Sales Professional Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Sales Professional Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sales Professional role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sales Professional job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 60% of Sales Professional job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
60%
customer service
41%
retail sales
32%
wholesale
32%
charity
23%
sales assistant
23%
shop assistant
23%
retail
19%
trade counter
10%
luxury
10%
showroom
10%
jewellery
10%
general admin
5%
communication skills
5%
flooring centre
5%
flooring
5%
construction supplies
5%
organisational skills
5%
internal sales
5%
interpersonal skills
5%
laminate
5%
merchants
5%
sales negotiator
5%
general manager
5%
building supplies
5%
builders merchants
5%
operations
5%
designing
5%
watches
5%
selling
5%
sales team
5%
luxury goods
5%
experienced sales professional
5%
tiles
5%
high end
5%
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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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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