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name: business-developer
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'business developer' (also: business development strategist, business development executive, business continuity analyst). Use when the user asks for typical business developer work such as: typical business developer responsibilities"
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# Business Developer

Business developers strive to improve the market share of companies in the market. They perform strategic analyses of the core advantages that a company's products or services have to offer, they cooperate in the development of marketing campaigns for lead generation and support on sales efforts.

## Core workflow


## How to use this skill

- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).

## Key competences (essential)

- analyse business plans
- apply business acumen
- brand marketing techniques
- business analysis
- carry out sales analysis
- collaborate in the development of marketing strategies
- corporate sustainability
- expand store regional presence
- financial analysis
- identify new business opportunities
- liaise with managers
- manage accounts
- market analysis
- marketing principles
- sales strategies

## Hot technologies

- Adobe Acrobat
- AJAX
- Alteryx software
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon Web Services AWS software
- Apache Cassandra
- Apache Hadoop
- Apache Hive

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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b76178c0-a03a-4793-b079-1e61e636c521), O*NET 30.3 (15-2051.01, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*