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Overview
They investigate wholesale buyers and suppliers, compare product needs, negotiate contracts and close large-volume deals for clothing, footwear and textile-based stock.
In job descriptions, look for clothing and footwear products, consumer goods, supplier search, buyer contact, customer needs, sales contracts, market monitoring and supplier risk.
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Clothing and footwear wholesale follows product ranges, sizes, seasons and buyer demand. The role works with suppliers and bulk customers to place apparel or shoe stock in the right channels.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include consumer-goods awareness, clothing and footwear product knowledge, supplier sourcing, buyer contact, market monitoring, sales-contract negotiation and judgment about range, season and volume.
Salary context
Salary context is affected by category size, seasonal deadlines, order values, responsibility for buyer accounts, supplier negotiations, return or stock risk and how much commercial autonomy the role carries.
Career paths
Career movement can lead toward apparel category buying, footwear account management, supplier development, import planning, merchandising coordination or wholesale sales leadership for fashion-related goods.
Good to know
Check adverts for apparel ranges, footwear collections, seasonal buying, supplier meetings, wholesale accounts, contract negotiation, market monitoring, size curves, stock rotation and delivery windows.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial occupation 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: 1
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
41-4012.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader 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.
Mapping project version 1: O*NET-SOC 2019 → ESCO 1.1.0. Targets are validated against ESCO 1.2.1.
Source: European Commission, joint ESCO Secretariat and USDOL/ETA project. O*NET Database: USDOL/ETA. This presentation uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
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Official sources and licenses
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
46.42Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Alternative labels
graduate wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear
trainee wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear
wholesale buyer in clothing and footwear
senior wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear
business to business seller in clothing and footwear
B2B sales consultant in clothing and footwear
assistant wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear
business to business sales consultant in clothing and footwear
wholesale merchandiser in clothing and footwear
wholesale trader in clothing and footwear
wholesaler in clothing and footwear
Occupation group
wholesale merchant (3324.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ceb1a21b-a6d5-49eb-a3f3-d53fec25d5f8 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3324.4.6 |
| ISCO group | 3324 |
| Concept type | Occupation |