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, 60% of Business Development Manager job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
60%
business development
45%
business development manager
30%
bdm
23%
field sales
23%
sales executive
23%
recruitment
15%
business development executive
15%
new business development
15%
sales manager
15%
new business opportunities
12%
manager
12%
payroll
8%
development
8%
clients
8%
sales development representative
8%
sdr
8%
food industry
8%
pay
8%
account management
8%
account manager
8%
umbrella
8%
remote
8%
food service
8%
hospitality
8%
media sales
4%
challenger
4%
technical
4%
high value
4%
spin
4%
builders merchant
4%
construction
4%
external sales
4%
hybrid
4%
b2b
4%
new business generation
4%
haulage
4%
quoting
4%
logistics
4%
sales representative
4%
transport
4%
business travel
4%
saas
4%
travel management
4%
ground investigation
4%
engineer
4%
telesales
4%
territory management
4%
specifications
4%
bathrooms
4%
electrical industry
4%
area sales executive
4%
client development
4%
health safety
4%
manufacturer
4%
manufacturing
4%
sales support
4%
negotiation
4%
plastics
4%
recycling
4%
trading
4%
bdms
4%
business sales
4%
bd
4%
financial services
4%
new business
4%
media field sales executive
4%
fire industry
4%
security systems
4%
business service
4%
cold calling
4%
creative solutions
4%
new clients
4%
objection handling
4%
partnerships
4%
payroll services
4%
pipelines
4%
uk tax
4%
closing
4%
key account
4%
pallets
4%
advertising sales
4%

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