Territory supervisor vs senior territory manager

The differences between territory supervisors and senior territory 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 territory supervisor and a senior territory manager. Additionally, a senior territory manager has an average salary of $113,786, which is higher than the $72,742 average annual salary of a territory supervisor.

The top three skills for a territory supervisor include merchandisers, hallmark and store management. The most important skills for a senior territory manager are product knowledge, sales growth, and sales quota.

Territory supervisor vs senior territory manager overview

	Territory Supervisor	Senior Territory Manager
Yearly salary	$72,742	$113,786
Hourly rate	$34.97	$54.70
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	10,512	81,370
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 57%	Bachelor's Degree, 85%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	8	8

Territory supervisor vs senior territory manager salary

Territory supervisors and senior territory managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Territory Supervisor	Senior Territory Manager
Average salary	$72,742	$113,786
Salary range	Between $45,000 And $115,000	Between $84,000 And $152,000
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Differences between territory supervisor and senior territory manager education

There are a few differences between a territory supervisor and a senior territory manager in terms of educational background:

	Territory Supervisor	Senior Territory Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 57%	Bachelor's Degree, 85%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Southern California

Territory supervisor vs senior territory manager demographics

Here are the differences between territory supervisors' and senior territory managers' demographics:

	Territory Supervisor	Senior Territory Manager
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 50.2% Female, 49.8%	Male, 70.2% Female, 29.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.8% Asian, 7.2% White, 65.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	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	6%	7%

Differences between territory supervisor and senior territory manager duties and responsibilities

Territory supervisor example responsibilities.

Hire and manage part-time merchandisers.
Accomplish this by actively prospecting new business, maintaining accountability on all sales efforts, and actualizing attentiveness to detail.
Interview and hire field technicians to cover areas need.
General managerial and daily support for all field engineers in Colorado.
Establish and monitor team priorities and performance, conduct annual evaluations, and coordinate special projects.
Communicate with retail merchandisers within assign territory to address support issues/discrepancies, determine appropriate action depending on disposition of issue.

Senior territory manager example responsibilities.

Provide customers with imaging solutions within a manage healthcare environment.
Accomplish this by actively prospecting new business, maintaining accountability on all sales efforts, and actualizing attentiveness to detail.
Develop new and prospective customers including local chain business and healthcare accounts.
Cultivate and develop relationships with HVAC and insulation distributors and local sales staff to grow existing accounts and convert competitive accounts.
Complete RFP's for major counties/municipalities/cities.

Territory supervisor vs senior territory manager skills

Common territory supervisor skills

Merchandisers, 40%
Hallmark, 20%
Store Management, 20%
Customer Complaints, 4%
POS, 3%
Performance Reviews, 3%

Common senior territory manager skills

Product Knowledge, 17%
Sales Growth, 7%
Sales Quota, 6%
Product Line, 5%
Sales Training, 4%
Market Share Growth, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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