Senior customer account executive vs customer account manager

The differences between senior customer account executives and customer account managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 6-12 months to become a senior customer account executive, becoming a customer account manager takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, a senior customer account executive has an average salary of $220,126, which is higher than the $45,951 average annual salary of a customer account manager.

The top three skills for a senior customer account executive include CRM, software solutions and customer accounts. The most important skills for a customer account manager are customer service, customer accounts, and CRM.

Senior customer account executive vs customer account manager overview

	Senior Customer Account Executive	Customer Account Manager
Yearly salary	$220,126	$45,951
Hourly rate	$105.83	$22.09
Growth rate	-4%	8%
Number of jobs	132,778	110,138
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	40	47
Years of experience	12	6

Senior customer account executive vs customer account manager salary

Senior customer account executives and customer account managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Customer Account Executive	Customer Account Manager
Average salary	$220,126	$45,951
Salary range	Between $141,000 And $342,000	Between $29,000 And $72,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Mouser Electronics
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between senior customer account executive and customer account manager education

There are a few differences between a senior customer account executive and a customer account manager in terms of educational background:

	Senior Customer Account Executive	Customer Account Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	California State University - Bakersfield

Senior customer account executive vs customer account manager demographics

Here are the differences between senior customer account executives' and customer account managers' demographics:

	Senior Customer Account Executive	Customer Account Manager
Average age	40	47
Gender ratio	Male, 46.5% Female, 53.5%	Male, 59.4% Female, 40.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 5.9% Hispanic or Latino, 18.5% Asian, 6.1% White, 57.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 10.9% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 17.7% Asian, 5.3% White, 60.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	7%	8%

Differences between senior customer account executive and customer account manager duties and responsibilities

Senior customer account executive example responsibilities.

Achieve excellent performance results as compared to other Aarons stores.
Monitor customer reservations, efficient in customer resolution, assist teams with order allocation and expediting domestic and international shipments.
Implement cost cutting measures leveraging out FedEx applications and services provide.

Customer account manager example responsibilities.

Lead project of reducing checks process by leveraging ACH payments resulting in a savings on head count.
Manage inventory logistics which includes coordinating inventory levels with production schedules and international delivery deadlines.
Assist in managing transaction logistics including quote comparison, term negotiation, facilitation and arrangement of delivery of automobiles to customers.
Decrease staff time (and payroll) with customer issues by launching CRM and leading regional implementation and training.
Enter invoices into QuickBooks from carrier that is delivering material to destination.
Take orders from customer, enter into QuickBooks, send customers order confirmation.

Senior customer account executive vs customer account manager skills

Common senior customer account executive skills

CRM, 69%
Software Solutions, 10%
Customer Accounts, 7%
Inbound Calls, 3%
CAE, 2%
Customer Feedback, 2%

Common customer account manager skills

Customer Service, 26%
Customer Accounts, 17%
CRM, 10%
Collections Process, 8%
Persuasion, 8%
Customer Retention, 7%

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