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Overview
They research buyers and suppliers, match technical product needs, assess supply risks, negotiate sales contracts and close high-volume deals for electronic or telecommunications stock.
In job descriptions, look for electronic and telecommunications equipment, supplier search, buyer contact, customer needs, sales contracts, supplier risk, market monitoring and commodity negotiation.
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Electronic and telecommunications equipment wholesale deals with devices, telecom hardware, components and spare parts. The role links technical supply with buyer demand and manages high-volume product movement.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include electronic and telecom product knowledge, supplier identification, buyer contact, customer requirements, sales contracts, supplier-risk checks, market monitoring and awareness of parts compatibility.
Salary context
Salary context should reflect the technical breadth of components and systems, account responsibility, order value, supplier autonomy, international sourcing, negotiation authority and exposure to telecom-specific product cycles.
Career paths
Career paths may move toward component sourcing, telecom-equipment category trading, supplier management, key-account sales, distribution planning or wider technology supply-chain coordination.
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Check adverts for telecom equipment, electronic components, spare parts, compatibility questions, supplier sourcing, buyer contact, stock volumes, contract negotiation and international market tracking.
Editorial note
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 computer peripheral equipment and software and wholesale merchant in office machinery and equipment.
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About this information
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
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
41-4011.00
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.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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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
wholesaler in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
B2B sales consultant in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
business to business sales consultant in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
senior wholesale merchant in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
assistant wholesale merchant in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
business to business seller in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
wholesale trader in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
trainee wholesale merchant in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
wholesale merchandiser in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
wholesale buyer in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
graduate wholesale merchant in electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
Occupation group
wholesale merchant (3324.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2dcd3361-4c9b-4feb-a561-62257d6b31dd |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3324.4.11 |
| ISCO group | 3324 |
| Concept type | Occupation |