Apprenticeship as Sales Assistant with Additional Qualification Fresh Food Specialist 2027

You will learn the diverse tasks of retail with a focus on fresh and service-oriented food sections. You serve and advise customers in high-quality fresh food areas, operate checkouts, handle accounting, and advise on services. You create sales-promoting product presentations and contribute to assortment design, marketing, and merchandise planning. You ensure proper storage and handling of fresh foods and compliance with hygiene standards. You design sales and tasting campaigns and evaluate their success using merchandise management data. The apprenticeship initially lasts two years with an additional qualification as a Fresh Food Specialist (IHK), completed after three years with a separate IHK exam (either by adding a third year to become a Retail Management Assistant or as an already qualified sales assistant).

Learning diverse retail tasks with focus on fresh and service sections; Serving and advising customers in fresh food areas; Operating checkouts, handling accounting, advising on services; Creating sales-promoting product displays, contributing to assortment design, marketing, and merchandise planning; Ensuring proper storage and handling of fresh foods, maintaining hygiene standards; Designing sales and tasting campaigns, evaluating success via merchandise management data.

Enjoyment of customer contact and empathy; friendly demeanor, well-groomed appearance, good communication skills; creativity, sense of responsibility, commitment; pleasure in handling fresh foods; interest in business processes; team spirit and quick comprehension.

Large family with a big heart – one of Germany's largest training companies with expertise and support; Crisis-proof, meaningful job contributing to society; Short commutes; Variety through diverse areas and tasks; EDEKA Food Academy with exclusive seminars and thorough exam preparation; Digital training via EDEKA next (location-independent, time-flexible) and EDEKA Azubi Guide app; Creativity competitions with attractive prizes; Kick-off at training start (AzubiStarter Day in September); Graduation celebration after passing exams; Career prospects through numerous development and further training programs up to self-employment under the EDEKA umbrella.