As an industrial administrative assistant, you work in our commercial departments and help implement and optimize the varied business processes. Typical areas of responsibility include purchasing, logistics, human resources, sales, accounting and controlling. Important aspects include customer-oriented work and computer-assisted data acquisition/processing. Once you have completed the trainee program, you can further qualify yourself in an on-the-job Bachelor degree program or other educational offering.

Final qualification

• Certification as industrial administrative assistant by the German Chamber of Commerce
• Vocational school diploma

Responsibilities (examples from various departments)

• Accept orders and checking ability to supply
• Enter and update data for generating pay slips
• Track down suppliers
• Organize business meetings and take minutes
• Pay invoices and see to invoice auditing
• Draw up statistics and spreadsheets
• Create and deliver presentations
• Process and respond to e-mails
• Create and update intranet and Internet pages
• Take part in projects
• Advise and inform internal and external customers

Duration of training

2.5 - 3 years

Requirements

Secondary school certificate, advanced technical college admission qualification or university admission qualification

Training plants with job offerings

Aachen
Bebra
Dannenberg
Dortmund
Gifhorn
Hanover
Hanover Benecke-Kaliko
Hanoversch-Münden
Hoppegarten near Berlin
Ingolstadt
Karben
Korbach
Limbach-Oberfrohna
Northeim
Nuremberg
Regensburg
Schwalbach
Villingen-Schwenningen
Waltershausen

Detailed information about the training program you will find under the training locations.