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HDI Marketing executives develop customer contact strategies for each business... prepare business plans ...direct the circulation of catalogs based on detailed analyses of huge databases of customer profiles...and provide marketing input on merchandise offerings and creative presentations. Marketers also direct the expansion into multi-media channels of customer contact, including the INTERNET, and the growth of HDI internationally.

Marketing executives must have outstanding quantitative analytical skills combined with creativity and business acumen.

Merchandising

HDI Merchants provide product for each catalog's customers by internationally sourcing items and through the development of unique product. Merchants are responsible for the quality and pricing of product...for how the product is to be offered within catalogs...for developing key vendor partnerships...and for managing the flow of goods to profitably support the business' sales plans. Each catalog has its own team of merchants.

Successful merchants combine a love for product with a keen business acumen and the ability to manage a complex set of business relationships.

HDI Inventory Managers and Control Buyers manage each catalog's largest asset, their inventory. Inventory Managers are responsible for developing financial and unit sales plans ... analyze sales results ... act to ensure sufficient inventory on hand to meet customer demand ... expedite the in-bound flow of goods ... and are responsible for liquidating overstocks. They work hand-in-hand with the merchandising organization to produce a profitable business.

Inventory Managers must be good business managers with financial and quantitative skills, PCliteracy, and strong project management skills.

HDI Operations executives are responsible for processing all customer orders. The Company operates several state-of-the-art telemarketing and distribution facilities that service millions of orders every year. To get the job done, Operation executives typically manage complex work processes ... supervise large numbers of employees ... and carefully control budgets. To move goods in and out, Traffic Managers work closely with shipping and delivery companies.

Operations executives are able to operate complex businesses within very tight time and performance standards ... to provide leadership to their teams ... and must be committed to very high customer service standards. Backgrounds in logistics, industrial engineering or management are helpful.

HDI is at core an information-processing company, dependent on sophisticated systems to tap the value in its databases of customer information and to manage its inventory and order processing. IT executives are engaged in applications development, main frame computer operations, telecommunications and network support, and user training.

HDI Finance executives support both corporate-level functions and each catalog. Catalog Finance executives are responsible for the financial planning, analysis and management for each business unit, while Corporate Finance executives are responsible for transaction processing, (ie. receivables, payables, credit) as well as consolidated financial reporting. Successful Finance executives have strong academic preparation (CPAs and MBAs) with broad-based management and analytical skills.

HDI is a progressive employer intent on developing a high performance organization culture and a top-notch talent base, the mission of HDI Human Resource executives. HR executives are responsible for recruitment and staffing, internal development programs, employee communications, and compensation management.

HDI Human Resource executives must have outstanding personal communication skills, sophisticated analytical skills, and a broad understanding of organizational dynamics.