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, 60% of Sales Director job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
60%
sales director
56%
business development
23%
leadership
15%
it managed services
15%
manchester
15%
software sales
12%
nottingham
12%
leeds
12%
manufacturing
12%
ict sales
12%
sales team
12%
country manager
8%
coaching
8%
wfh
8%
exhibition
8%
transport
8%
management
8%
scale-up
8%
account
8%
sales management
8%
head of sales
4%
event director
4%
gis
4%
oems
4%
strategic selling
4%
automotive
4%
automotive aftermarket
4%
business manager
4%
car parts
4%
director
4%
people management
4%
garage equipment
4%
key account manager
4%
major account manager
4%
technical sales executive
4%
bizdev
4%
enterprise software
4%
fmcg
4%
remote
4%
remote working
4%
solution selling
4%
work from home
4%
client relations skills
4%
media
4%
media sales
4%
sales executive
4%
man management
4%
international events
4%
manufacturer
4%
strategic sales plans
4%
start-ups
4%
saas
4%
hr software
4%
driving growth
4%
skelmersdale
4%
rental
4%
print
4%
team management
4%
manager
4%
electronics
4%
account manager
4%
sme
4%
interim management
4%
global sales
4%
cro
4%
p&l reporting
4%
strategies
4%
customer
4%
board
4%
sales operations
4%
removals
4%
freight
4%
budgeting
4%
logistics
4%
customs brokerage
4%
consultative sales
4%
new business opportunities
4%
strategy
4%
relationship management
4%
people development
4%
b2b
4%
it sales
4%
cloud services
4%
wellbeing
4%
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