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

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Sales Director Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sales Director role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sales Director job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 46% of Sales Director job descriptions contained sales director as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales director
46%
sales
42%
business development
17%
management
17%
team leadership
13%
sales management
13%
director
13%
leicestershire
13%
media
9%
advertising
9%
sales team management
9%
leadership
9%
sales team
9%
advertising sales
9%
new business
9%
new business development
9%
fmcg
9%
negotiation
9%
mentoring
9%
key accounts
9%
field sales
9%
construction industry
9%
business strategy
9%
building materials
9%
customer satisfaction
5%
market intelligence
5%
oem
5%
jelly fish
5%
hybrid
5%
commercial vehicle
5%
customer engagement
5%
driving sales performance
5%
growth
5%
sourcing new business
5%
hgv
5%
multiple sites
5%
relationship management
5%
sales growth
5%
sales performance
5%
strategic sales
5%
newspaper
5%
publishing
5%
market research
5%
new business generation
5%
building
5%
senior management
5%
construction
5%
renovation
5%
sales manager
5%
coaching
5%
events
5%
exhibition
5%
media sales
5%
b2b sales
5%
diy
5%
ecommerce
5%
cross-functional collaboration
5%
strategic
5%
supply chain
5%
c-suite
5%
iot
5%
national sales
5%
saas
5%
communication
5%
adaptability
5%
collaboration
5%
crm
5%

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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