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Overview
They research potential wholesale buyers and suppliers, compare needs, assess supplier risk and agree buying or sales conditions for pharmaceutical goods in quantity.
In job descriptions, look for pharmaceutical product knowledge, supplier checks, buyer contact, sales contracts, transport planning, market research, financial records and international market monitoring.
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Search jobsWork context
Pharmaceutical wholesale work is commercial and product-sensitive. The role often moves between supplier search, buyer discussions, availability questions, transport planning and records for large orders of pharmaceutical goods.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes pharmaceutical product categories, supplier risk checks, financial terminology, market research, sales contracts and reliable buyer contact. Transport planning matters because the goods can require careful timing and documentation.
Salary context
Salary context depends on account size, supplier portfolio, contract value, product responsibility, market coverage and whether the role only sells goods or also owns buying conditions and transport coordination.
Career paths
Entry can come from wholesale sales, purchasing, pharmacy supply, logistics or business development. Growth may lead toward key-account sales, category buying, supplier management or wholesale operations coordination.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name pharmaceutical product ranges, buyer types, supplier checks, contract ownership, transport tasks and records. A clear posting separates commercial wholesale from pharmacy dispensing or warehouse picking.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for wholesale merchant 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 specialist in pharmaceutical goods.
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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
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, Technical and Scientific Products
41-4011.00
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.
46.46Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods
Alternative labels
wholesale merchandiser in pharmaceutical goods
business to business sales consultant in pharmaceutical goods
wholesale buyer in pharmaceutical goods
wholesaler in pharmaceutical goods
assistant wholesale merchant in pharmaceutical goods
trainee wholesale merchant in pharmaceutical goods
graduate wholesale merchant in pharmaceutical goods
wholesale trader in pharmaceutical goods
senior wholesale merchant in pharmaceutical goods
B2B sales consultant in pharmaceutical goods
business to business seller in pharmaceutical goods
Occupation group
wholesale merchant (3324.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/484ca14a-8e11-4ae1-ba9c-901cd86df56b |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3324.4.28 |
| ISCO group | 3324 |
| Concept type | Occupation |