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Where a wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Wholesale merchants in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials investigate potential wholesale buyers and suppliers and match their needs. They conclude trades involving large quantities of goods.

Also known as wholesaler in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials, assistant wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials, trainee wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials, B2B sales consultant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials, business to business seller in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials, senior wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials, wholesale buyer in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials, business to business sales consultant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials, wholesale trader in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials, graduate wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials, wholesale merchandiser in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials.

Technicians and associate professionals 19 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: wholesale merchant in household goods, 86%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
The 5 nearest destinations from wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • textile products, textile semi-finished products and raw materials engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • initiate contact with sellers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • initiate contact with buyers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • negotiate sale of commodities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • identify new business opportunities management skills
  • assess supplier risks information skills
  • identify suppliers management skills
  • monitor international market performance information skills
  • comprehend financial business terminology information skills
  • sales strategies business, administration and law
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Wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a wholesale merchant in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.