Trainee programme
Sales
You already know that a management career in sales is exactly the right path for you and want to take responsibility for a team and the processes in a wholesale store? Then our trainee programme in sales, which we offer in one of our METRO stores, is just right for you. Here we prepare you in an 18-month programme for a management position as a store manager.
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Trainee programme
Corporate Headquarters
Would you like to work strategically and focus on purchasing, supply chain management, finance/controlling or HR? Then apply for a trainee programme at our head office in Düsseldorf! Here we will prepare you for a target position in your area of focus within 18 months.
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Get to know the business in a METRO store: organisation, cooperation with employees, customers.
Assumption of initial management responsibility (management of a department).
Getting to know the central sales department and other interfaces at the company headquarters.
Stay abroad in one of our over 20 METRO countries.
Intensive training to become an operations manager.
WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING WITH YOU
- (Technical) university degree in a business-related field of study (Bachelor or Master)
- Practical experience in retail, gastronomy or the consumer goods industry
- Enthusiasm for our customers, products and interest in taking on a management position
- Result- and solution-oriented work
- Initiative and team spirit
- Strong communication and leadership skills
- High flexibility and mobility
Do you recognise yourself? Then the trainee programme in sales is exactly your thing!
Familiarisation with your main department, including getting to know interfaces and colleagues.
Sales phase: 2-week assignment in one of our METRO stores as well as "taster days" in our customer management and one of our delivery depots.
"Looking beyond your own nose": getting to know other departments at the company headquarters.
Taking on your own projects in the department.
Foreign phase in one of the other more than 20 METRO countries in a focal department.
Independent project work and familiarisation with your target position.
WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING WITH YOU
- (Technical) university degree in a business-related field of study (Bachelor or Master)
- Practical experience in retail, gastronomy or the consumer goods industry
- Enthusiasm for our customers, products and interest in taking on a management position
- Result- and solution-oriented work
- Initiative and team spirit
- Strong communication and leadership skills
- High flexibility and mobility
Do you recognise yourself? Then the trainee programme in sales is exactly your thing!
THESE ARE YOUR ADVANTAGES!
If you decide on a trainee programme at METRO, we offer you many additional benefits in addition to a varied and exciting training programme in a future-proof industry.
You can rely on that!
Attractive remuneration of 45.000€
Stay abroad (1 month) in one of our more than 20 METRO countries
Mentoring
Former trainees as buddies
Networking sessions with current trainees
Professional and personal development
Exciting trainings even beyond graduation
30 days of vacation
Attractive discounts with diverse cooperation partners
Very good transport connections and free parking spaces
Public transport subsidies at the company headquarters
Employee discounts in our stores
subsidy for the company pension scheme
