Corporate sales director vs senior sales manager

The differences between corporate sales directors and senior sales managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-8 years to become both a corporate sales director and a senior sales manager. Additionally, a corporate sales director has an average salary of $147,378, which is higher than the $140,662 average annual salary of a senior sales manager.

The top three skills for a corporate sales director include relationship building, CRM and revenue growth. The most important skills for a senior sales manager are customer satisfaction, sales process, and customer service.

Corporate sales director vs senior sales manager overview

	Corporate Sales Director	Senior Sales Manager
Yearly salary	$147,378	$140,662
Hourly rate	$70.85	$67.63
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	76,138	115,070
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 73%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	8	8

Corporate sales director vs senior sales manager salary

Corporate sales directors and senior sales managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Corporate Sales Director	Senior Sales Manager
Average salary	$147,378	$140,662
Salary range	Between $89,000 And $242,000	Between $95,000 And $206,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Maine
Best paying company	-	Leprino Foods
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between corporate sales director and senior sales manager education

There are a few differences between a corporate sales director and a senior sales manager in terms of educational background:

	Corporate Sales Director	Senior Sales Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 73%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Southern California	University of Southern California

Corporate sales director vs senior sales manager demographics

Here are the differences between corporate sales directors' and senior sales managers' demographics:

	Corporate Sales Director	Senior Sales Manager
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 62.0% Female, 38.0%	Male, 61.4% Female, 38.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Asian, 4.1% White, 78.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% Asian, 4.1% White, 78.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between corporate sales director and senior sales manager duties and responsibilities

Corporate sales director example responsibilities.

Leverage other sales office resources and administrative/support staff to achieve personal and team relate revenue goals.
Create initiatives and in house CRM program to guide the staff's sales plan.
Partner with marketing and operations to develop a cross-sell/up-sell tool in the CRM system.
Launch sales initiative for start-up company with unique delivery method for continuing medical education programs targeting physicians and other healthcare professionals.
Pioneer product positioning strategies and support marketing plans realizing and increase ROI.
Set targets, monitor, review and initiate action plans to achieve target KPI's.

Senior sales manager example responsibilities.

Develop new business leads, signing new corporate and business group (SMERF) contracts.
Communicate and manage expectations by fully utilizing available reports, CRM technologies and available resources.
Leverage other sales office resources and administrative/support staff to achieve personal and team relate revenue goals.
Full responsibility for all sales activities for a start-up electronic commerce company managing electronic data flow in the healthcare industry.
Develop and maintain SMERF and corporate accounts.
Work closely with national reservation to prevent over booking dates.

Corporate sales director vs senior sales manager skills

Common corporate sales director skills

Relationship Building, 11%
CRM, 10%
Revenue Growth, 8%
Business Relationships, 8%
Sales Efforts, 7%
Sales Process, 5%

Common senior sales manager skills

Customer Satisfaction, 17%
Sales Process, 16%
Customer Service, 5%
Sales Training, 4%
Sales Performance, 4%
CRM, 4%

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