What's the difference between a sales manager and sales executive?

Question

i asked different people but no one gave me an clear answer,so please if there is anybody can help me to find the correct answer for this question.
Thank you.

Answer 1

Well nowadays you find all "sales assistants" or salesmen/women are called "Sales Executives" it makes them feel more important, it still remains that they answer to the Sales Manager. (At least that's how it is in the UK)

Hope thats what you wanted to hear, because it is true.

Answer 2

Executive Sales Manager

Answer 3

It depends on the company. I would think that the sales executive oversees the sales force including the sales manager. The sales manager, of which there may be several, oversees a team and probably participates in making sales (where the executive doesn't). The reason there is no straight answer, though, is that some companies play with titles to make sales people who are paid less fell more important = calling a sales person a sales executive even though they have absolutely no executive power.

Answer 4

In my experience a Sales Manager or even a Director is usually one person in charge of a team of sales people, he/she wil make sure that the team is hitting targets etc. A Sales Executive may be part of his team, IMHO I think an executive is more of a high flyer than say a sales person in a retail store and would be visiing corporate clients.

It really all depends on how a company labels their employees.

Answer 5

Sales representative is not outdated. It is still widely used. And the difference is basic and simple: Sales representative: is a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise or services, as to customers in a store or customers who are visited. The primary function of professional sales is to generate and to close leads, educate prospects, fill needs and satisfy wants of consumers appropriately, and therefore turn potential customers into actual paying customers. A sales executive has a role more geared towards the administration part of sales and has the function of carrying out of plans or orders. Basically, the sales executive is usually the immediate supervisor of the sales representative. Sorry... your boss wins...

Answer 6

Executives are a part of the administration, and their responsibility is to oversee the implementation of the decisions of the management.

If you are a football fanatic, you must have seen the importance of the role of a manager in a football team whether it is of a country or a professional club. In fact, the salary and the influence of a football manager is even more than that of the players reflecting the importance attached to the role and responsibility of this title. The word manager comes from management which is all about managing men, and this is what a manger is expert at.

Answer 7

Sales Executives: Higher than manager
Sale executive (no "s" at the end): Sale staff (sale officer)
Note: See "s" at the end of the word that you know the level of the position

Answer 8

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What's the difference between a sales manager and sales executive?
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Thank you.

Answer 9

the basic difference is hierarchy or position level.

example, a sales executive will report to the sales manager.
the sales executive has a lower position level vs the sales manager.

in some industries, example, in pharma the sales executive will report to a field manager who in turn reports to the sales manager

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Yes, corporate FUD to keep people confused, like a bank that has a Vice President in charge of new account. It depends on the company and the job description. FUD = Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt see BS in the dictionary