NBMDA offers Distributors the chance to spend time interacting with peers, networking with industry leaders and learning from the best minds in wholesale distribution.
Membership in NBMDA is an investment in personal development and professional enhancement.
Think of NBMDA as Your....
- Source for leadership wisdom which will enhance your decision-making effectiveness
- Competitive advantage that will help you to differentiate your firm in the marketplace
- Community of the brightest minds in building material distribution
- Opportunity to extract yourself from the daily operation of your business to focus on the "big picture"
- Professional development forum for your management team
- Resource for distribution best practices
Definition of a Distributor Member:
Be recognized as a wholesaler of such products by representative manufacturers and by a sufficient number of customers in its trading area to clearly establish the fact that a bona fide wholesaling service is performed in that area.
Maintain adequately staffed and equipped office, warehouse and shipping facilities, which shall be continuously open to customers during normal business hours.
Maintain a full-time sales organization actively and continuously engaged in calling upon and selling at wholesale to customers during normal business hours.
Normally purchase building materials or other related products in car/trucklot or recognized bulk quantities and maintain a warehouse of stock of such products large enough to adequately serve its customers.
Periodically issue a stockpile list, price list or catalog covering building-related products available for sale at wholesale to customers.
Why should a Distributor join NBMDA?
Wholesale distributors often are members of several associations, however, in most cases their membership is in support of an important customer segment or product category. What organization is designed exclusively for you as a distribution executive? NBMDA is focused primarily on the distributor and offers benefits specifically created to impact your bottom line.
What are membership segments?
NBMDA segments its membership into two categories based on the customer base that our distributor members serve. This segmentation enhances the networking experience and allows us to tailor our education and products to address specific issues impacting a unique marketplace.
The Cabinet Industry Distribution Alliance (CIDA) consists of distributors selling primarily to custom cabinet shops, woodworkers, store fixture manufacturers, fabricators and the furniture industry. Click here to learn more about CIDA and review a roster of current CIDA members.
Specialty Building Products Distribution (SBPD) consists of distributors selling primarily to retail outlets including lumber yards, hardware stores and home centers. Click here to learn more about SBPD and review a roster of current SBPD members.
How Does NBMDA Deliver Value?
Networking is the most effective means of finding new ideas, solutions to your challenges, best practices and those visionary insights that can transform your firm over time. It keeps you thinking strategically and helps to maintain your competitive edge. Networking is essential for innovative firms and is simply invaluable for successful distribution executives. NBMDA's primary objective is to facilitate effective networking amongst our member executives.
Annual Convention & Tabletop Business Session - the largest of NBMDA's events this is an intense two-day event held in early November. This event brings together the leading minds in wholesale distribution to hear from a line-up of stimulating industry speakers, network with peers and trading partners and see the latest product offerings from the leading manufacturing firms. For more information about this exciting event click here.
Spring Executive Management Conference - held in April or May each year, the Spring EMC is a meeting of distributor principals and supplier partners that focuses on top-level management topics, and features an annual golf tournament and a variety of networking opportunities. For more information on upcoming EMC events, click here.
Industry Events - you will find NBMDA and our membership segments at various industry events throughout the year. We host networking receptions, educational sessions and information booths at these events.
Education comes in many forms at NBMDA. You can take advantage of nationally known speakers that present at our events, listen to monthly teleconference seminars, enroll your sales force in our self-study and certification program or take advantage of discounts on education tools designed by leading distribution consultants. Depending on your needs, budget and preference to medium there is sure to be something to fit your educational goals both for yourself, management team and sales force. Click here for complete details on NBMDA's educational offerings.
Information and research serves as the basis for effective decision-making by strong distribution executives. NBMDA delivers exclusive data via our newsletter, website and various benchmarking and economic reports.
Download Membership Kit - Review our latest recruitment material. Click here to print a pdf version of our new Membership Kit.
Join NBMDA - If you've heard all that you need to hear about NBMDA and are ready to start enjoying the many benefits of membership, simply print an application and forward to us. Our application will explain in greater detail the goals of the association, membership eligibility, restrictions, payment options, and fees. Print a distributor membership application by clicking here.
