managing director; executive director
Abbreviation of 常務取締役 (じょうむとりしまりやく). A corporate title for a senior executive below the president and vice president, responsible for day-to-day operations.
See also: 常務取締役
He will take office as managing director from next month.
Managing Director Tanaka chaired the meeting.
routine business; regular business
Refers to the ordinary, day-to-day affairs of a company or organization, as opposed to special or irregular matters.
The president entrusts routine business to the vice president.
Matters beyond the scope of regular business are discussed at the board meeting.
He is scheduled to be appointed managing director next month.
The system failure disrupted the routine business operations.
She serves as managing director at this company.
業務 refers to work duties or operations in general, while 常務 in this sense specifically means the routine, day-to-day business.
重役 is a broad, informal term for any company executive or board member, while 常務 names a specific rank.
取締役 is the general term for a company director, whereas 常務 specifies a particular executive rank within that group.
managing director; executive director
Compound of 常 (じょう, 'regular, ordinary') and 務 (む, 'duty, task'). The corporate title sense is an abbreviation of 常務取締役.