Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Transport & Logistics

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Sales Skills List in Transport & Logistics

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sales role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sales job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 35% of Sales job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
35%
logistics
25%
supply chain
19%
freight
19%
business development
19%
customer service
16%
sales executive
16%
removals
13%
estimating
10%
export
10%
shipping
10%
account manager
10%
transport
10%
pricing
7%
shipping administrator
7%
import
7%
warehouse
7%
stock control
7%
purchasing
7%
operations
7%
import export
7%
business development manager
7%
field sales
7%
communication skills
7%
surveying
7%
achieve results
7%
highly ambitious
7%
pallet networks
7%
trailer sales
7%
customer services
7%
relocation
4%
logistics administrator
4%
agency
4%
cheshire
4%
clerk
4%
controller
4%
coordinator
4%
customs
4%
ecommerce
4%
ellesmere
4%
hays
4%
import/export
4%
jobs
4%
liverpool
4%
merseyside
4%
north west
4%
retail
4%
runcorn
4%
vacancy
4%
inventory
4%
mrp
4%
planning
4%
production planner
4%
scheduling
4%
supplier management
4%
transport planner
4%
materials planner
4%
supply chain planner
4%
fmcg
4%
production
4%
supply chain manager
4%
forklift
4%
reach
4%
stores
4%
bom
4%
manager
4%
materials management
4%
otif
4%
contracts
4%
parts
4%
sla
4%
bilingual
4%
bdm
4%
territory sales
4%
container
4%
fcl
4%
freight sales
4%
inside sales
4%
internal sales
4%
lcl
4%
software
4%
training
4%
crm
4%
direct sales
4%
freight forwarding
4%
sales process
4%
transportation
4%
analyst
4%
excel
4%
organisational skills
4%
wholesale
4%
driving
4%
aftersales
4%
procurement
4%
sales support
4%
export administration
4%
negotiation
4%
international logistics
4%
middle east
4%
logistic
4%
administrative
4%
move management
4%
negotiating
4%
sales coordination
4%
businesses
4%
air
4%
sea
4%
forecasting
4%
management
4%
relationship management
4%
team management
4%
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