METRO career: Evolve, grow, lead
From trainee to manager – a career at METRO offers a wide range of opportunities with good promotion prospects. What does a career in food wholesale look like and what occupational activities are there?
From trainee to manager – a career at METRO offers a wide range of opportunities with good promotion prospects. What does a career in food wholesale look like and what occupational activities are there?
A career at METRO offers a wide range of career opportunities, including at the customer’s premises, at the supplier’s avocado plantation or at the local wholesale store. The fields of employment range from sales, purchasing, logistics and supply to finance, marketing and IT. Depending on their interests and skills, employees can pursue a variety of careers in the different areas.
If you want to pursue a career at METRO, you have various options. In addition to traditional vocational training, the food wholesaler offers dual study courses, trainee programmes and the 3-in-3 high secondary level programme. The latter enables secondary level graduates to complete three degrees in just three years. But the career opportunities are also open to experienced professionals and career changers. They are offered a wide range of opportunities at the company headquarters as well as in the wholesale stores, in customer management, in field service and back office divisions or in the delivery depots.
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Udo Höfer studied engineering, served in the military and eventually joined the food industry in 1992. He has been working for METRO for 31 years and has been Managing Director in Krefeld since 2010. In this interview , he tells MPULSE what kind of person he is and what makes his work special.
Andrea Ceballos Mascarell procures fruit and vegetables for one of METRO’s international trading offices. Her daily tasks include supplier visits, team meetings and price negotiations. We are visiting the industrial design graduate to find out what she really likes about her current job and what the International Trading Office in Valencia actually does.
As a young boy, Oliver Weller used to look over his godfather’s shoulder as he chopped vegetables and seared meat in the restaurant kitchen. Motivated by this experience, he embarked on the path of becoming a chef and realised that this was the right industry for him. After 15 years, however, he switched from the kitchen to sales at R Express. He tells MPULSE why.
Gündüz Bayer, Managing Director Region Asia at METRO PROPERTIES, works across national borders. He has been leading international teams for 25 years. In an interview with MPULSE, he explains what it takes and how his unusual management style has evolved.
Sven Dörkes is a customer manager in the Rhineland, making him the contact person for roughly 600 customers. As part of the sales force, he ensures that professional customers feel they’re in good hands right from the start. More about the power team at METRO.
Every year, the Top Employers Institute honours companies that place their employees at the centre of their entrepreneurial activities and offer them an outstanding working and development environment. METRO is once again one of the companies honoured this year: In addition to METRO AG including the companies METRO Campus Services, METRO ADVERTISING, METRO PROPERTIES and METRO Insurance Broker, the national companies France, Poland, Italy, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Pakistan were also certified.
👉 Press release: METRO continues to be top employer in Germany and seven other countries