Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Manufacturing

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Sales Skills List in Manufacturing

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, 40% of Sales job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
40%
customer service
17%
communication
17%
quotations
14%
manufacturing
14%
engineering
14%
management
10%
atex
7%
administrator
7%
customer care
7%
phone manner
7%
phone skills
7%
instrumentation
7%
new business development
7%
calls
7%
enquiries
7%
invoicing
7%
ordering
7%
orders
7%
resolving
7%
microsoft office
7%
procurement
7%
reporting
7%
asset allocation
7%
stock control
7%
warehouse management
7%
car
4%
pneumatics
4%
margin
4%
marketing
4%
customer satisfaction
4%
sales order
4%
telesales
4%
consultants
4%
contractors
4%
installers
4%
cad
4%
control systems
4%
drawings
4%
electrical engineering
4%
senior
4%
production
4%
packaging
4%
operations manager
4%
strong it skills
4%
procurement administrator
4%
mrp
4%
assembly
4%
general manager
4%
automation
4%
business development
4%
scheduling
4%
strategy
4%
admin
4%
excel
4%
outlook
4%
word
4%
analyst
4%
communication skills
4%
commercial awareness
4%
good communicator
4%
crm
4%
erp software
4%
sales support
4%
field service
4%
hydraulics
4%
maintenance
4%
strong admin
4%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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