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2.4 KiB

Competences — commercial director

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2d3d7188-47ab-49b9-9045-e452d9db06f1).

Essential

  • align efforts towards business development (skill/competence)
  • build business relationships (skill/competence)
  • commercial law (knowledge)
  • customer relationship management (knowledge)
  • develop professional network (skill/competence)
  • implement marketing strategies (skill/competence)
  • integrate new products in manufacturing (skill/competence)
  • manage contracts (skill/competence)
  • manage sales channels (skill/competence)
  • manage sales teams (skill/competence)
  • product comprehension (knowledge)
  • project management (knowledge)
  • risk management (knowledge)
  • use analytics for commercial purposes (skill/competence)

Optional

  • achieve sales targets (skill/competence)
  • analyse consumer buying trends (skill/competence)
  • communicate with customer service department (skill/competence)
  • customer service (knowledge)
  • deliver a sales pitch (skill/competence)
  • e-commerce systems (knowledge)
  • fix meetings (skill/competence)
  • international business (knowledge)
  • manage staff (skill/competence)
  • manage tender processes (skill/competence)
  • manage yield (skill/competence)
  • market pricing (knowledge)
  • perform market research (skill/competence)
  • prepare cost-plus pricing models (skill/competence)
  • pricing strategies (knowledge)
  • recruit employees (skill/competence)
  • train employees (skill/competence)
  • use theoretical marketing models (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 14 ads, as of 2026-07-10)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • account management — 29 %
  • contract negotiation — 29 %
  • forecasting — 21 %
  • relationship management — 21 %
  • revenue growth — 14 %
  • negotiation — 14 %
  • pipeline management — 14 %
  • business development — 14 %
  • commercial strategy — 14 %
  • risk management — 14 %
  • sales strategy — 14 %
  • strategic planning — 14 %
  • data analysis — 14 %

Responsibilities

  • team leadership — 21 %
  • customer relationship management — 14 %
  • revenue ownership — 14 %