Director, Distribution Job Description
Director, distribution
provides technical support to critical and highly complex electronic communication systems used for substation, distribution and transmission operation and control functions within the business.
Director, Distribution Duties & Responsibilities
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Actively engage in adopting best practices to increase efficiency and profit margins
Establish and maintain effective relationships with Store Operations and Regional Management, Purchasing, Co-Op Advertising, General Accounting, Loss Prevention, Human Resources, and various other Corporate Departments
Support the launch and ongoing marketing and product operations of the new business
Create and maintain strong cross-functional and strategic alliances to achieve objectives
Assist in the development of long range plans in support of the business, establishing priorities, and the setting direction for the distribution function
Develop and monitor operating budgets
Work with the local country managers the VP Commercial and the VP Distribution EMEA to develop negotiation strategies and develop best practice for key deals
Lead and manage a direct team locally based Distribution Managers wider team across the region
Identify, evaluate new sales and negotiate agreements with medium and large cable operators and, where applicable Satellite Master TV (SMATV) and Internet Protocol TV (IPTV), Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT), Direct To Home (DTH) operators and OTT (VOD/SVOD) platforms
Manage all aspects of distribution revenue development and growth for the businesses, and evaluate the impact of new products, technologies and distribution partners on existing business, develop new product licensing strategies to address significant changes in consumer behaviour and TV consumption
Director, Distribution Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Director, Distribution
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: APICS, JD, LEAN, ISO, CPA, FEMA, CPIM, QP, SPHR, CPM
Education for Director, Distribution
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Employers hiring for the director, distribution job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Business, MBA, Engineering, Education, Management, Finance, Business/Administration, Supply Chain Management, Technical, Marketing
Skills for Director, Distribution
Desired skills for director, distribution include:
Specific individual operations within the distribution center
Full PSI team to deliver best-in-class customer satisfaction levels
Digital advertising technologies and business practices
PowerPoint
Word
Business Intelligence tools used for reporting and analytics
Computer systems: MS Excel
Electronic scheduling and e-mail systems
Operations
Practices
Desired experience for director, distribution includes:
Emerging ability of strategic planning and working with portfolio goals
Emerging ability to sell/navigate to complex, multi-level organizations
Emerging ability to engage senior business heads to support effective country strategies and product development
Experience managing best-in-class warehouse functions
Proven ability to operate effectively under complex and changing workflow situations
Proven track record of cost reduction strategies and execution in value added services
Director, Distribution Examples
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Director, Distribution Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a director, distribution. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for director, distribution
- Manage the key distribution relationships and oversee the after sales support for linear and non-linear customers, spearhead and liaise with marketing/PR team to develop affiliate marketing programs
- Be accountable for achieving year-end sales goals and provide timely forecasts, reports, and competitive information and monitor account receivables on a regular basis
- Liaising with the regional broadcast, operational teams in EMEA
- Budget Planning and Financial Modelling
- Provide aggressive and effective management of the Distribution Center Profit and Loss Statement
- Develop, implement, and manage various programs that enhance team building and management development
- Direct, coordinate, and control inbound freight, inventory functions, warehouse service levels, and storage materials
- Support the Human Resources and Loss Prevention functions and maintain adherence to HR and LP policies and procedures
- Work with the VP, Digital Distribution to identify, develop, negotiate and close multi-platform global business deals with current and new clients and present opportunities to senior management
- Collaborate internally with Marketing, Ad Sales, Product, Engineering, Ad Solutions and other departments to create strategic cross-functional opportunities with partners
Qualifications for director, distribution
- A demonstrated capability to successfully manage distribution, shipping, and yard information systems interfaces
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to analyze data, form conclusions, and develop actionable recommendations in a timely manner
- A minimum of 8 years experience in a leadership role in multi-channel distribution and logistics environment or related environment
- A Bachelor’s Degree preferably in business, logistics, finance, or industrial engineering required
- Minimum of five years of experience in newspaper circulation/distribution or equivalent environment
- Prior experience working for both a national and local publication preferred
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a director, distribution. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for director, distribution
- Drive expansion of existing US partnerships in order to grow revenue streams expand globally with a focus on Crackle in Canada and LATAM
- Lead reporting and data analysis to analyze partner performance and to optimize marketing, content and product offerings and present actionable insights based on internal performance and competitive position
- Meet regularly with internal stakeholders to keep them apprised of distribution efforts
- Develop the curriculum and methodology to provide technical training to interdepartmental personnel on specific equipment top down system training
- The platform placement process represents a guideline of the steps required to proactively identify opportunities and secure placement
- Present the Columbia Management solution
- Liaise between partners and internal service functions to ensure operational efficiencies and adherence to insurance and banking regulatory requirements
- Achieve operational efficiencies for the partnership distribution channel through provision of sales administration support including, new business performance, after sales services, the provision of management information, system enhancements, compliance commission calculations
- Manage and monitor annual budgets for the Partnership Distribution department, in collaboration with management team and the Finance function
- Support the achievement of business goals through leading digital and technology initiatives
Qualifications for director, distribution
- Polished, comfortable dealing in boardroom environments or with administrative staff
