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Ocupacions

Wholesale merchant

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
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

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

Fishery workers, hunters and trappers

Hunters and trappers

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Hunters and trappers

35

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

85,37%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

20,69% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

48,57%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

,00%

Part-time contracts

1,94% Turnover index

9

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-18%

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.

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

70%

30%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

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

Fishery workers, hunters and trappers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

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?

Hunters and trappers

No experience
12%
Less than 1 year
28%
Between 1 and 2 years
12%
Between 2 and 4 years
27%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
16%
Activitats administratives i serveis auxiliars
84%
Comerç a l'engròs i al detall; reparació de vehicles de motor i motocicletes
8%
Informació i comunicacions
8%
0%
0%
0%

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.