What can graduates do after completing the retail trade specialist course with a federal certificate?

A retail specialist with a federal certificate is able to take on a demanding management role in the retail trade. This can be the management of a retail branch, department management in a retail company or district management in a large supermarket or department store. Retail specialists know which measures can be used to achieve company and sales targets, manage projects and employees and use their broad and networked specialist knowledge. The course provides sound theoretical and practical knowledge in the areas of sales and marketing, personnel management and management as well as procurement and logistics.

What are the prospects and benefits of further training?

With the retail specialist training course, you will be recommended for a management role and thus increase your market value on the job market. In addition to the technical knowledge, the course will also bring you many personal benefits. During the course, you will meet new people who perform the same function in other companies. This allows you to expand your personal network. Vitamin B" is often helpful when looking for a job later on, which is why relationships and networking have become an integral part of everyday working life.

With the federal certificate as a retail specialist, you can go on to study for the federal diploma as a retail manager, purchasing manager or sales manager. Or if you would like to gain an even higher qualification in a more generalist direction, you can also consider studying part-time at a higher technical college. For example in Business Administration HF or Marketing HF.

Overview of schools "Retail trade specialist (BP)"