Apprenticeship as a Sales Assistant

A customer-focused retail apprenticeship with an emphasis on sales, advice and service. Together with your team, you will ensure smooth operations from goods receiving and price labelling to promotional product displays. Different working-time models allow for flexible personal scheduling.

Selling, purchasing and marketing goods; operating tills, handling cash reconciliation and analysing data; assisting with merchandise management and accounting; advising and serving customers; learning about the full range of retail and merchandise processes.

Enjoyment of customer contact; empathy; patience and flexibility; sense of responsibility; pleasant manner and well-groomed appearance; good communication skills; willingness to work as part of a team.

Different working-time models allow for flexible personal scheduling. The two-year apprenticeship includes vocational school, seminars and thorough exam preparation. After passing the exam, the contract can be extended to an apprenticeship as a retail salesperson, subject to good performance.