Apprenticeship as Retail Management Assistant 2027

You want to work with people, take responsibility, and learn something new every day? With us, you're not just an apprentice – you become part of a strong community that loves food and shapes your future. Your apprenticeship lasts 3 years. Under certain conditions, it can be shortened with good performance. Afterwards, you'll hold the Retail Management Assistant qualification – a foundation for a fast-track career and self-employment at EDEKA. During training, you'll go through diverse areas of activity, and with exclusive further education programs we'll push you to even greater success, step by step. You can specialize in fields such as "Procurement-Oriented Merchandise Management", "Consulting and Sales", "Merchandise Analysis", and "Control and Management". Additionally, you can acquire the additional qualification "Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Independence". Besides vocational school, you'll attend seminars that only EDEKA offers, providing you with important extra information. Still unsure? Then go directly to your preferred store and do a trial day or internship. We can show you everything live there. We look forward to meeting you!

You handle everything related to goods – besides sales, you also take responsibility in purchasing, ordering, and warehousing; You advise our customers as the first point of contact and are the first showcase of our philosophy: We love food; You operate checkouts, handle cash reconciliation, and advise customers on our services; You design sales-promoting product presentations and contribute to assortment design, marketing, and merchandise build-up; You control merchandise management processes and assist in personnel deployment planning

Enjoyment of contact with people and openness; Sense of responsibility and commitment; Interest in business processes; Friendly demeanor, well-groomed appearance, and good communication skills; Team spirit and quick comprehension

Big family with a big heart – We are one of Germany's largest training companies and will support and promote you with our expertise in all training matters – you won't be left alone; (Crisis-)secure and meaningful job – You supply the local population and make an important contribution to society, even in difficult times; Short commutes – Your training place is right around the corner; Variety – During training you'll get to know the diverse areas and tasks of our markets, gaining expert knowledge of retail and food; EDEKA Food Academy – You attend exclusive seminars giving you practical knowledge and thorough exam preparation; Digital Training – With EDEKA next you can learn location-independently and time-flexibly. Also, with the EDEKA Apprentice Guide you can keep your training record digitally and have many other training aids always at hand in an app; Let your creativity speak – In various competitions you can express your creative side and ideas and win attractive prizes; KickOff – At the start of training we hold our Apprentice Starter Day in September for all new apprentices with exciting talks and a varied show program; Graduation celebration – After successfully completing your training you can celebrate at our graduation gala… and of course celebrate yourself too ;); Career prospects – With our numerous support and further education programs you have every opportunity to climb the career ladder step by step – all the way to self-employment under the EDEKA umbrella