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

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Business Development Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Business Development role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Business Development job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 70% of Business Development job descriptions contained business development as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

business development
70%
sales
60%
burton
27%
connectivity
27%
internal
27%
telecommunications
27%
account management
17%
field sales
14%
waste management
14%
relationship management
10%
new business opportunities
10%
waste
10%
new business development
10%
building relationships
10%
sales executive
10%
new business generation
7%
calls
7%
marketing
7%
rapid growth
7%
territory management
7%
businesses
7%
management
7%
commission
7%
lead generation
7%
telesales
7%
saas
4%
project management
4%
consulting
4%
customer service
4%
new business
4%
recruitment
4%
outbound calls
4%
technology platforms
4%
technical sales
4%
social housing
4%
b2b
4%
management consulting
4%
cold calling
4%
account manager
4%
b2b sales
4%
business sales
4%
maintenance
4%
warm leads
4%
lead
4%
manufacturing
4%
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