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Wholesale merchant
B2b sales consultant Assistant wholesale merchant Business to business sales consultant Business to business seller Graduate wholesale merchant Senior wholesale merchant Trader (wholesale) Trainee wholesale merchant Wholesale buyer Wholesale merchandiser Wholesale merchant Wholesale trader Wholesaler
Wholesale merchants investigate potential wholesale buyers and suppliers and match their needs. They conclude trades involving large quantities of goods.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Establishing contact between buyers and sellers of commodities;
(b) Discussing buying or selling requirements of clients and giving advice accordingly;
(c) Buying and selling cargo space on ships;
(d) Negotiating purchase or sale of commodities and commodity futures;
(e) Finding cargo and/or storage space for commodities and negotiating freight, shipping and storage charges;
(f) Monitoring and analysing market trends and other factors affecting the supply and demand for commodities and shipping services.
Knowledge
- Wholesale and retail sales
- Management and administration
- Food processing
- Marketing and advertising
- Textiles (clothes, footwear and leather)
Digital competencies
- Developing professional relationships or networks
- Identifying opportunities
- Negotiating and managing contracts and agreements
- Engaging with others to identify needs
- Analysing business operations
Digital competencies
- Accessing and analysing digital data
Personal competencies
- Working efficiently
- Demonstrating willingness to learn
- Communicating
- Maintaining a positive attitude
- Processing information, ideas and concepts
Professional groups of the occupation
Technicians and associate professionals
Business and administration associate professionals
Sales and purchasing agents and brokers
Trade brokers
Other occupations of the professional group
Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Trade brokers
37
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
86,05%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
27,59% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
51,35%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
,00%
Part-time contracts
1,85% Turnover index
9
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
-23%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Business and administration associate professionals
61%
39%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Business and administration associate professionals
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Sales and purchasing agents and brokers
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Trade brokers
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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