Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
Tasks Include:
- Monitor and analyze sales records, trends, or economic conditions to anticipate consumer buying patterns, company sales, and needed inventory.
- Authorize payment of invoices or return of merchandise.
- Buy merchandise or commodities for resale to wholesale or retail consumers.
- Negotiate prices, discount terms, or transportation arrangements with suppliers.
- Examine, select, order, or purchase merchandise consistent with quality, quantity, specification requirements, or other factors, such as environmental soundness.
- Recommend mark-up rates, mark-down rates, or merchandise selling prices.
- Obtain information about customer needs or preferences by conferring with sales or purchasing personnel.
- Collaborate with vendors to obtain or develop desired products.
- Inspect merchandise or products to determine quality, value, or yield.
- Conduct sales meetings to introduce new merchandise.
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Bachelor's Degree
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Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
Description
Career Cluster: | Marketing Sales & Service |
Buy merchandise or commodities, other than farm products, for resale to consumers at the wholesale or retail level, including both durable and nondurable goods. Analyze past buying trends, sales records, price, and quality of merchandise to determine value and yield. Select, order, and authorize payment for merchandise according to contractual agreements. May conduct meetings with sales personnel and introduce new products. May negotiate contracts. Includes assistant wholesale and retail buyers of nonfarm products.
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Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 34.65%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 20.30%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 13.92%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 11.43%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 10.30%
- Some College Courses = 8.21%
- Post-Master's Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master's degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level. = 1.19%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 48.58%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 22.47%
- None = 15.45%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 12.79%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.70%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 28.19%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 21.74%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 17.11%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 12.84%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 10.48%
- Up to and including 1 month = 6.02%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 3.63%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 42.07%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 21.78%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 17.27%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 12.96%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 5.52%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.41%
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Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Monitor and analyze sales records, trends, or economic conditions to anticipate consumer buying patterns, company sales, and needed inventory.
- Authorize payment of invoices or return of merchandise.
- Buy merchandise or commodities for resale to wholesale or retail consumers.
- Negotiate prices, discount terms, or transportation arrangements with suppliers.
- Examine, select, order, or purchase merchandise consistent with quality, quantity, specification requirements, or other factors, such as environmental soundness.
- Recommend mark-up rates, mark-down rates, or merchandise selling prices.
- Obtain information about customer needs or preferences by conferring with sales or purchasing personnel.
- Collaborate with vendors to obtain or develop desired products.
- Inspect merchandise or products to determine quality, value, or yield.
- Conduct sales meetings to introduce new merchandise.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Consult with store or merchandise managers about budgets or goods to be purchased.
- Train or supervise sales or clerical staff.
- Provide clerks with information to print on price tags, such as price, mark-ups or mark-downs, manufacturer number, season code, or style number.
- Determine which products should be featured in advertising, the advertising medium to be used, or when the ads should be run.
- Monitor competitors' sales activities by following their advertisements in newspapers or other media.
- Analyze environmental aspects of competing merchandise when making buying decisions.
- Compare transportation options to determine the most energy-efficient options.
- Develop strategies to advertise green products or merchandise to consumers.
- Identify opportunities to buy green commodities, such as alternative energy, water, or carbon-neutral products for resale to consumers.
- Monitor consumer preferences or environmental trends to determine the best way to introduce new green products.
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Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Calculators or accessories (10-key calculators)
- Desktop computers
- Personal computers
- Point of sale POS terminal (Point of sale POS systems)
Technologies Include:
- Accounting software
- Accounting software
- Intuit QuickBooks software
- Calendar and scheduling software
- Scheduling software
- Contact management software
- Customer relationship management CRM software
- Claritas ConsumerPoint
- Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Development environment software
- Eclipse software
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Biztrak Business Solutions Biztrak
- Sage ERP Accpac
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Enterprise risk management software ERMS
- JDA Software Group Advanced Warehouse Replenishment by E3
- JDA Software Group Assortment Planning by Arthur
- Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
- Product development management software
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Graphics software
- Internet browser software
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Web browser software
- Inventory management software
- Inventory control systems
- Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
- Kliger-Weiss Infosystems software
- Material requirement planning MRP software
- Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Planning Multi-Site Material Planner
- Infor Supply Chain Management
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Point of sale POS software
- Millennium Software Atrex
- Plexis Software Plexis POS
- Point of sale POS software
- POSitive Software POSitive for Windows
- CAM Commerce Solutions Retail STAR Point of Sale POS
- SAP POS Data Management
- Advanced Retail Management Systems Retail Pro
- Specialized Business Solutions Keystroke POS
- Windward Software Windward System Five
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Presentation software
- Procurement software
- Oracle Advanced Procurement
- Sourcing Simulator
- Project management software
- Project management software
- Microsoft Project
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
- Word processing software
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Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
Special Requirements
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
Education and training. Educational requirements tend to vary with the size of the organization. Large stores and distributors prefer applicants who have completed a bachelor’s degree program with a business emphasis. Many manufacturing firms put an even greater emphasis on formal training, preferring applicants with a bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, business, economics, or one of the applied sciences. A master’s degree is essential for advancement to many top-level purchasing manager jobs.
