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

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Business Development Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Business Development role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Business Development job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 68% of Business Development job descriptions contained business development as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

business development
68%
sales
59%
burton
26%
connectivity
26%
internal
26%
telecommunications
26%
field sales
17%
account management
13%
new business opportunities
10%
waste management
10%
building relationships
10%
new business development
10%
commission
10%
new business
10%
telesales
10%
relationship management
10%
account manager
10%
technical sales
7%
new business generation
7%
waste
7%
management
7%
lead generation
7%
sales executive
7%
calls
7%
b2b
7%
recruitment
4%
manufacturing
4%
project management
4%
area sales
4%
cold calling
4%
marketing
4%
lead
4%
warm leads
4%
outbound calls
4%
business sales
4%
technology platforms
4%
businesses
4%
social housing
4%
saas
4%
chemistry
4%
external sales
4%
new business sales
4%
call centre
4%
energy
4%
italian
4%
spanish
4%
internal sales
4%
renewables
4%
lettings
4%
prospecting
4%
chemical
4%
maintenance
4%
engineering
4%
consultancy
4%
consultant
4%
engineer
4%
hazard
4%
process
4%
safety
4%
consulting
4%
customer service
4%
management consulting
4%
b2b sales
4%
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