Business Developer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Business Developer Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Business Developer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Business Developer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 38% of Business Developer job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
38%
corporate partnerships manager
34%
strategic sponsorship executive
34%
sponsorship sales executive
30%
business development
30%
account management
17%
new business
17%
sales executive
17%
business developer
17%
new business development
17%
exceeding targets
13%
recruitment
13%
new accounts
9%
sales director
9%
jelly fish
9%
fmcg
9%
commission
9%
b2b sales
9%
business development manager
9%
b2b
9%
outbound calls
5%
smart home
5%
iot
5%
content creator
5%
biz dev
5%
electrical design
5%
bde
5%
entry level
5%
fx sales
5%
sales development representative
5%
sdr
5%
closing business
5%
closing deals
5%
financial services
5%
negotiation
5%
new business generation
5%
new clients
5%
sourcing new business
5%
clevedon
5%
cold calling
5%
dutch
5%
avonmouth
5%
bristol
5%
business development executive
5%
patchway
5%
portishead
5%
sales engineer
5%
sales lead
5%
sales specialist
5%
thornbury
5%
b2c
5%
henleaze
5%
portbury
5%
field sales
5%
renewable energy
5%
sales consultant
5%
lead generation
5%
manager
5%
quote preparation
5%
solar energy
5%
technical support
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.

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