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Foreign trade manager with a federal diploma: Take on challenging tasks

Do you have experience in export, import and foreign trade and would you like to become a senior executive in this sector? Training as a foreign trade manager is the highest level of training with a federal diploma. In this position, you will work in international companies, looking after major customers and being responsible for processing orders.

Thanks to comprehensive further training, you are qualified to analyze what is happening on the market and determine appropriate measures for your company. You will therefore act as a project manager, define and delegate the necessary internal work processes and monitor their correct execution.

As Head of Foreign Trade, you are familiar with marketing, whether national or international. You are also able to analyze business figures and derive and implement measures for further business activities.

Pursue challenging activities on the international market as a foreign trade manager. The Swiss education portal is the right place for you to compare educational offers from first-class schools. Here you will find the right education partner for you.


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Bei dem Lehrgang zum Aussenhandelsleiter handelt es sich um einen Vorbereitungskurs, der Sie auf die eidgenössische Höhere Fachprüfung (HFP) vorbereitet. Bestehen Sie diese Prüfung, so erhalten Sie ein eidgenössisches Diplom, welches früher unter der Bezeichnung „Meisterprüfung“ lief.

Prior to the final examination to obtain the title of "Certified Foreign Trade Manager", you must complete a diploma thesis in which you will be examined orally. You will also sit two written examinations with an "integrated case study" and in "Management". This tests your knowledge and understanding as well as your ability to apply, analyze and synthesize problems and proposed solutions. Finally, you will also complete a "technical discussion" with at least two experts.

Die Prüfungsordnung über die Höhere Fachprüfung (HFP) für Aussenhandelsleiter/innen sieht nicht vor, dass der Besuch einer Schule zur Erlangung des prüfungsrelevanten Stoffes zwingend erforderlich ist. Sie können sich demnach auch direkt für die Prüfung anmelden und Ihr Glück versuchen. Bedenken sollten Sie jedoch, dass eine solche Prüfung und der damit zu erwerbende Titel hohe Anforderungen an die Kandidaten stellt, die ohne intensive Vorbereitung nur schwer zu erfüllen sind. Der Besuch eines entsprechenden Vorbereitungslehrgangs wird daher dringend empfohlen, auch, wenn Sie vielleicht bereits etliche Jahre Praxiserfahrung im Aussenhandel besitzen. Neben fachlichen Themen wie Auftragsabwicklung, Ablage, Zoll, Informatik, Umsatzsteuer, Logistikleistungen, Exportkontrollen und Sanktionen, Rechtsfragen im Aussenhandel, Internationale Rahmenbedingungen, Devisenverkehr und Zahlungssicherung, gesetzliche Rahmenbedingungen und viele weitere, sind jedoch auch Fragen zur Führung und Organisation in  der Prüfung zu beantworten, was einen Kursbesuch äusserst sinnvoll macht.

For admission to the Advanced Federal Diploma in Foreign Trade, it is essential that you have professional experience in foreign trade, but not necessarily professional training in this field. You do not necessarily need a certificate as a foreign trade specialist to be admitted to the "Dipl. Aussenhandelsleiter/in" examination; a federal certificate of proficiency, a commercial secondary school diploma or a high school diploma, as well as all higher qualifications (university, HF, HF, HFP in the commercial field) can also be sufficient for admission with appropriate professional experience.

In the Advanced Federal Diploma in Foreign Trade Management examination, candidates solve a cross-thematic case study in the "integrated case study" section.

In the "Management" part of the examination, various professional business administration topics are tested, for example

  • Guidance
  • Organization
  • Marketing, finance and accounting.

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SSIB - Swiss School for International Business
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The SSIB is a leading provider of training and further education in foreign trade. Our sponsors - the cantonal chambers of industry and commerce - pool the knowledge and experience of the chambers of commerce and the SSIB. We offer you a wide range of services and training courses in the export sector. This is a great added value for all our customers, as the know-how is strengthened and there are regional and national contact points for training/consulting.
Strengths: New: Online and hybrid courses / Locations in German-speaking Switzerland / Central location / Personal advice / Workshops / Seminars / Speakers with international experience / Specialist congresses
Region: Aargau, Basel, Bern, Ostschweiz, Tessin, Zentralschweiz, Zürich
Sites: Zürich-Flughafen, Bern, Basel, St. Gallen, Aarau, Luzern
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HFA University of Applied Sciences for Foreign Trade AG
Further training by practitioners for practitioners! As a leading competence center, the HFA School of Foreign Trade develops continuing education courses in export, import and cross-trade and offers them in Bern, Aarau, Lucerne, Zurich, Rorschach and Altstätten. In addition, the HFA supports and advises companies on export and import issues and brings together specialists and foreign trade companies through community events, excursions and study trips.
The primary goal of the HFA is to offer professionals in foreign trade high-quality, needs-oriented and practical continuing education opportunities at the appropriate level. HFA students benefit from the various advantages and synergies of the different teaching locations. In most cases, for example, it is possible to catch up on missed lessons at any of the locations.
Region: Aargau, Bern, Ostschweiz, Zentralschweiz, Zürich
Sites: Aarau, Altstätten, Bern, Luzern, Rorschach, Zürich

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