Business Development Director Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Business Development Director Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Business Development Director role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Business Development Director job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 60% of Business Development Director job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
60%
business development
52%
sales director
30%
sales manager
26%
area manager
19%
area sales manager
19%
business development manager
19%
field sales manager
19%
regional sales manager
19%
senior field sales executive
19%
new business development
15%
bdm
15%
managed services
15%
new business
15%
microsoft dynamics
15%
microsoft solutions
15%
b2b sales
12%
field sales
12%
account manager
12%
new business generation
8%
leadership
8%
account management
8%
professional services
4%
hr policies
4%
change management
4%
business development consultancy
4%
technology
4%
sales growth
4%
organisational skills
4%
crm
4%
law firm
4%
it sales
4%
data collection
4%
driving new business
4%
market research
4%
consultative sales
4%
employee engagement
4%
customer retention
4%
building relationships
4%
tender management
4%
retention
4%
safety
4%
training programme
4%
chemical
4%
chemistry
4%
consultancy
4%
consultant
4%
engineer
4%
engineering
4%
hazard
4%
process
4%
training
4%
contractors
4%
key account development
4%
key account management
4%
payroll services
4%
graduate
4%
trainee
4%
sales executive
4%
l&d strategy
4%
business development director
4%

While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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