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Apprenticeship in Stores

School's over and now?

You finally did it: School time is officially over and you are facing a whole new world of opportunities. How about a career in retail?

As part of the NEXT GEN BEHIND BEAUTY we at Douglas offer a variety of training possibilities in the world of beauty in our stores across Germany. Trends, brands, scents and looks – with us you can live your passion for the good things in life and make the lives of our customers a little bit more beautiful. You will find everything you need to know about our apprenticeship opportunities in retail right here.

Areas

  • The next gen behind beauty store

    Perfumery Sales Person (m/f/x)

    You love to provide advice while selling well more than just a beauty product? Then you might just be the perfect perfumery sales person for our stores. We meticulously train you in the fields of scent, decorative cosmetics and skin care and offer you a broad range of sales trainings. Customer-oriented thinking and acting has always been our focus because happy customers will usually come back.

    The Facts
    Time for you:The completion of your apprenticeship will take 2 years and takes place at our stores and in professional school

    Sales Talent:Your focus lies on consulting and sales

    You live, you learn:We meticulously train you in the fields of scent, decorative cosmetics and skin care

    Always by your side:We offer you helpful and diverse sales trainings

    The road to success: You will learn customer-oriented thinking and acting

    The necessary evil: We will show you how to handle complaints and queries
    What you bring to the table
    Done! You’ve got your Haupt- or Realschulabschluss in the bag

    Your passion:Our customers and real good counselling are near to your heart

    Open and positive:You like to approach people with your charming and friendly charisma

    One for all:As a team player you’re always at the center of action

    True dedication:You love the beauty industry and our products

  • The next gen behind beauty store

    Retail Salesperson (m/f/x)

    Love to make a career? How about becoming a retail salesperson at Douglas and taking over true managerial responsibility later. In plain language: without you, nothing works in store. To be properly prepared for anything, we offer you a peek behind the scenes during your apprenticeship, for example in finance or other exciting divisions.

    The Facts
    Time for you:The completion of your apprenticeship takes 3 years and will take place at our stores and in professional school

    Short-Cut:You’ve got Fachhochschulreife or Abitur? This might lead to a possible reduction to a total training-duration of 1,5 or 2 years

    Sales talent:Your focus lies on consulting and sales

    You live, you learn:We meticulously train you in the fields of scent, decorative cosmetics and skin care

    Always by your side:We offer you helpful and diverse sales trainings

    The road to success:You will learn customer-oriented thinking and acting

    The necessary evil:We will show you how to handle complaints and queries

    Great tasks:We include you in internal processes to give you more responsibility piece by piece

    According to Plan:Organizational and economical tasks are also part of your apprenticeship program

    What you bring to the table
    Done!You’ve got your Haupt- or Realschulabschluss in the bag

    Your passion:Our customers and real good counselling are near to your heart

    Open and positive:You like to approach people with your charming and friendly charisma

    One for all:As a team player you’re always at the center of action

    True dedication:You love the beauty industry and our products and you’re interested in sales topics and correlations

  • The next gen behind beauty store

    Commercial Specialist in Distribution and Retail (m/f/x)

    You are capable of doing more and you want more? Maybe an apprenticeship as a commercial specialist is right down your alley. A commercial specialist is like a master of his own trade. At Douglas we call them our future store and area managers. In essence, you will get a small round of studies for business administration for free and would theoretically be able to start and run your own retail business. Until then, this type of further education will offer a solid base for working in Human Resources and/or our buying divisions to which you may move up to upon completion of the program and having worked in retail for a bit. Now that doesn’t sound too bad, does it?

    The Facts
    Time for you:The completion of your apprenticeship takes 3 years and will take place at our stores and in professional school

    Sales talent:Your focus lies on consulting and sales

    You live, you learn:We meticulously train you in the fields of scent, decorative cosmetics and skin care

    Always by your side:We offer you helpful and diverse sales trainings

    The road to success:You will learn customer-oriented thinking and acting

    The necessary evil:We will show you how to handle complaints and queries

    Helping hand:We prepare you to support the store management in administrative tasks already during your apprenticeship

    Step by step: You will be a trained retail salesperson after 2 years – a year later, you will receive the officially recognized degree as commercial specialist for distribution in retail
    What you bring to the table
    Done!You’ve got your Haupt- or Realschulabschluss in the bag

    Made for more:You want to take over responsibility in retail

    Your passion:Our customers and real good counselling are near to your heart

    Open and positive:You like to approach people with your charming and friendly charisma

    One for all:As a team player you’re always in the center of the action True dedication: You love the beauty industry and our products

Benefits

  • Forever Sale

    As a staff member, you will benefit from attractive discounts in our store.

  • Keep On Keeping On

    You live, you learn – for example with great internal trainings and further development opportunities.

  • Stay Mobile

    Amongst others, we encourage more sustainable everyday life with a job ticket and a Bahn Card. Nobody needs traffic jams.

  • First Things First

    During the Welcome Days you will be thoroughly onboarded.

  • Money Money Money

    Of course, you will be paid according to pay scale. Your pay will be raised with every year of your apprenticeship.

  • There’s No "I" In Team

    We not only encourage team work, we reward it. The better you work as a team, the higher the reward.

Application Process

How we do it

You want to become an apprentice right here at Douglas? Cool. We will take you through the application process, step by step.

  • First Step: Pre-Selection

    You handed in your application with all relevant and required documents? Great! We will check if you really didn’t forget anything because it’s important to us right from the start, to receive a complete application from you. Why you would like to be trained at Douglas as well as your school grades are of particular interest to us. A self-made video from you about yourself is a perfect way for us to get to know more about you as a person. But don’t overthink it and take all the time you need. After all, there’s no second chance to make a first impression. We from the NEXT GEN are all digital – so why not apply with a reel?
  • Challenge Accepted: The Douglas Challenge

    The first obstacle is out of the way? Then it’s time for you to take part in the Douglas Challenge. But don’t worry, because we’re not asking for rocket science and you don’t even have to take a road trip – you can easily take the online test from the comfort of your home. The questions are centered around the everyday tasks in retail. Plus you will learn interesting facts about Douglas as a company and our store organisation.
  • Short Trip: The Short-Term Internship

    The last obstacle will throw you into the deep waters. To make sure whether you have what it takes to become part of the NEXT GEN BEHIND BEAUTY, we would like to see you in action. During a 3-day internship you not only get an exact impression of everyday life at a Douglas store, but we get to know a lot about you, your personality and your behaviour in a team. After the internship we won’t let you wait for long and inform you as soon as possible, whether you successfully mastered the application process and you will finally be part of the NEXT GEN at Douglas.
The next gen behind beauty group of 5 people

How we are

The task to describe THE NEXT GEN BEHIND BEAUTY with words is not easy at all. We use the term diversity not as empty words – we are living it every day and with every pore. You will find the best evidence on Instagram where we like to present ourselves just the way we really are: honest, real and perfectly styled. Check us out and follow us on Instagram. We are looking forward to a creative exchange with you.
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Apprenticeship visual marketing // Apprenticeship E-Commerce // Apprenticeship IT Systems Integration