Regardless of academic preparation, new employees must learn the specifics of their employer’s business. Training periods vary in length, with most lasting 1 to 5 years. In wholesale and retail establishments, most trainees begin by selling merchandise, supervising sales workers, checking invoices on material received, and keeping track of stock. As they progress, trainees are given increased buying-related responsibilities.
In manufacturing, new purchasing employees often are enrolled in company training programs and spend a considerable amount of time learning about their firm’s operations and purchasing practices. They work with experienced purchasers to learn about commodities, prices, suppliers, and markets. In addition, they may be assigned to the production planning department to learn about the material requirements system and the inventory system the company uses to keep production and replenishment functions working smoothly.
Other qualifications. Purchasing managers, buyers, and purchasing agents must know how to use word processing and spreadsheet software and the Internet. Other important qualities include the ability to analyze technical data in suppliers’ proposals; good communication, negotiation, and mathematical skills; knowledge of supply-chain management; and the ability to perform financial analyses.
People who wish to become wholesale or retail buyers should be good at planning and decisionmaking and have an interest in merchandising. Anticipating consumer preferences and ensuring that goods are in stock when they are needed requires resourcefulness, good judgment, and self-confidence. Buyers must be able to make decisions quickly and to take risks. Marketing skills and the ability to identify products that will sell also are very important. Employers often look for leadership ability, too, because buyers spend a large portion of their time supervising assistant buyers and dealing with manufacturers’ representatives and store executives.
Experienced buyers may advance by moving to a department that manages a larger volume or by becoming a merchandise manager. Others may go to work in sales for a manufacturer or wholesaler.
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Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
Additional Resources
Further information about education training employment and certification for purchasing careers is available from:
American Purchasing Society
North Island Center
Suite 203
8 East Galena Blvd.
Aurora, IL 60506
http://www.american-purchasing.com
Institute for Supply Management
P.O. Box 22160
Tempe, AZ 85285-2160
http://www.napm.org
National Institute of Governmental Purchasing Inc.
151 Spring St.
Suite 300
Herndon, VA 20170-5223
http://www.nigp.org
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Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
70.50 | Sales and Marketing | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
68.25 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
65.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
64.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
60.25 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
60.00 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
55.00 | Economics and Accounting | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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75.00 | Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
68.75 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
68.75 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
68.75 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
68.75 | Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
59.50 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
59.50 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
56.25 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
56.25 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
56.25 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
56.25 | Management of Financial Resources | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
53.00 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
53.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
50.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
50.00 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
68.75 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
68.75 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
65.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
65.50 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
62.50 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
62.50 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
56.25 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
56.25 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
56.25 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
53.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
53.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
50.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
50.00 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
50.00 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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80.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
76.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
75.50 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
73.00 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
70.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
69.25 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
68.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
66.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
66.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
65.75 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
64.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
64.25 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
62.25 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
60.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
57.50 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
57.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
56.50 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
55.25 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
55.25 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
49.50 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
49.50 | Selling or Influencing Others | Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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86.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
84.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
83.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
79.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
79.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
77.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
75.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
73.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
71.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
70.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
70.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
69.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
68.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
68.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
67.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
64.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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50.00 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
50.00 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
50.00 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
50.00 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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100.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
100.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
100.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
96.60 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
95.20 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
90.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
89.00 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
88.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
85.40 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
84.80 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
82.60 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
80.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
80.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
80.00 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
76.80 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
76.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
74.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
74.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
71.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
68.00 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
68.00 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
66.00 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
64.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
63.00 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
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Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Art Dealer
- Assistant Buyer
- Assistant Merchandise Buyer
- Associate Merchandise Buyer
- Buy Boat Operator
- Buyer
- Buyer Assistant
- Category Manager
- Commodity Manager
- Contracts Specialist
- Department Manager
- Fashion Buyer
- Fashion Merchandiser
- Fur Buyer
- Gold Buyer
- Head of Merchandise Buying
- Importer
- Importer Exporter
- Internal Wholesaler
- Jobber
- Mechandiser
- Merchandise Buyer
- Merchandise for Resale Purchasing Agent
- Merchandise Manager
- Merchandise Planner
- Merchandise Worker
- Merchandiser
- Merchant
- Old Gold Buyer
- Print Buyer
- Procurement Specialist
- Product Manager
- Purchaser
- Purchasing Agent
- Purchasing Coordinator
- Purchasing Manager
- Purchasing Specialist
- Purveyor
- Resident Buyer
- Retail Buyer
- Senior Merchandise Buyer
- Sustainability Purchasing Agent
- Tie Buyer
- Trader
- Tradesman
- Wholesale and Retail Merchant
- Wholesale Buyer
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Related Schools
- Hampton University
- Marymount University
- The Art Institute of Virginia Beach
- Virginia Union University
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