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

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Sales Director Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sales Director role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sales Director job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of Sales Director job descriptions contained sales director as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales director
50%
sales
37%
business development
20%
commercial cleaning
14%
management
14%
leicestershire
10%
sales management
10%
team leadership
10%
leadership
10%
director
10%
new business development
7%
new business
7%
negotiation
7%
fmcg
7%
advertising sales
7%
sales team
7%
media
7%
advertising
7%
mentoring
7%
key accounts
7%
sales team management
7%
building materials
7%
field sales
7%
construction industry
7%
business strategy
7%
hybrid
4%
sales growth
4%
growth
4%
customer satisfaction
4%
cross-functional collaboration
4%
crm
4%
collaboration
4%
adaptability
4%
marketing
4%
commercial director
4%
strategic sales
4%
sales performance
4%
market intelligence
4%
oem
4%
board level
4%
client sales director
4%
commercial awareness
4%
customer service
4%
electronics
4%
manufacturing
4%
interpersonal
4%
strategies
4%
technical sales
4%
communication
4%
new business generation
4%
coaching
4%
events
4%
exhibition
4%
media sales
4%
b2b sales
4%
diy
4%
ecommerce
4%
senior management
4%
strategic
4%
supply chain
4%
jelly fish
4%
market research
4%
relationship management
4%
sourcing new business
4%
c-suite
4%
iot
4%
national sales
4%
saas
4%
newspaper
4%
publishing
4%
commercial vehicle
4%
customer engagement
4%
driving sales performance
4%
hgv
4%
multiple sites
4%

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