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

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Business Development Manager Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Business Development Manager role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Business Development Manager job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 69% of Business Development Manager job descriptions contained business development as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

business development
69%
field sales
49%
sales
32%
business development manager
21%
bdm
18%
external sales
18%
sales executive
18%
territory management
14%
account manager
14%
hotels
11%
area sales
11%
new business sales
11%
key account manager
11%
cold calling
11%
prospecting
7%
sales representative
7%
000
7%
advisor
7%
territory development
7%
hospitality
7%
account management
7%
builders merchant
7%
b2b sales
7%
construction
7%
business development executive
7%
new business
7%
sales consultant
7%
new business development
7%
negotiation
4%
regional sales manager
4%
telesales executive
4%
birmingham
4%
senior business development manager
4%
horeca
4%
education
4%
senior sales
4%
commission
4%
networking
4%
manchester
4%
selling
4%
project management
4%
business manager
4%
service contract
4%
telecoms
4%
bde
4%
waste management
4%
key accounts
4%
area sales manager
4%
internal sales executive
4%
. sdr
4%
appointment
4%
sales agent
4%
area manager
4%
business developer
4%
advertising sales
4%
b2b
4%
consultative sales
4%
international sales
4%
internal sales
4%
field business development manager
4%
media sales
4%
payroll services
4%
sponsorship sales
4%
sponsorship
4%
compliance
4%
sales development representative
4%
leadership
4%
nationwide sales
4%
sales manager
4%
marketing
4%
regional sales coordinator
4%
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