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Overview
The work involves building supplier and buyer contacts, understanding the type and quantity of animals needed, assessing supplier reliability and agreeing buying or selling conditions.
In job descriptions, look for live animal products, supplier risk, buyer needs, commodity sales, transport planning, market monitoring, financial records and business relationship management.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Work centers on living animals as traded goods, so buyer needs, supplier reliability, volumes and transport timing matter. A role may involve finding sellers and buyers, comparing available stock, negotiating terms and coordinating handover information.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes product knowledge for live animals, supplier assessment, buyer qualification, market tracking, sales contracts, transport planning and clear records. The practical skill is matching animals, quantities and timing without treating the trade as a generic commodity.
Salary context
Salary context depends on animal type, account size, sourcing responsibility, transport coordination, negotiation scope and direct commercial accountability. Roles that only support orders differ from roles that manage buyers and supplier risk.
Career paths
Development can move from trading support into buyer or supplier management, livestock account work, commodity sales or a broader wholesale trading role.
Good to know
Check whether adverts identify animal categories, volume expectations, supplier checks, buyer segments, transport coordination and record duties. Vague postings may hide whether the role is sales support, purchasing or full trading responsibility.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for live animal wholesale, 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 live animals
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is import export specialist in live animals.
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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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Click the map to search for wholesale merchant in live animals jobs. Figures come from EURES. Searches open national sources where available, so counts may differ.
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O*NET relationships
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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.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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Official sources and licenses
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
46.23Wholesale of live animals
Alternative labels
wholesale merchandiser in live animals
wholesale trader in live animals
business to business seller in live animals
wholesale buyer in live animals
business to business sales consultant in live animals
wholesaler in live animals
graduate wholesale merchant in live animals
trainee wholesale merchant in live animals
B2B sales consultant in live animals
senior wholesale merchant in live animals
assistant wholesale merchant in live animals
Occupation group
wholesale merchant (3324.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/de50b422-8700-4153-955c-131c3d277738 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3324.4.19 |
| ISCO group | 3324 |
| Concept type | Occupation |