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Overview
They research wholesale buyers and suppliers, match product needs, assess supplier risk, negotiate buying and sales conditions and close large-volume goods transactions.
In job descriptions, look for hardware or plumbing ranges, supplier search, buyer contact, customer needs, sales contracts, transport planning, market monitoring and commodity negotiation.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The work centers on bulk hardware, plumbing and heating equipment trade: finding wholesale buyers, checking supplier options, clarifying product needs and moving a deal from first contact to agreed terms. Transport planning and basic financial records matter because orders usually involve many units, delivery timing and commercial risk.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth comes from product comprehension in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, supplier-risk assessment, market research and confident negotiation of buying and sales conditions. Specialization may lean toward new supplier sourcing, buyer portfolio management, transport coordination or pricing work for recurring product ranges.
Salary context
For hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, pay comparisons should consider technical range breadth, seasonal demand, supplier reliability work and authority over contract terms. Roles handling fittings, heating parts and delivery-sensitive orders can differ from simple price-quote support.
Career paths
A path can start with buyer or supplier contact and grow toward account ownership, purchasing responsibility, market analysis, sales strategy or team coordination. Strong product knowledge in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment can also support moves into category management or supplier development.
Good to know
A useful vacancy should name the hardware or VVS ranges, the kind of wholesale buyers, supplier markets and whether the role owns negotiation or mainly prepares offers. Look for delivery planning, returns risk and product substitution language.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or pay 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 hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is import export specialist in hardware, plumbing and heating equipment.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
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.
46.84Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
Alternative labels
wholesaler in hardware
plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
trainee wholesale merchant in hardware
graduate wholesale merchant in hardware
wholesale buyer in hardware
assistant wholesale merchant in hardware
B2B sales consultant in hardware
senior wholesale merchant in hardware
wholesale merchandiser in hardware
wholesale trader in hardware
business to business sales consultant in hardware
business to business seller in hardware
Occupation group
wholesale merchant (3324.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a5a4e4d6-e705-4b38-96b5-225f8ab01f2c |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3324.4.16 |
| ISCO group | 3324 |
| Concept type | Occupation |