Apprenticeship as Fresh Food Specialist (IHK)

The apprenticeship as a Fresh Food Specialist gives you two IHK qualifications at once: Retail Merchant with the additional qualification Certified Fresh Food Specialist. The apprenticeship combines creativity, customer friendliness, and commercial talent with professional and social competence. Your apprenticeship lasts 3 years. After that you hold the Retail Merchant qualification – a solid foundation for a fast career and for self-employment at EDEKA. In addition, you receive an additional qualification and become a certified Fresh Food Specialist (IHK). This title shows above all that you have comprehensive consulting and sales competence in fresh and service-oriented food areas. During the apprenticeship you go through varied fields of activity and with exclusive supplementary seminars we push you to even more success, step by step.

• You are responsible for purchasing, marketing, and merchandise presentation through to sale.
• You serve and advise customers in our high-quality fresh food sections.
• You contribute your own creations.
• You supervise merchandise management and retail business processes.

• You find customer contact relaxed and really enjoy it.
• You have a well-groomed, confident, and sympathetic appearance.
• You like working independently and calmly take on responsibility.
• You can organize well without letting it stress you.
• Being creative is fun for you and brings variety to everyday life.
• You feel comfortable in a team because working together is much easier.
• Fresh food is close to your heart, and you handle it carefully.
• Cooking is really fun for you and is more of a hobby than just work.