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Overview
They identify suppliers and buyers, clarify customer needs, assess supplier risks, negotiate sales contracts and manage large quantities of computer equipment or software products.
In job descriptions, look for computer equipment, supplier search, buyer contact, customer needs, sales contracts, commodity negotiation, financial terminology and market monitoring.
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Computer peripheral and software wholesale combines commercial negotiation with product compatibility. The role matches suppliers and buyers for hardware accessories, equipment, software licences or related IT stock.
Skills and specializations
Key strengths include computer-equipment knowledge, supplier and buyer contact, customer-need analysis, sales contracts, supplier-risk checks, business systems, financial terminology and attention to compatibility or lifecycle.
Salary context
Salary comparisons should consider technical product breadth, software or hardware specialization, order value, responsibility for compatibility advice, supplier terms, account ownership and autonomy in negotiations.
Career paths
Paths can lead toward IT distribution category management, reseller account work, procurement coordination, supplier partnership management, software licensing support or broader technology-channel sales.
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Read adverts for peripherals, software, licences, computer equipment, reseller channels, compatibility questions, supplier terms, buyer accounts, contract negotiation and international market monitoring.
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This guide is editorial occupation context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Wholesale of information and communication equipment
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include wholesale merchant in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts and wholesale merchant in office machinery and equipment.
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The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Online Merchants
13-1199.06
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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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.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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Official sources and licenses
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
46.5Wholesale of information and communication equipment
Alternative labels
wholesale buyer in computer peripheral equipment and software
assistant wholesale merchant in computer peripheral equipment and software
trainee wholesale merchant in computer peripheral equipment and software
B2B sales consultant in computer peripheral equipment and software
graduate wholesale merchant in computer peripheral equipment and software
wholesale trader in computer peripheral equipment and software
wholesale merchandiser in computer peripheral equipment and software
business to business sales consultant in computer peripheral equipment and software
senior wholesale merchant in computer peripheral equipment and software
business to business seller in computer peripheral equipment and software
wholesaler in computer peripheral equipment and software
Occupation group
wholesale merchant (3324.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/35d4ab0d-5a2a-4ed8-b8ba-7169314168f5 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3324.4.8 |
| ISCO group | 3324 |
| Concept type | Occupation |