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

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Sales Specialist Skills List in Sales

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
62%
medical sales
24%
business development
20%
telesales
15%
radiotherapy
15%
customer service
15%
saas
15%
negotiation
10%
sdr
10%
sales representative
10%
sales calls
10%
building relationships
10%
sales plan
10%
selling
10%
exceeding targets
10%
medical devices
10%
bdm
10%
retail
10%
brands
10%
consumer products
10%
cpr
10%
customer engagement
10%
fmcg
10%
manufacturing
10%
brand
10%
remote
10%
retailer
10%
sales development
10%
supply chain
10%
hybrid
10%
sales development representative
10%
trade shows
5%
german
5%
manager
5%
administrative
5%
french
5%
technical
5%
quoting
5%
lead generation
5%
luxury goods
5%
managing key accounts
5%
sales support
5%
presentation skills
5%
website builds
5%
build trust
5%
consultative approach
5%
lead management
5%
outbound calls
5%
prospecting
5%
bde
5%
business development executive
5%
business development manager
5%
dental sales
5%
wholesale
5%
paediatrics
5%
account manager
5%
automotive
5%
b2b
5%
cable
5%
motorsport
5%
sales opportunities
5%
brand awareness
5%
musical instruments
5%
electrical
5%
electronic
5%
sales director
5%
ground investigation
5%
wholesaler
5%
renewals
5%
technology
5%
promotions
5%
sales performance
5%
social media
5%
strategic sales
5%
strategies
5%
trends
5%
engineer
5%
environmental
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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