Market Trader Job Descriptions

Market traders, also known as stall-holders, sell goods from street stalls, and from indoor or covered markets. The goods could be anything from meat and fish to new or second-hand books or antiques.
As a market trader, your work would involve:
· early morning trips to a wholesale market to buy fresh produce
· visiting other suppliers or warehouses and negotiating the price of goods
· unloading the van and setting up the stall
· standing behind the stall, advising and encouraging customers to buy
· taking payment for goods and giving change
· packing up the stall at the end of the day
· stocktaking and deciding which replacement goods are needed for the stall
· Keeping records of goods bought and sold, including VAT details.

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Key Skills
· a friendly and pleasant personality, a sense of humour and the ability to relate to all kinds of people
· confidence and enthusiasm for selling goods
· the ability to negotiate and persuade
· creativity and the ability to set up an attractive stall
· business skills for competitive pricing and sale of goods
· a reasonable level of physical fitness
· the ability to understand and keep up to date with trading law and regulations
· Good maths skills for handling money and keeping accounts.