Apprentice as Retail Salesperson

Three-year apprenticeship as a retail salesperson at Transgourmet (Selgros) in Leipzig. You learn how to inspire customers, help shape product ranges and get to know business processes. The apprenticeship starts on 01.08.2027.

• Range maintenance: You make sure the product offering stays up to date (refilling goods, placing them correctly, checking stock, prices and labels).
• Goods receipt: You accept deliveries, check quantity and quality, book the goods into the system and store them correctly.
• Customer services: You advise customers, answer questions, help with complaints and exchanges and find suitable solutions.
• Inventory planning: You plan and order goods as needed so enough is available and no overstock builds up.
• Analysis of business key figures: You evaluate e.g. sales, turnover and stock levels and derive improvements and ordering decisions from them.
• Warehouse and logistics processes: You organize the flow of goods and warehouse structure (picking, packing, inventory) and pay attention to order and safety.

• Lower or intermediate secondary school certificate (Haupt- or Realschulabschluss)
• Interest in retail and products: desire to work with goods, ranges and trends.
• Customer focus and communication skills: friendly, helpful, able to explain well and listen.
• Reliability and sense of responsibility: keeps agreements, works carefully (e.g. at the checkout, goods receipt, orders).
• Organizational talent: can prioritize tasks (stocking goods, reordering, serving customers).
• Number sense: for price and quantity calculations as well as simple key figures.
• IT affinity: no fear of merchandise management systems, scanners, digital processes.
• (Physical) resilience and flexibility: stays calm even in stressful times; willingness to work changing hours and Saturdays
• Initiative and willingness to learn: pitches in, asks questions, accepts feedback and keeps developing.