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

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Business Development Manager Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Business Development Manager role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Business Development Manager job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 70% of Business Development Manager job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
70%
business development
50%
business development manager
30%
recruitment
25%
manager
15%
new business development
15%
logistics
15%
bdm
15%
field sales
15%
account manager
15%
remote
10%
payroll
10%
pay
10%
development
10%
clients
10%
umbrella
10%
new business opportunities
10%
technology
10%
account management
10%
transport
10%
metrics
5%
telesales
5%
highly accomplished
5%
freight forwarding
5%
freight
5%
forwarding
5%
territory management
5%
technical
5%
specifications
5%
quoting
5%
solution selling
5%
carriers
5%
research
5%
rfp
5%
rfq
5%
shipping
5%
tender
5%
international sales
5%
international travel
5%
mobile
5%
selling
5%
telecoms
5%
business travel
5%
business development executive
5%
sales executive
5%
advertising sales
5%
media field sales executive
5%
media sales
5%
challenger
5%
high value
5%
spin
5%
builders merchant
5%
construction
5%
external sales
5%
hybrid
5%
sales manager
5%
haulage
5%
sales representative
5%
ground investigation
5%
saas
5%
travel management
5%
b2b
5%
new business generation
5%
hr
5%
lead generation
5%
b2b sales
5%
closing deals
5%
market research
5%
onboarding
5%
online platforms
5%
prospecting
5%
bathrooms
5%
engineer
5%

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