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Overview
The work involves finding wholesale buyers and suppliers, matching produce demand with available lots and concluding large-quantity trades.
In job descriptions, look for fruit and vegetable categories, grower or supplier contact, quality grades, seasonal buying, stock rotation, transport planning, buyer accounts, sales contracts and financial records.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The work centers on fresh-produce lots where quality and timing change quickly. A role may involve comparing suppliers or growers, matching buyer demand with seasonal availability, arranging transport and keeping records for fruit and vegetable trades.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes fruit and vegetable product knowledge, supplier risk assessment, buyer contact, market prices, financial records and sales contracts. Specialization can focus on specific produce categories, seasonal buying, food-service accounts or retailer supply.
Salary context
Salary context depends on account size, perishability, buying authority, transport responsibility, supplier portfolio and negotiation scope. Roles that manage large seasonal volumes or direct margins usually differ from routine order coordination.
Career paths
Development can move from sales support or purchasing coordination into produce account management, category buying, grower relations, commodity sales or team leadership in food wholesale.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name produce categories, growers, quality grades, ripeness checks, seasonal purchasing, stock rotation, delivery windows, contract authority and financial records. Those details show how much trading judgment the role uses.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for wholesale fruit and vegetable trade, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay 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 fruit and vegetables
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is import export specialist in fruit and vegetables.
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About this information
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
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
41-4012.00
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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Official sources and licenses
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
46.31Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Alternative labels
B2B sales consultant in fruit and vegetables
wholesale trader in fruit and vegetables
wholesale buyer in fruit and vegetables
business to business sales consultant in fruit and vegetables
business to business seller in fruit and vegetables
assistant wholesale merchant in fruit and vegetables
trainee wholesale merchant in fruit and vegetables
senior wholesale merchant in fruit and vegetables
wholesale merchandiser in fruit and vegetables
wholesaler in fruit and vegetables
graduate wholesale merchant in fruit and vegetables
Occupation group
wholesale merchant (3324.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fd882949-aad7-42ff-825e-00d49a5ec469 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3324.4.14 |
| ISCO group | 3324 |
| Concept type | Occupation |