Commercial print sales person vs sales specialist

The differences between commercial print sales people and sales specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a commercial print sales person and a sales specialist. Additionally, a sales specialist has an average salary of $53,004, which is higher than the $32,614 average annual salary of a commercial print sales person.

The top three skills for a commercial print sales person include troubleshoot, press operation and generate solutions. The most important skills for a sales specialist are building relationships, customer complaints, and customer orders.

Commercial print sales person vs sales specialist overview

	Commercial Print Sales Person	Sales Specialist
Yearly salary	$32,614	$53,004
Hourly rate	$15.68	$25.48
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	65,758	324,069
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	4	4

Commercial print sales person vs sales specialist salary

Commercial print sales people and sales specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Commercial Print Sales Person	Sales Specialist
Average salary	$32,614	$53,004
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $43,000	Between $30,000 And $91,000
Highest paying City	-	Boston, MA
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	VMware
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between commercial print sales person and sales specialist education

There are a few differences between a commercial print sales person and a sales specialist in terms of educational background:

	Commercial Print Sales Person	Sales Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred

Commercial print sales person vs sales specialist demographics

Here are the differences between commercial print sales people' and sales specialists' demographics:

	Commercial Print Sales Person	Sales Specialist
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 81.3% Female, 18.8%	Male, 55.1% Female, 44.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.4% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 11.8% Asian, 4.8% White, 74.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.8% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.2% Asian, 5.1% White, 72.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between commercial print sales person and sales specialist duties and responsibilities

Commercial print sales person example responsibilities.

Manage and direct sales of plumbing and mechanical products for core group of customers in Orlando area.
Utilize technical expertise to troubleshoot, maintain and overhaul equipment with little to no downtime.
Utilize technical expertise to troubleshoot, binder cover deck by maintaining and overhauling to reduce or eliminate down time.
Apply knowledge on high-speed production equipment including magazine/catalog stitching & bindingequipment.
Complete and present an advertising/marketing campaign presentation for a local small business.
Repair and replace gearboxes, drive trains, bearings, shafts, rollers, chain belts and clutches.

Sales specialist example responsibilities.

Manage a Salesforce database comprise of customer information, leads and potential sales opportunities.
Manage Pardot (marketing database), and Zuora (online billing and payment gateway).
Manage territory retail accounts, category management, install POS, sell of manufacturer programs and implementation of sales programs.
Manage planning parameters in ERP via the item master (lead times, min/max, safety stock, pay terms).
Master delivering technical product information to doctors on training and teaching proper injection technique to achieve optimal results for patients.
Lead on sales order reporting for Americas.

Commercial print sales person vs sales specialist skills

Common commercial print sales person skills

Troubleshoot, 30%
Press Operation, 18%
Generate Solutions, 14%
Stitching, 13%
Equipment Set-Up, 10%
Consumer Publications, 8%

Common sales specialist skills

Building Relationships, 10%
Customer Complaints, 9%
Customer Orders, 9%
Product Knowledge, 6%
Patients, 6%
Sales Process, 5%