Specialty department supervisor vs senior specialist

The differences between specialty department supervisors and senior specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a senior specialist has an average salary of $92,360, which is higher than the $33,288 average annual salary of a specialty department supervisor.

The top three skills for a specialty department supervisor include customer service, product knowledge and sales associates. The most important skills for a senior specialist are customer service, patients, and SR.

Specialty department supervisor vs senior specialist overview

	Specialty Department Supervisor	Senior Specialist
Yearly salary	$33,288	$92,360
Hourly rate	$16.00	$44.40
Growth rate	5%	10%
Number of jobs	129,420	80,308
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 52%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	43	44
Years of experience	6	-

Specialty department supervisor vs senior specialist salary

Specialty department supervisors and senior specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Specialty Department Supervisor	Senior Specialist
Average salary	$33,288	$92,360
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $42,000	Between $63,000 And $134,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Cheniere Energy
Best paying industry	-	Pharmaceutical

Differences between specialty department supervisor and senior specialist education

There are a few differences between a specialty department supervisor and a senior specialist in terms of educational background:

	Specialty Department Supervisor	Senior Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 52%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi	Western Carolina University

Specialty department supervisor vs senior specialist demographics

Here are the differences between specialty department supervisors' and senior specialists' demographics:

	Specialty Department Supervisor	Senior Specialist
Average age	43	44
Gender ratio	Male, 45.1% Female, 54.9%	Male, 51.4% Female, 48.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.4% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 17.7% Asian, 6.9% White, 61.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% Asian, 8.8% White, 70.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	11%

Differences between specialty department supervisor and senior specialist duties and responsibilities

Specialty department supervisor example responsibilities.

Maintain department by establishing merchandising goals, managing inventory control, and maintaining department organization and cleanliness.
Aggregate, analyze and organize information from QC reports into a department-wide WIKI to facilitate information sharing and best practice utilization.
Utilize tablet to order or look up items via Kohl's.

Senior specialist example responsibilities.

Manage the JSC QMS system.
Lead special projects, train and mentore lean sigma teams.
Manage capacity planning activities for UAT and production environment.
Manage coordination, implementation and installation of next generation telemarketing system, an nt-base, client server environment.
Assist in the setup of the Documentum ACLs for WPS & QA and WPS, such that duplication doesn't occur.
Maintain awareness of HIPAA, SOX, GLB and other regulatory statues ensuring compliance within the work group.

Specialty department supervisor vs senior specialist skills

Common specialty department supervisor skills

Customer Service, 48%
Product Knowledge, 13%
Sales Associates, 8%
Customer Issues, 6%
Performance Reviews, 6%
Computer System, 5%

Common senior specialist skills

Customer Service, 10%
Patients, 9%
SR, 8%
Java, 6%
Project Management, 5%
PowerPoint, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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