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

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Business Development Representative Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Business Development Representative role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Business Development Representative job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 52% of Business Development Representative job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
52%
business development
32%
business development executive
25%
communication skills
21%
sales executive
21%
energetic team player
14%
area sales
14%
external sales
14%
personal drive
14%
field sales
14%
b2b
14%
internal sales
14%
sales representative
14%
sales consultant
11%
customer service
11%
business development manager
11%
lead generation
11%
ranges
7%
account manager
7%
builders merchants
7%
building products
7%
construction supplies
7%
air
7%
freight forwarding
7%
ocean
7%
pricing
7%
fabrics
7%
prospecting
7%
home furnishings
7%
textiles
7%
task management
4%
b2c
4%
product quality
4%
negotiation
4%
customer sales
4%
sdr
4%
sales agent
4%
new business sales executive
4%
lead generator
4%
business development representative
4%
bdr
4%
senior sales executive
4%
senior business development
4%
new business manager
4%
key account manager
4%
saas
4%
manufacturing
4%
cold calling
4%
problem solving
4%
communicator
4%
enquiries
4%
b2b marketing
4%
b2b sales
4%
market research
4%
outbound calls
4%
sales and account management
4%
chemicals
4%
account executive
4%
telesales
4%
phone based
4%
inbound sales
4%
building relationships
4%
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