Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Scientific

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Sales Skills List in Scientific

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, 47% of Sales job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
47%
technical sales
32%
chemistry
32%
sales executive
19%
business development
19%
field sales
16%
negotiation
13%
scientific background
13%
food industry
13%
graduate entry
13%
bakery
13%
customer service
13%
optoelectronics
13%
photonics
13%
physics
13%
graduate level
10%
laser
10%
international travel
10%
graduate recruitment
10%
personal care
10%
cosmetics
10%
chromatography
10%
laboratory equipment
7%
genomics
7%
sales consultant
7%
sales management
7%
analytical chemistry
7%
laboratory
7%
lifesciences
7%
sales engineering
7%
physical sciences
7%
capital equipment
7%
scientific research
7%
service sales
4%
dna sequencing
4%
quotations
4%
surface modification
4%
mass spec
4%
gas chromatography
4%
clinical background
4%
sales, account management
4%
molecular biology
4%
sales team
4%
b2b sales
4%
biomedical
4%
healthcare
4%
international sales
4%
management
4%
oems
4%
outbound calls
4%
technical support
4%
universities
4%
biology
4%
content writer
4%
science
4%
scientific
4%
technical author
4%
writer
4%
fiber optics
4%
microbiology
4%
customer support
4%
optics
4%
account management
4%
customer driven
4%
pharmaceutical
4%
commercial awareness
4%
sample preparation
4%
design development
4%
optical engineering
4%
communication skills
4%
critical thinking
4%
innovation
4%
materials science
4%
nanomaterials
4%
nanoparticles
4%
natural sciences
4%

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