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Overview
The work connects specialised goods distribution with shipment tracking, carrier payment methods, customs compliance, risk analysis, staff coordination and control of transport costs for pharmaceutical product flows.
In job descriptions, look for pharmaceutical products, distribution planning, freight payments, shipment tracking, customs compliance, financial risk, supply chain reports and responsibility for staff or carriers.
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Search jobsWork context
Pharmaceutical goods distribution managers coordinate medicine-related product flows from storage and transport planning to sales points. The work requires reliable shipment tracking, cost control and careful handling of product and compliance details.
Skills and specializations
Important skills include distribution planning, freight payment methods, shipment tracking, customs compliance, risk analysis, staff management, financial reports and keeping transport costs under control without losing delivery reliability.
Salary context
Salary context is tied to distribution volume, regulatory sensitivity, international trade exposure, budget control, number of staff, shipment risk and whether the manager owns decisions or supports a wider logistics function.
Career paths
Common routes include logistics coordination, freight administration, warehouse control, supply chain planning or specialised goods distribution. Growth can move toward supply chain management, transport management, customs coordination or pharmaceutical logistics leadership.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name pharmaceutical products, points of sale, customs work, shipment tracking, freight payments and team responsibility. Those details show whether the role is strategic distribution management or routine transport administration.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for pharmaceutical goods distribution manager work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is import export manager in pharmaceutical goods.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
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The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
11-3071.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Mapping project version 1: O*NET-SOC 2019 → ESCO 1.1.0. Targets are validated against ESCO 1.2.1.
Source: European Commission, joint ESCO Secretariat and USDOL/ETA project. O*NET Database: USDOL/ETA. This presentation uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
46.46Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods
Alternative labels
pharmaceutical goods supply chain planner
pharmaceutical goods logistics manager
assistant pharmaceutical goods distribution manager
pharmaceutical goods logistics planner
senior pharmaceutical goods distribution manager
pharmaceutical goods supply chain manager
pharmaceutical goods distribution planner
graduate pharmaceutical goods distribution manager
trainee pharmaceutical goods distribution manager
Occupation group
specialised goods distribution manager (1324.3.1.6)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/24af7ff6-bd84-43a6-8cba-e60776f956f5 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 1324.3.1.6.25 |
| ISCO group | 1324 |
| Concept type | Occupation |