Sales Associate Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Sales Associate Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sales Associate role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sales Associate job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 58% of Sales Associate job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
58%
business development
29%
sales executive
25%
sales assistant
22%
b2b
18%
sales associate
15%
sales development representative
15%
sales administrator
15%
crm systems
11%
retail sales
11%
sales development
11%
customer services
11%
sales support
11%
customer sales associate
11%
sales admin
11%
telesales
11%
technical sales
11%
b2b sales
11%
lead generation
11%
business development representative
11%
account management
11%
social media
8%
customer service support
8%
customer service
8%
sdr
8%
sales representative
8%
sales consultant
8%
internal sales
8%
direct salesperson
8%
b2c
8%
receptionist
8%
sales opportunities
8%
communication skills
8%
sales leads
8%
sales advisor
8%
front of house
8%
managed services
8%
business development executive
8%
assistant
8%
administrator
8%
digital marketing
8%
esp
8%
marketing
8%
admin
8%
sales account manager
8%
new business
8%
account manager
8%
seo
8%
ppc
8%
luxury goods
4%
construction
4%
timber
4%
microsoft office
4%
administration
4%
communication
4%
manufacturing
4%
complaints handling
4%
bdr
4%
business sale
4%
furniture
4%
customer sales
4%
recruitment
4%
consulting
4%
management consulting
4%
new solutions
4%
pre-sales
4%
saas
4%
solution selling
4%
b2b sales executive
4%
customer
4%
interpersonal skills
4%
account executive
4%
client services
4%
relation management
4%
senior account manager
4%
customer services administrator
4%
customer service advisor
4%
office admin
4%
office administrator
4%
sales team
4%
drive train
4%
positive team player
4%
problem solving
4%
linkedin
4%
outbound calls
4%
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