Career switch, measured
From Sales Development Representative to Sales Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 65% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Sales, Marketing, CRM, Salesforce; the main skills to add are Contract negotiation, Forecasting.
65%
skill overlap
5,104
open Sales Manager postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillSales Development RepresentativeSales Manager
- Sales97%88%
- Marketing61%40%
- CRM46%20%
- Salesforce52%15%
- B2B sales23%15%
- Lead generation76%14%
- Stakeholder management20%25%
- Customer success13%26%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Sales Manager postings, rarely in Sales Development Representative ones.
SkillSales Development RepresentativeSales Manager
- Contract negotiation7%25%
- Forecasting–23%
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