Compare Purchasing Managers & Marketing Managers District Of Columbia

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Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

Purchasing Managers $155,700
Marketing Managers $161,900

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

Service Orientation
Looking for ways to help people.

Personnel and Human Resources
Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Economics and Accounting
Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Coordination
Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Systems Analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Management of Personnel Resources
Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.

Negotiation
Bringing people together to solve differences.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Management of Financial Resources
Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Sales and Marketing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers
Medium
Sales and Marketing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Marketing Managers
Marketing Managers
Very High

Sales and Marketing
Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

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Design Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers
Very Low
Design Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Marketing Managers
Marketing Managers
Medium

Design
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Communications and Media Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers
Low
Communications and Media Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Marketing Managers
Marketing Managers
Medium

Communications and Media
Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

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Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Marketing Managers
Marketing Managers

Licensing

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Licensing for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Marketing Managers
Marketing Managers

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

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Certification for Purchasing Managers
Purchasing Managers

28 related certifications

Certification for Marketing Managers
Marketing Managers

37 related certifications

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