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

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Business Development Representative Skills List in Sales

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
60%
business development
40%
communication skills
16%
business development executive
16%
lead generation
12%
internal sales
12%
field sales
12%
sales representative
12%
external sales
12%
area sales
12%
sales executive
12%
customer service
12%
personal drive
8%
b2b
8%
textiles
8%
home furnishings
8%
fabrics
8%
prospecting
8%
bdr
8%
energetic team player
8%
construction supplies
4%
problem solving
4%
pricing
4%
b2c
4%
business development manager
4%
enquiries
4%
ocean
4%
freight forwarding
4%
air
4%
phone based
4%
building products
4%
builders merchants
4%
chemicals
4%
manufacturing
4%
account manager
4%
inbound sales
4%
account executive
4%
telesales
4%
sales consultant
4%
recruitment
4%
orders
4%
bd
4%
bizdev
4%
lead gen
4%
new business
4%
remote work
4%
remote working
4%
software
4%
wfh
4%
work from home
4%
business development representative
4%
communicator
4%
sales development representative
4%
sdr
4%
saas
4%
task management
4%
cold calling
4%
b2b marketing
4%
b2b sales
4%
market research
4%
outbound calls
4%
sales and account management
4%
building relationships
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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