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Overview
The work involves finding suppliers, understanding buyer requirements, comparing lots of hides, skins or leather products and negotiating wholesale sales or buying conditions.
In job descriptions, look for leather product knowledge, supplier risk checks, buyer contact, commodity negotiation, transport planning, financial records, market monitoring and long-term trade relationships.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Work usually centers on lots of hides, skins, finished leather or leather goods that must fit buyer specifications. The role may combine supplier search, buyer conversations, quality and quantity checks, price negotiation, delivery planning and financial records.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes leather product knowledge, supplier-risk checks, international market awareness, sales contracts and transport planning. A stronger role often requires knowing how material grade, origin, condition and volume affect buyer value.
Salary context
Salary context depends on product value, account size, supplier portfolio, negotiation authority, transport responsibility and whether the role carries margin targets. Support roles with order follow-up differ from roles that own contracts and buyer relationships.
Career paths
Development can move from sales support or purchasing coordination into leather-product account management, supplier management, commodity sales or category buying.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name material types, buyer segments, lot sizes, grading language, supplier countries, delivery terms and contract authority. Those details show whether the role is mainly transactional or owns a trading book.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for hides, skins and leather products wholesale, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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Alternative labels
business to business seller in hides
skins and leather products
assistant wholesale merchant in hides
wholesale buyer in hides
wholesaler in hides
senior wholesale merchant in hides
graduate wholesale merchant in hides
B2B sales consultant in hides
trainee wholesale merchant in hides
wholesale trader in hides
wholesale merchandiser in hides
business to business sales consultant in hides
Occupation group
wholesale merchant (3324.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/3f0093ab-651b-401a-b542-bba84ff46deb |
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| ESCO code | 3324.4.17 |
| ISCO group | 3324 |
| Concept type | Occupation |