routeverkoper

English translation: route sales representative

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Dutch term or phrase:routeverkoper; route-verkoper
English translation:route sales representative
Entered by: Michael Beijer

17:43 Nov 4, 2014
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / functiewaardering / job evaluation manual
Dutch term or phrase: routeverkoper
My context: a manual/brochure re: job evaluation, with a massive lists of jobs and reference jobs (referentiefunctie). This is one of the reference jobs.

Never heard of it. Seems it's a person who drives around delivering products in a truck.

See e.g.: http://www.synerlogic.nl/vacatures/routeverkoper.html

"Lely Consumables zoekt een routeverkoper( reserve) voor de regio Zuid

Lely Consumables is een bekende naam in de agrarische sector. Lely Consumables maakt gebruik van een uniek verkoop-en bezorgsysteem. Dagelijks bezoeken wij volgens vaste routes onze klanten en voor zien hen van benodigdheden voor het melkveebedrijf. Onze hoofdvestiging is in Duiven, daarnaast hebben wij 13 magazijnen in Nederland vanwaar wij onze goederen uitleveren naar de klant. Wij zoeken voor de regio Zuid een

Routeverkoper (reserve) (regio Zuid, Brabant, Limburg)

In deze functie zorg je er voor dat onze producten tijdig bij bestaande klanten worden geleverd. Tevens ben je actief in het onderhouden van relaties met bestaande klanten. Je ziet toe op de aanwezigheid van het juiste productassortiment en adviseert/informeert hen over nieuwe producten, acties en ontwikkelingen. Onze routeverkopers vertrekken iedere dag met de vrachtwagen richting klanten en aan het einde van de dag vullen zij de voorraad weer aan."

My text is for a very big Dutch company that sells coffee. Yes, them.
Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:43
route sale representative
Explanation:
This is what I found, I think it matches your description in Dutch:

http://nestlejobs.com/massachusetts/nestle-waters-north-amer...

The Route Sales Representative's (RSR) role is to effectively service customers, deliver pre-ordered products, educate customers on various product offerings, earn the privilege to upsell products to customers, and operate in a safe and productive manner each day. Each route and delivery day is unique and entails an average of 40-70 stops per day servicing residential and commercial customers.
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Evelyne Daniline - Pleckanoff
Spain
Local time: 17:43
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Thanks Evelyne!
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route sale representative


Explanation:
This is what I found, I think it matches your description in Dutch:

http://nestlejobs.com/massachusetts/nestle-waters-north-amer...

The Route Sales Representative's (RSR) role is to effectively service customers, deliver pre-ordered products, educate customers on various product offerings, earn the privilege to upsell products to customers, and operate in a safe and productive manner each day. Each route and delivery day is unique and entails an average of 40-70 stops per day servicing residential and commercial customers.

Evelyne Daniline - Pleckanoff
Spain
Local time: 17:43
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks Evelyne!

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agree  Tina Vonhof (X): 'Sales' I think.
2 hrs
  -> yes, my mistake :)
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