a regulated industry.
• Experience with leading a team to achieve annual performance goals and alignment to organizational strategic imperatives.
• Ability to ensure a compliant and ethical team.
• Capabilities with proactively identifying financial and operational risks, including implementation of mitigating solutions.

• Four-year college/university degree.
• Decision making in a fast-paced environment.
• Vendor management.
• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Ten years of experience in the facilities management industry.
• Employee leadership.
• Financial acumen for overseeing budgets.
• Managing positive stakeholder relationships.
• Required background

• Knowledge of operating in a healthcare, pharma, and/or critical environment.
• HVAC and refrigeration equipment services.
• Disaster response and recovery.
• Healthcare, pharma, or testing lab facilities.
• Preferred background
• IFM service compliance in a regulated industry.

Additional Information

• Hybrid office environment.
• Estimated travel within the United States @ 10-20%.

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Locations
Bannockburn, IL
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time