Outside Sales Representative Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Outside Sales Representative Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Outside Sales Representative role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Outside Sales Representative job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 80% of Outside Sales Representative job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
80%
business development
54%
telesales
47%
lead generation
40%
telemarketing
27%
internal sales
14%
sales executive
14%
food packaging
14%
food manufacturing
14%
flexibility
14%
shipping
14%
logistics
14%
lcl
14%
inside sales
14%
import
14%
freight
14%
freight forwarder
14%
fcl
14%
export
14%
container
14%
customer service
14%
sales representative
14%
cold calling
7%
it sales
7%
communication skills
7%
client liaison
7%
packaging
7%
field sales
7%
wholesale
7%
tender
7%
aviation
7%
customer satisfaction
7%
service skills
7%
account management
7%
catering
7%
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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.

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