Remote Director of Distribution Jobs
Remote director of distribution jobs are open across the U.S. in e-commerce, consumer goods, third-party logistics, and manufacturing, at remote-first companies and distributed enterprise teams that need senior supply chain leadership without geographic constraints. Employers hiring remotely right now include Pavago, Abbott, and Zurich Insurance. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Working at Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
The Distribution Field Manager East (DFM) is responsible for strategic customer relationships primarily focused on our non-acute Distribution partnerships. The DFM establishes and builds senior-level relationships and leverages them in driving new profitable sales and expanding utilization in current accounts. Understands and assesses customer’s business issues and objectives and presents innovative solutions. Responsible for leading an internal team without direct authority and overall management of our Regional distribution partners.
This is a remote sales opportunity with estimated 70% travel in the Eastern Region (WI/IL/IN/MI/OH/VA/W.VA/MD/PA/NJ/NY/MA/ME/VT/NH). Incumbent to live in a major metro area within the defined territory.
What You’ll Work On
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Distributor Relationship Management:
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with distributors within the assigned region.
- Collaborate closely with distributors to understand their needs, challenges, and growth opportunities.
- Ensure timely communication and resolution of any issues or concerns
-
Product Growth:
- Manage sales activities with distributors to promote our key products.
- Determine opportunities for expanding product reach and market share.
- Design strategies to drive growth, based on sales or opportunity data.
- Ability to get unfair mindshare and focus within a distribution channel that has hundreds of partners.
- Drive field collaboration and focus with Abbott field sales and management and distribution partners sales and management teams at a regional level.
- Evaluate and direct the value of selling through distribution to Abbott sales reps and managers.
- Coordinate with Sales and Marketing to help win larger deals that involve distribution and include their key stakeholders.
-
Performance:
- Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to distribution excellence.
- Regularly evaluate distributor performance and address any deviations from targets.
- Manage performance for their respective regions to achieve annual sales goals.
- Coordinate routine business reviews that may include executive leadership from Abbott and the distribution partner.
- Design and conduct business reviews with Regional and Area leaders to review distributor performance, obstacles to achieving success and competitive information
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- 7+ years of relevant sales experience in the Point of Care, Diagnostics or Healthcare Capital Equipment industry, of which 4 or more years should be working with distribution partners
- Must be willing to travel 70%
- Overnight travel required.
- Candidates should possess the following: Background of success in value-based solution- selling, ability to form and develop long-term strategic interpersonal, professional senior level relationships; influence without direct authority; Executive level business and financial acumen with strong negotiation skills.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott, and on Twitter @AbbottNews.
The base pay for this position is $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Working at Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
The Distribution Field Manager East (DFM) is responsible for strategic customer relationships primarily focused on our non-acute Distribution partnerships. The DFM establishes and builds senior-level relationships and leverages them in driving new profitable sales and expanding utilization in current accounts. Understands and assesses customer’s business issues and objectives and presents innovative solutions. Responsible for leading an internal team without direct authority and overall management of our Regional distribution partners.
This is a remote sales opportunity with estimated 70% travel in the Eastern Region (WI/IL/IN/MI/OH/VA/W.VA/MD/PA/NJ/NY/MA/ME/VT/NH). Incumbent to live in a major metro area within the defined territory.
What You’ll Work On
-
Distributor Relationship Management:
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with distributors within the assigned region.
- Collaborate closely with distributors to understand their needs, challenges, and growth opportunities.
- Ensure timely communication and resolution of any issues or concerns
-
Product Growth:
- Manage sales activities with distributors to promote our key products.
- Determine opportunities for expanding product reach and market share.
- Design strategies to drive growth, based on sales or opportunity data.
- Ability to get unfair mindshare and focus within a distribution channel that has hundreds of partners.
- Drive field collaboration and focus with Abbott field sales and management and distribution partners sales and management teams at a regional level.
- Evaluate and direct the value of selling through distribution to Abbott sales reps and managers.
- Coordinate with Sales and Marketing to help win larger deals that involve distribution and include their key stakeholders.
-
Performance:
- Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to distribution excellence.
- Regularly evaluate distributor performance and address any deviations from targets.
- Manage performance for their respective regions to achieve annual sales goals.
- Coordinate routine business reviews that may include executive leadership from Abbott and the distribution partner.
- Design and conduct business reviews with Regional and Area leaders to review distributor performance, obstacles to achieving success and competitive information
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- 7+ years of relevant sales experience in the Point of Care, Diagnostics or Healthcare Capital Equipment industry, of which 4 or more years should be working with distribution partners
- Must be willing to travel 70%
- Overnight travel required.
- Candidates should possess the following: Background of success in value-based solution- selling, ability to form and develop long-term strategic interpersonal, professional senior level relationships; influence without direct authority; Executive level business and financial acumen with strong negotiation skills.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott, and on Twitter @AbbottNews.
The base pay for this position is $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote director of distribution jobs.
- 7 or more years of experience in distribution, logistics, or supply chain management
- Proficiency with warehouse management systems such as Manhattan, SAP, or Oracle
- Demonstrated experience managing large hourly and salaried workforces across multiple shifts
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, business, or a related field
- Experience with transportation management systems and carrier contract negotiation
- APICS CSCP, CPIM, or similar supply chain certification preferred by many employers
Tips for Your Remote Director of Distribution Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote director of distribution openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly. Remote postings at director level close fast, so applying within the first few days gives you a real advantage.
Show async leadership in your resume
Remote employers want proof you can direct distribution operations without daily face-to-face contact. Highlight examples where you managed carrier relationships, warehouse teams, or 3PL partners across time zones using written updates, structured reporting, and tools like Slack or project management software.
Quantify supply chain outcomes you owned
Remote hiring managers can't walk a floor with you, so your resume has to do the work. Lead every bullet with a result you drove: fulfillment cost reductions, on-time delivery improvements, inventory accuracy gains. Concrete numbers from past roles replace the in-person credibility you'd normally build in an interview.
Prepare for remote operations questions in interviews
Remote director of distribution interviews consistently probe how you maintain visibility into operations you can't physically inspect. Prepare specific examples of how you've used WMS dashboards, carrier scorecards, and KPI reporting to catch problems early and keep distributed teams aligned without being on-site.
Remote Director of Distribution Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote director of distribution job?
Remote director of distribution roles go to candidates who can demonstrate they run distributed operations independently, without daily on-site oversight. Remote employers screen hard for structured written communication, comfort with async coordination across warehouses and carriers, and experience managing third-party logistics partners or multi-site teams from a distance. What gives you an edge is showing concrete results from supply chain decisions you owned end-to-end, not just teams you supervised in person.
Which companies hire remote director of distributions?
Employers currently hiring remote director of distributions include Pavago, Abbott, and Zurich Insurance, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first e-commerce brands, third-party logistics providers, and distributed consumer goods companies are the most consistent hirers for this role.
Can you get a remote director of distribution job with no experience?
Yes, but remote director of distribution roles are harder to land without experience because you must operate independently from day one with minimal in-person guidance. Companies that hire earlier-career candidates remotely tend to be smaller e-commerce or direct-to-consumer brands. Showing measurable outcomes from logistics or supply chain projects, even at a manager level, and demonstrating strong async communication skills can open the door.
Do you need a degree for remote director of distribution jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers care more about demonstrated results in distribution leadership than a specific credential. A history of reducing fulfillment costs, improving on-time delivery rates, or scaling warehouse operations carries real weight. That said, a degree in supply chain management, operations, or business administration is common among candidates for director-level roles and can strengthen an application when experience is comparable.
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