Apprenticeship Retail Business Manager - 2027

With your qualification as a Handelsfachwirt (retail business manager), you belong to the management talent of tomorrow – or you can become a self-employed EDEKA retailer and be your own boss. What makes this apprenticeship special: double qualification! After 3 years you hold two qualifications – retail merchant and Handelsfachwirt (m/f/d).

• Daily business: You get to know all relevant areas – from purchasing and sales to marketing and professional customer service.
• Business administration: You determine and analyse key figures and use them to develop sound decisions for the company's success.
• Merchandise management: You gain insight into procurement, warehousing and the entire flow of goods in the store.
• Business processes: You work intensively on business administration, work organisation, accounting, branch accounting and sales.
• Management & staff: You study modern leadership approaches and learn how to motivate, deploy and develop employees.

• School qualification: To be admitted, you need the Abitur or the Fachhochschulreife
• Foodie: You have a passion for food
• Business studies: You are interested in business processes
• Numbers pro: You have a good understanding of mathematics
• Organisational talent: You can organise yourself independently
• Motivation: You are motivated and happy to show commitment