Apprenticeship as
Industrial Management Assistant

Materials still need to be purchased for production, job interviews are on the agenda in the Human Resources department, and a company partner is waiting for a cost estimate? Not a problem for you, because after your training as an industrial management assistant, you’re an all-rounder for all areas of a modern industrial company.

In your apprenticeship, you’ll learn how to compare offers, negotiate with suppliers, and supervise the receipt of goods. In Sales and Distribution, your tasks include the processing of orders and the timely dispatch of goods. You’ll also monitor production processes and plan marketing strategies. In Accounting, you’ll handle the bookkeeping and monitor payment transactions. In Human Resource Management, you’ll learn how to play a part in staff placement and how to plan personnel deployment.

Apprenticeship period:
3 years

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Training content:

Whether in sales, marketing, human resources or materials management: As an industrial management assistant, you ensure that your company can operate successfully. You’ll spend your three-year apprenticeship here in the company and at vocational school. Among other things, your training will include:

Requesting quotations or ordering goods such as raw materials or office supplies
Calculating prices, generating offers, and processing customer orders
Negotiating with customers, providing customers with proper advice and support
Selling your company’s products and services
Using modern office communication technology, and handling Word and Excel correctly

Your prerequisites:

If others admire you for your organizational skills, you’re really handy with Word and Excel, and you score points in English classes, then this is the right job for you! Are you also a strong communicator, and good at negotiating? Perfect!

Skills and talents that will also help you in your apprenticeship as an industrial management assistant:

Good grades in math and German, for example, will make calculations or offers easier for you.
You’re interested in current economic processes.
You’re outgoing and like working with people.
You’re careful and precise.
You have a very good final transcript from your high school or technical school.

Special for industrial management assistants:

A highly qualified apprenticeship (our trainees have regularly been among the best of their year)
Organization of individual grants, if needed
The chance of a permanent position after successfully completing your apprenticeship

And there's more

Your training as an industrial management assistant is just the beginning! Further training will help to broaden your skills. Here are some options:

Parallel to the apprenticeship:

Professional of Business Management (AEA) or Professional of Business (CCI)

For (technical) high school graduates with good to very good grades, we offer further training as a Professional of Business Management (AEA) or Professional of Business (CCI) parallel to your apprenticeship as an industrial management assistant. The

industrial management assistant apprenticeship can be shortened to two years. Further training will begin after the first year of apprenticeship, and lasts three years for the Professional of Business Management and two years for the Professional of Business. Lessons are held once or twice a week.

See our job description for dual apprenticeship:

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After the apprenticeship:

Bachelor Professional of Management for Industry

One possibility to further develop yourself after your apprenticeship is the advanced training to become a Bachelor Professional of Management for Industry. As a professional of management for industry, you can take on specialist and management tasks in various areas, e.g. in purchasing, production, marketing, or sales.

Master Professional of Business Management for Industry

The further training to become a Master Professional of Business Management for Industry also qualifies you to take on specialist and management tasks in industrial companies. The training lasts 1.5 years on a part-time basis. It requires a completed apprenticeship and two years of professional experience.

Degree course

Your training as an industrial management assistant is also a good foundation for a degree program on subjects like industrial business management, business administration, or economics.

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