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

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Business Development Director Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Business Development Director role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Business Development Director job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 57% of Business Development Director job descriptions contained business development as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

business development
57%
sales
54%
sales director
30%
sales manager
24%
new business development
20%
senior field sales executive
17%
regional sales manager
17%
field sales manager
17%
business development manager
17%
area sales manager
17%
area manager
17%
b2b sales
14%
microsoft solutions
14%
microsoft dynamics
14%
managed services
14%
bdm
14%
field sales
14%
new business
10%
account management
7%
account manager
7%
new business generation
7%
crm
7%
law firm
7%
professional services
7%
data collection
7%
driving new business
7%
market research
7%
consultative sales
7%
employee engagement
7%
business development consultancy
4%
change management
4%
l&d strategy
4%
technology
4%
leadership
4%
hr policies
4%
it sales
4%
key account management
4%
consultancy
4%
consultant
4%
engineer
4%
engineering
4%
hazard
4%
process
4%
safety
4%
contractors
4%
key account development
4%
chemistry
4%
payroll services
4%
graduate
4%
trainee
4%
chemical
4%
training programme
4%
business development director
4%
training
4%
sales executive
4%
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