Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products

Business and Financial Operations Occupations · Job Skills & Competencies · SOC 13-1022 · 410 skills

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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.

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ancient-commercial-strategy

baojie/shiji-kb

Use when applying ancient Chinese trading principles (白圭/计然 method). Covers counter-cyclical buying (旱则资舟水则资车), price cycle recognition, inventory rules for perishables, and the four merchant virtues (智勇仁彊).

negotiation-trade

LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills

In-person negotiation skills and barter/trade techniques. Use when someone needs to negotiate a price, hire a contractor, dispute a bill, buy or sell used goods, or wants to trade skills and labor instead of money.

category-strategy-builder

a5c-ai/babysitter

Category management strategy development using Kraljic Matrix and portfolio optimization

1688-customer-opportunity

next-1688/1688-customer-opportunity

1688 买家跟进与客群运营。可以帮你做： ① 查看AI客群列表 — 店铺有哪些高价值老客客群、各客群特征和买家数 ② 展开客群买家明细 — 选一个客群，看具体有哪些买家 ③ 开启客群运营计划 — 对选定客群自动发送旺旺营销文案 ④ 查买家成交机会 — 输入买家账号，获取画像和跟进建议 ⑤ 客户机会监控 — 智能找出近期最值得主动联系的买家

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ancient-commercial-strategy

baojie/shiji-kb

Use when applying ancient Chinese trading principles (白圭/计然 method). Covers counter-cyclical buying (旱则资舟水则资车), price cycle recognition, inventory rules for perishables, and the four merchant virtues (智勇仁彊).

negotiation-trade

LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills

In-person negotiation skills and barter/trade techniques. Use when someone needs to negotiate a price, hire a contractor, dispute a bill, buy or sell used goods, or wants to trade skills and labor instead of money.

category-strategy-builder

a5c-ai/babysitter

Category management strategy development using Kraljic Matrix and portfolio optimization

1688-customer-opportunity

next-1688/1688-customer-opportunity

1688 买家跟进与客群运营。可以帮你做： ① 查看AI客群列表 — 店铺有哪些高价值老客客群、各客群特征和买家数 ② 展开客群买家明细 — 选一个客群，看具体有哪些买家 ③ 开启客群运营计划 — 对选定客群自动发送旺旺营销文案 ④ 查买家成交机会 — 输入买家账号，获取画像和跟进建议 ⑤ 客户机会监控 — 智能找出近期最值得主动联系的买家

Set up, view, and manage automations on monday CRM boards using natural language — no block IDs or technical knowledge required. Use when someone says "set up an automation", "automate this", "when a deal is won notify me", "remind me when a date passes", "move deals automatically", "what automations do I have", "turn off automation", "create a workflow", "automate my pipeline", or "set up a rule".

claude-office-skills/skills

Automate Amazon seller operations including inventory, orders, pricing, and advertising management

physiclaw/PhysiClaw

Shop on the 京东 (JD) app. Use whenever the user wants to buy, order, or price something on 京东 / JD, including 京东七鲜 fresh groceries, or names the 京东 app.

membranedev/application-skills

Make Commerce integration. Manage data, records, and automate workflows. Use when the user wants to interact with Make Commerce data.

smvlx/awesome-ru-ai-skills

Use when managing orders, prices, or inventory on Russian e-commerce marketplaces: Ozon, Wildberries, Yandex Market. Triggers on mentions of marketplace orders, seller API, stock management, price updates, order status, shipping deadlines, mp-orders, mp-prices, mp-stocks, or any Ozon/WB/YM seller operations. Always use this skill when the user mentions marketplace management, even if they don't specify which platform.

markdown-optimization

kishorkukreja/awesome-supply-chain

When the user wants to optimize markdown strategy, price optimization for clearance, or minimize inventory markdowns. Also use when the user mentions "markdown," "clearance pricing," "price elasticity," "promotional pricing," "discount optimization," "sell-through," "inventory liquidation," or "dynamic pricing." For initial allocation, see retail-allocation. For promotional planning, see promotional-planning.

planogram-optimization

kishorkukreja/awesome-supply-chain

When the user wants to optimize store planograms, shelf space allocation, or visual merchandising layout. Also use when the user mentions "planogram," "shelf space optimization," "space productivity," "category management," "shelf allocation," "fixture planning," "facings optimization," or "merchandising layout." For inventory allocation, see retail-allocation. For assortment planning, see seasonal-planning.

seasonal-planning

kishorkukreja/awesome-supply-chain

When the user wants to optimize seasonal planning, manage seasonal buy decisions, or plan for seasonal demand. Also use when the user mentions "seasonal planning," "seasonal buy," "holiday planning," "back-to-school," "spring/fall collection," "seasonal inventory," "peak season," or "seasonal assortment." For demand forecasting, see demand-forecasting. For retail allocation, see retail-allocation.