Wholesale Diamond Broker

You're brokering diamond transactions at the wholesale level — between cutters, dealers, and retail jewelers — typically working from memo (consigned stones) rather than owned inventory. Each transaction starts with a stone: you receive it on consignment from a supplier, present it to a buyer, and take a commission on the sale if it moves. The work is built on knowing which stones are priced right, which buyers want what, and who in the trade can be trusted to send back what they don't sell.

The workflow is relationship-dense and judgment-intensive. Diamond quality assessment — cut, clarity, color, carat, and the subtleties that don't appear on a grading report — is the technical foundation. But the actual work is knowing the market: which dealers are paying, what price per carat is reasonable for a given combination of specs, and how quickly a stone of this quality moves. Memo stone management requires discipline — tracking where your inventory is, following up, and retrieving stones that have been sitting without moving.

The hardest part of this role is the trust and risk structure of working in memo. When a stone goes out on consignment and doesn't come back, you're liable. A single stone in this category can represent months of earnings; a counterparty who mishandles or loses a stone is a catastrophic outcome. Working only with known, established contacts and building conservative habits around documentation and follow-up isn't optional — it's the actual risk management model.