School Leaver Programme in Retail Management, specialising in Food - 2027

This programme prepares school leavers for a leadership role in food retail. The three-year apprenticeship can be shortened to 18 months. The full-time training contract starts on 1 August 2027 and is scheduled to end on 31 January 2029.

• Conduct customer advice and sales conversations
• Use digital store systems and purchase, store and check goods
• Organise the whole store, including staff planning and team management
• Carry out projects, such as customer loyalty and quality assurance projects
• Analyse sales statistics and check profitability, including stock checks

• You are interested in food and how a supermarket works behind the scenes.
• You enjoy learning new things.
• You are reliable and work well in a team.
• You enjoy interacting with people.
• You have good grades in your Abitur or university of applied sciences entrance qualification.