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

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Business Development Director Skills List in Sales

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
60%
business development
57%
sales director
32%
sales manager
29%
area manager
20%
area sales manager
20%
business development manager
20%
field sales manager
20%
regional sales manager
20%
senior field sales executive
20%
bdm
16%
managed services
16%
microsoft dynamics
16%
microsoft solutions
16%
new business
16%
field sales
12%
account manager
12%
new business development
8%
leadership
8%
new business generation
8%
b2b sales
8%
account management
8%
technology
4%
professional services
4%
crm
4%
law firm
4%
business development director
4%
area sales
4%
trainee
4%
graduate
4%
payroll services
4%
key account management
4%
key account development
4%
contractors
4%
l&d strategy
4%
external sales
4%
new business sales
4%
retention
4%
tender management
4%
building relationships
4%
customer retention
4%
organisational skills
4%
sales growth
4%
business development consultancy
4%
change management
4%
hr policies
4%
it sales
4%
safety
4%
sales executive
4%
training
4%
training programme
4%
chemical
4%
chemistry
4%
consultancy
4%
consultant
4%
engineer
4%
engineering
4%
hazard
4%
process
4%

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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