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

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Sales Manager Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sales Manager role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sales Manager job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 62% of Sales Manager job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
62%
business development
34%
sales manager
24%
area sales
20%
field sales
10%
engineering
10%
telecommunications
10%
sales management
10%
telesales
10%
technical sales
10%
medical
5%
rental
5%
healthcare
5%
automotive
5%
logistics
5%
account
5%
pumps
5%
mechanical
5%
m&e contractors
5%
hvac
5%
regional manager
5%
communication skills
5%
digital marketing
5%
relationship management
5%
negotiation
5%
account manager
5%
manager
5%
leasing
5%
leasing manager
5%
pbsa
5%
student accommodation
5%
b2b
5%
b2b sales
5%
new business
5%
field sales manager
5%
regional sales manager
5%
sales team manager
5%
sales engineer
5%
area sales manager
5%
boilers
5%
heating
5%
merchants
5%
building services
5%
business sale
5%
call centre
5%
sales team
5%
commercial real estate
5%
account management
5%
property
5%
real estate
5%
real estate transactions
5%
utilities
5%
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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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