Apprenticeship as a Retail Sales Assistant with Additional Qualification as a Fresh Food Specialist 2027

During the apprenticeship, you will learn the diverse tasks involved in retail, focusing on fresh and service-oriented food departments. The initial two-year apprenticeship is supplemented by an additional qualification as a fresh food specialist, completed with a separate IHK examination after three years.

• Serve and advise customers in the fresh food departments
• Operate checkouts and carry out reconciliations
• Create sales-promoting product displays and support range planning, marketing and merchandising
• Store and handle fresh food properly and comply with hygiene standards
• Organize sales and tasting events and assess their success using merchandise management data

• Enjoyment of customer contact and empathy
• Friendly manner, neat appearance and good communication skills
• Creativity, sense of responsibility and commitment
• Enjoyment of working with fresh food
• Interest in commercial processes
• Team spirit and quick comprehension