Apprenticeship Fresh Food Specialist

This new apprenticeship earns you two IHK qualifications. It combines creativity, sociability and business talent with professional and social skills. Besides goods receiving and sales processes, you learn the key business processes in retail, including range design and planning marketing campaigns. The apprenticeship lasts three years. After passing the exam you are a retail merchant with the additional qualification of certified fresh food specialist (IHK). Besides vocational school, you attend exclusive EDEKA seminars, including product and sales knowledge and exam preparation.

• Responsible for purchasing, marketing and product presentation through to sales
• Serve and advise customers in the high-quality fresh food areas
• Contribute your own creations
• Supervise merchandise management and business processes in retail
• Learn all activities in retail with a focus on fresh and service-oriented food areas
• Learn about complying with and monitoring hygiene regulations

• Enjoy customer contact
• Good communication skills and a pleasant manner
• Quick grasp of things
• Independence and sense of responsibility
• Organisational talent
• Interest in business contexts
• Creativity
• Willingness to work in a team
• Enjoy working with fresh food