Order clerk vs order management specialist

The differences between order clerks and order management specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both an order clerk and an order management specialist. Additionally, an order management specialist has an average salary of $37,456, which is higher than the $31,842 average annual salary of an order clerk.

The top three skills for an order clerk include customer service, purchase orders and data entry. The most important skills for an order management specialist are customer service, order entry, and logistics.

Order clerk vs order management specialist overview

	Order Clerk	Order Management Specialist
Yearly salary	$31,842	$37,456
Hourly rate	$15.31	$18.01
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	82,089	102,332
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Order clerk vs order management specialist salary

Order clerks and order management specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Order Clerk	Order Management Specialist
Average salary	$31,842	$37,456
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $39,000	Between $23,000 And $59,000
Highest paying City	Vancouver, WA	Norwood, MA
Highest paying state	Nevada	Connecticut
Best paying company	Costco Wholesale	IBM
Best paying industry	Technology	Health Care

Differences between order clerk and order management specialist education

There are a few differences between an order clerk and an order management specialist in terms of educational background:

	Order Clerk	Order Management Specialist
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Order clerk vs order management specialist demographics

Here are the differences between order clerks' and order management specialists' demographics:

	Order Clerk	Order Management Specialist
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 34.5% Female, 65.5%	Male, 39.5% Female, 60.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.5% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 5.9% White, 63.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 9.5% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 5.9% White, 63.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between order clerk and order management specialist duties and responsibilities

Order clerk example responsibilities.

Truck load orders within the WMS system.
Work with AS400 software to input warehouse merchandise.
Enter crude oil run tickets into AS400 for calculation.
Coordinate with freight forwarders to expedite international shipments.
Input order entries for Comcast sales representatives.
Enter the Comcast billing system to change or set up services to new/existing customers.

Order management specialist example responsibilities.

Manage raw material, MRO and service purchasing requirements for existing product lines, and new product development.
Implement several cost reduction strategies for contract labor, including an RFQ for a vendor manage contract labor program.
Facilitate and lead all backlog and operations reviews with sales, manufacturing and logistics increasing communication among groups
Dispatch all TL's and LTL loads.
Issue credits (CVC, SHT, markdowns) through As400.
Prepare bid documents (RFI's, RFP's, etc.

Order clerk vs order management specialist skills

Common order clerk skills

Customer Service, 17%
Purchase Orders, 17%
Data Entry, 13%
Telephone Calls, 7%
Logistics, 6%
Customer Orders, 5%

Common order management specialist skills

Customer Service, 21%
Order Entry, 9%
Logistics, 7%
Customer Orders, 6%
CRM, 5%
Purchase Orders, 5%

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