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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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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
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business to business sales consultant in computer peripheral equipment and software
senior wholesale merchant in computer peripheral equipment and software
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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 |
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| ESCO code | 3324.4.8 |
| ISCO group | 3324 |
| Concept type | Occupation |