Sales Associate Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Sales Associate Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sales Associate role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sales Associate job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 62% of Sales Associate job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
62%
business development
31%
sales executive
27%
sales assistant
24%
sales development
20%
sales administrator
20%
b2b
20%
account management
16%
admin
16%
b2b sales
16%
crm systems
16%
customer sales associate
16%
customer services
16%
sales admin
16%
sales support
16%
sales development representative
16%
lead generation
12%
new business
12%
administrator
12%
assistant
12%
customer service
12%
business development representative
12%
sales associate
12%
telesales
12%
recruitment
8%
manufacturing
8%
customer
8%
sdr
8%
digital marketing
8%
esp
8%
marketing
8%
ppc
8%
seo
8%
account manager
8%
sales account manager
8%
customer service support
8%
communication skills
8%
b2c
8%
direct salesperson
8%
internal sales
8%
sales consultant
8%
sales representative
8%
technical sales
8%
commission
4%
consultant
4%
graduate
4%
trainee
4%
training
4%
aviation
4%
german
4%
luxury goods
4%
networking
4%
partnerships
4%
prospecting
4%
b2c sales
4%
electrical
4%
engineering
4%
installation
4%
maintenance
4%
administration
4%
ales
4%
croydon
4%
kenley
4%
london
4%
mechanical
4%
sutton
4%
wallington
4%
bdr
4%
consulting
4%
management consulting
4%
new solutions
4%
pre-sales
4%
saas
4%
solution selling
4%
b2b sales executive
4%
interpersonal skills
4%
account executive
4%
client services
4%
customer sales
4%
senior account manager
4%
customer services administrator
4%
customer service advisor
4%
office admin
4%
office administrator
4%
sales team
4%
drive train
4%
positive team player
4%
problem solving
4%
front of house
4%
linkedin
4%
outbound calls
4%
receptionist
4%
relation management
4%
retail sales
4%
business development executive
4%
managed services
4%
sales advisor
4%
sales leads
4%
sales opportunities
4%
social media
4%
business sale
4%
construction
4%
timber
4%
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