- Extremely detailed and diverse knowledge of business sectors, current business developments, market trends, financial products and services
- Strong work ethic with a focus on, effective and timely results
- Ability to diagnose customer records and routing problems quickly and work with DJ IT, system vendor and
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in distribution support, with experience in the institutional investor channel area and/or working with investment consultants
- At least 8 years of complex financial analysis
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a director, distribution. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for director, distribution
- Lead the implementation of regulatory changes, internal and external house rules in terms of work flow, forms and system enhancement
- Generate and implement strategic/tactic Account Development Plans and Joint Business Plans with digital accounts to meet or exceed targets at account and title levels
- Drive the implementation of digital promotions and trade activities, developing joint plans with accounts and agreeing guidelines for execution
- Support TDAM (Territory Digital Account Manager) in daily management of LAM business and both short and long term strategy
- Work with the marketing, sales and commercial teams to help determine product range, promotional price offers and placement that maximize SPE transactional digital sales with each account
- Aid and assist in defining key promotional and merchandising requirements for key accounts in the territories, and monitor account performance
- Work with the Vice President & GM, Nordic & Baltic and Senior Director, Commercial Development, UK and Northern Europe to develop negotiation strategies and develop best practice for key deals
- Lead and manage a direct team of three based locally and also manage an agent in the Baltics
- Liaising and working closely with other teams / functions in the business including advertising sales, marketing and finance
- Manage existing carriage agreements and platform – DTT and Pay - relationships in the UK and Ireland
Qualifications for director, distribution
- Ability to manage complex financial issues and Excel analyses
- Proven ability to build confidence and trust with department members and external business partners
- Self-motivated and able to effectively operate in a challenging, high-energy environment
- Strong command of financial software packages and Microsoft Office suite
- Media, especially cable experience, preferred
- To oversee all aspects of distribution of motion pictures in specified territories
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Our company is looking for a director, distribution. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for director, distribution
- Launch / oversee the operation of platform changes / new platform services in the UK and Ireland
- Operate as Turner’s expert Turner’s key Platform clients and present the Turner product to the client regularly
- Communicate developments in the UK platform and distribution landscape to Turner stakeholders
- Identify and analyse Business Development opportunities within existing Platform partnerships and use localised knowledge to quickly assess the commercial viability of opportunities/projects
- To lead/participate in cross-Turner project teams to deliver Distribution projects
- Support Nordics distribution initiatives and strategic projects
- Provide functional and technical expertise and application leadership on projects involving the Manhattan distribution systems including warehouse management (WMI) and labor management
- Provide expertise on Manhattan’s systems integration with other internal and external systems
- Provide global support and service for the existing Manhattan warehouse management system to the internal business community
- Recommend and lead the design, development, implementation, and support efforts of new initiatives, enhancements, new functionality, or integrations with and within the Manhattan Warehouse Management system
Qualifications for director, distribution
- To provide support, as required, to the President of Distribution and EVP of Distribution
- To monitor and plan the setting of release dates in the specified territories for each title in liaison with local territory management – always in accordance with international and regional strategy (as communicated by the President, EVP and SVP EMEA) by title
- To oversee the monitoring and approval of film rental terms for individual films and to contribute to the on-going discussion of general policy regarding film rental terms charged for UPI product
- To approve territory financial release strategies (today known as TCRs – territory contribution reports) on MIDAS (or other designated system) in accordance with agreed parameters, as co-ordinated with the SVP EMEA distribution, with relevant contacts in the Marketing and Finance departments
- To work with local territory management to ensure the optimal breadth and scale of release in terms of site and screen coverage for each of the films in UPI line-up
- To oversee and check key reports from local territory management and to ensure head office management information systems are always current
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of director, distribution. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for director, distribution
- Provide hands on management for the implementation of the applications
- Oversee communications with the IT Management and Business leads to keep the lines of communication open on on-going issues, resolutions, upgrades, enhancements
- Close collaboration with senior management in defining strategy and roadmap to align with global business initiatives and goals
- Highlight economically beneficial opportunities as they arise, co-plan the concept and return on investment with Senior Leadership from SCM, Global IT and relevant Business Units
- Lead the business requirement gathering phase and lead the IT solution design for global distribution projects
- Mentor other solution architects in the adidas distribution group
- Act as a subject matter expert for all distribution solution related topics
- Collaborate with business and the supply chain management teams to identify strategic/long term Distribution Centre and Transportation Management requirements/innovations
- Lead strategic and revenue driving initiatives with our Distribution Partners” including buy-side and sell-side companies in the media/ad tech space (DSPs, SSPs, Exchanges, Networks, Strategic Media Platforms
- Create and manage the execution of an annual business plan and sales plan
Qualifications for director, distribution
- At least 3 years of experience in managing a team of people
- To collect, maintain and distribute (as and when appropriate) relevant film results, comparison performance data, genre analysis and market statistics information for designated territories
- To work on ad hoc product, distribution and system-related projects/issues, as specified by the President, EVP and the SVP Distribution EMEA
- Significant commercial sales/marketing experience in the film industry
- The ability to balance the requirements of International and local management
- Strong negotiation and organisational skills are essential