Welche Voraussetzungen gelten für die Höhere Fachprüfung zum Detailhandelsmanager / zur Detailhandelsmanagerin (ehemals Detailhandelsökonom / Detailhandelsökonomin) mit eidg. Diplom?

Anyone wishing to train as a retail economist (new designation since 2012: retail manager) can do so on a course that prepares them for the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE). The following criteria must be met by the time you take the exam at the latest:

• Federal certificate in a sector-specific field or diploma from an Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE), College of Higher Education or University of Applied Sciences
• At least three years of professional experience in a management position in the retail trade

or

• Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training in retail trade or a commercial high school diploma, Baccalaureate or comparable qualification
• At least six years of professional experience, including three years in a management position in the retail trade

and

• can present all the required module qualifications:
  • Basic module 1: Normative and strategic leadership
  • Basic module 2: Retail value chain
  • Basic module 3: Supporting customer processes
  • Basic module 4: Organizational design and development
  • Basic module 5: Management systems and management processes
  • Basic module 6: Financial management
  • Basic module 7: Information and communication management
  • Basic module 8: Support processes in the retail trade