Trainee Category Management / Purchasing

In METRO's trainee program in Category Management for ultra-fresh products (fruit & vegetables, fish & meat), you learn how attractive product ranges are developed based on customer and market needs and how partnerships with suppliers are shaped sustainably. You take on responsibility early and develop step by step into a category management professional.

• Learn the central processes, tasks and tools of category management, with a focus on ultra-fresh areas (meat, fish, fruit & vegetables)
• Help shape the product range for strategic customer groups and plan and manage sales promotions with the sales force
• Take responsibility in linking category management and supply chain and help implement new data-based systems
• Support merchandising, pricing, supplier selection and supplier negotiations
• After onboarding, manage and look after smaller product ranges within a category
• Contact person for wholesale stores, suppliers and internal departments
• Create statistics, analyses and decision papers and derive concrete recommendations
• Actively contribute to category management projects and take on increasing responsibility

• Successfully completed degree in business administration or a comparable field, ideally with a focus on retail, purchasing or procurement
• Enthusiasm for retail and fresh food; first practical experience in consumer goods or food is an advantage
• Analytical, results-oriented and well-organized way of working
• Confident use of common MS Office applications and very good English skills
• Initiative, willingness to learn and motivation
• Open, team-oriented, and a friendly, confident and professional manner