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Senior Management - Trade, Broadcasting, and Other Services

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  • Job description
  • Advancement and mobility
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2022-2026
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals direct companies in the commercial and broadcasting sectors. They set the direction, often in collaboration with a board of directors. They work in:

  • Broadcasting establishments
  • Media companies
  • Wholesale and retail businesses
  • Hotels

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Define the company’s mission and strategic orientations.
  • Set up the organization’s main services.
  • Manage material, human, and financial resources.
  • Establish administrative and financial controls.
  • Prepare and approve promotional campaigns.
  • Approve the human resources management plan.
  • Hire directors and delegate the necessary authority to them.
  • Represent the organization.

Advancement and mobility

  • Possibility of specialization by acquiring experience or specific university or college training.
  • These individuals specialize in such areas as finance, marketing, human resources, and sales.
  • Mobility exists among senior management professions.

Hourly wage

Not available.

Job prospects for 2022-2026

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Job prospects for 2022-2026

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2021

All of Québec

13,000

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
22.8% Female
77.2% Male

Not available.
  • 22.8% Female
  • 77.2% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2015

All of Québec

$65,000

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for women
  • None

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for women
  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Wholesale Trade
    NAICS 41
    31% of jobs
  2. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    28% of jobs
  3. Business, building and other support services
    NAICS 55, 56
    11% of jobs
  4. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    10% of jobs
  5. Accommodation and Food Services
    NAICS 72
    8% of jobs
  6. Others
    12% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Wholesale Trade
    NAICS 41
    31% of jobs
  2. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    28% of jobs
  3. Business, building and other support services
    NAICS 55, 56
    11% of jobs
  4. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    10% of jobs
  5. Accommodation and Food Services
    NAICS 72
    8% of jobs
  6. Others
    12% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Numerous training and study programs lead to managerial or executive positions.

Also required

  • University or college degree or diploma in:
    • Business Administration
    • Finance
    • A discipline related to the services required

Sometimes required

  • Several years of experience as a middle manager in the commercial, broadcasting, and other services sectors are usually required.
  • Senior managers in the financial sector usually require a professional accounting designation.

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Data collection
  • Judgment and decision-making
  • Oral expression
  • Critical thought
  • Solving complex problems
  • Coordination
  • Human resource management
  • Social perception
  • System analysis
  • Reading comprehension
  • Active listening
  • Result evaluation
  • Systems evaluation
  • Financial resource management
  • Negotiation
  • Persuasion
  • Information processing
  • Active learning
  • Written expression
  • Time management
  • Material resource management
  • Mathematics
  • Operation analysis
  • Teaching
  • Service oriented
  • Learning strategies
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Abilities

  • Oral comprehension
  • Verbal skills
  • Written comprehension
  • Speech clarity
  • Written expression
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Speech recognition
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Awareness of issues
  • Idea generation
  • Originality
  • Near vision
  • Information organization
  • Classification
  • Mathematical reasoning
  • Processing flexibility
  • Basic numeracy
  • Perception speed
  • Information processing speed
  • Visualization
  • Selective attention
  • Memorization
  • Time sharing
  • Distance vision
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Knowledge and attributes

  • Capacity to work under pressure
  • Leadership
  • Focussed on results
  • Sense of responsibility
  • Capacity to influence and mobilize
  • Capacity to adapt
  • Professional ambition
  • Capacity to delegate
  • Knowledge of telecommunications
  • Strategic sense

Interests

  • Direct, organize, and manage
  • Draft, communicate, and inform
  • Work in sales or client service
  • Work in the arts, culture, music, or leisure

Personality profiles (RIASEC)

Enterprising
People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Social
People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Conventional
People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Additional information

Note about CNP

Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.

Official name of the NOC 0015 (00014)

Senior managers - trade, broadcasting and other services, n.e.c.

Job titles

  • Chief executive officer (ceo) - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Executive director - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Sales general manager - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • President and general manager - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Deputy chief executive officer (ceo) - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Travel agency chief executive officer (ceo)
  • Chief privacy officer - trade, broadcasting and other services, n.e.c.
  • Chief operating officer - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Operations manager - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Chief financial officer (cfo) - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Professional sports club chief financial officer (cfo)
  • Restaurant chain corporate controller
  • Corporate controller - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Funeral services general manager
  • Cleaning service general manager
  • Radio station general manager
  • Laundry and dry cleaning general manager
  • Hotel general manager
  • Casino general manager
  • Wholesaler - broadcasting
  • Chairman - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Department store president
  • Broadcasting corporation president
  • Retail establishment president
  • President and director - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Executive vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Executive vice-president - metal and metal products wholesaler
  • Vice-president and general sales manager - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Regional vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Hotel chain regional vice-president
  • Engineering vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Engineering vice-president - television broadcasting services
  • Finance vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Finance vice-president - food wholesaling
  • Finance and administration vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Planning vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Operations vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Operations vice-president - radio broadcasting services
  • Human resources vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Human resources and organizational development vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Support services vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Information systems vice president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Sales vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Sales and advertising vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Marketing vice-president - grocery store chain
  • Marketing vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
  • Personnel vice-president - trade, broadcasting and other services
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Skill type

Management

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See also

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See also

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Last update: March 27, 2023

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