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Overview
The work involves locating wholesale buyers and suppliers, matching seafood demand with available stock and concluding trades for large quantities of fish, crustaceans or molluscs.
In job descriptions, look for seafood categories, supplier risk, cold-chain coordination, buyer accounts, product grades, market prices, transport planning, sales contracts and financial records.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
The work centers on seafood lots that must move quickly from supplier to buyer. A role may involve comparing available catches or farmed supply, checking buyer specifications, arranging chilled transport and keeping trade records for fish, crustaceans and molluscs.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes seafood product knowledge, supplier risk assessment, buyer contact, market prices, financial records and sales contracts. Specialization can focus on fresh fish, shellfish, molluscs, food-service accounts or retailer supply.
Salary context
Salary context depends on account size, product perishability, buying authority, transport responsibility, supplier portfolio and negotiation scope. Roles that carry direct margin and contract responsibility usually differ from roles focused on order support.
Career paths
Development can move from sales support or purchasing coordination into seafood account management, category buying, supplier management, commodity sales or team leadership in food wholesale.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name species groups, freshness requirements, cold-chain steps, buyer segments, order volumes, market-price monitoring, contract authority and financial record duties. Those details show the practical scope of the seafood trade role.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for wholesale fish, crustacean and mollusc trade, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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Alternative labels
B2B sales consultant in fish
crustaceans and molluscs
wholesale merchant in fish
crustaceans and mollusks
senior wholesale merchant in fish
assistant wholesale merchant in fish
business to business sales consultant in fish
wholesale merchandiser in fish
wholesale trader in fish
trainee wholesale merchant in fish
graduate wholesale merchant in fish
wholesale buyer in fish
business to business seller in fish
wholesaler in fish
Occupation group
wholesale merchant (3324.4)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2ee57107-08c6-4963-bdde-f2ee514e06d5 |
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| ESCO code | 3324.4.12 |
| ISCO group | 3324 |
| Concept type | Occupation |