Salesperson Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Salesperson Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Salesperson role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Salesperson job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 54% of Salesperson job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
54%
customer service
44%
retail management
30%
retail sales
27%
diy
20%
home improvement
20%
showroom
17%
retail
17%
commercial awareness
14%
luxury retail
14%
tiles
14%
flair
10%
interior design
10%
luxury goods
10%
client manager
10%
high net worth
10%
sales advisor
10%
sales consultant
10%
kitchen designer
10%
customer journeys
7%
targets
7%
harrods
7%
kpi reports
7%
technical aspects
7%
management
7%
inside sales
7%
internal sales
7%
sales counter
7%
trade sales
7%
luxury
4%
retail assistant
4%
sales assistant
4%
tailoring
4%
senior sales
4%
senior sales assistant
4%
communication skills
4%
parts
4%
jewellery
4%
housekeeping
4%
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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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