Outside Sales Representative Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Outside Sales Representative Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Outside Sales Representative role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Outside Sales Representative job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 83% of Outside Sales Representative job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
83%
business development
59%
telesales
53%
lead generation
48%
telemarketing
30%
sales executive
18%
food packaging
12%
food manufacturing
12%
flexibility
12%
shipping
12%
logistics
12%
lcl
12%
internal sales
12%
inside sales
12%
import
12%
freight forwarder
12%
freight
12%
fcl
12%
container
12%
export
12%
customer service
12%
sales representative
12%
it sales
6%
communication skills
6%
client liaison
6%
packaging
6%
catering
6%
cold calling
6%
field sales
6%
tender
6%
account management
6%
wholesale
6%
aviation
6%
customer satisfaction
6%
service skills
6%
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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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