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Overview
Commercial sales representative work is about representing a company to business customers, explaining goods or services, finding needs, negotiating terms and keeping contact through the sales process.
In job descriptions, look for territory planning, prospecting, product information, customer visits, quotations, negotiation, account records, sales targets, CRM use and cooperation with marketing, technical or delivery teams.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Commercial sales representative work happens through customer visits, calls, product explanations, proposals and follow-up with business buyers. The role links company goods or services to client needs, pricing, delivery expectations and account relationships across a defined territory or customer segment.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include prospecting, product knowledge, questioning techniques, negotiation, quotation work, CRM records and account planning. Specialization may be shaped by technical products, recurring service contracts, wholesale channels, public-sector buyers or long sales cycles with several decision makers.
Salary context
Salary context depends on territory size, sales targets, product complexity, account value, travel expectations and how much negotiation authority the role carries. Compare roles by fixed and variable components only after understanding customer responsibility, pipeline ownership and support from marketing or technical teams.
Career paths
Development often moves from field sales into key account management, sales team leadership, business development, product specialist work or commercial management. Strong progression evidence includes reliable pipeline records, retained customers, clear product explanations and the ability to coordinate delivery promises with internal teams.
Good to know
A job title may cover new-business hunting, account farming or technical consultation. Read adverts for customer type, travel area, expected visit volume, CRM discipline, pricing authority, targets and handover to delivery, because those details define the daily pressure of the role.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 3
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
41-4011.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
41-3091.00
O*NET occupation is more specific
The O*NET occupation covers a more specific field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETSales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
41-4012.00
O*NET occupation is more specific
The O*NET occupation covers a more specific field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
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Alternative labels
sales executive
sales and marketing consultant
field sales executive
sales and marketing executive
sales consultant
commercial salesman
business development representative
field sales representative
commercial sales consultant
commercial salesperson
sales representative
territory manager
technical and commercial sales executive
technical and commercial sales representative
commercial sales executive
commercial saleswoman
technical and commercial sales consultant
field sales consultant
Occupation group
Commercial sales representatives (3322)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/14031d4a-6e99-442f-b4fe-18262b6432b2 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3322.1 |
| ISCO group | 3322 |
| Concept type | Occupation |