Your career in distribution at Tchibo

It is important to us that our colleagues continue to develop along with us. This is the only way to comply with our sales model, to contribute diverse perspectives and for each of us to fully exploit our own potentials. The opportunities in sales are correspondingly diverse - as Kathrin Ewen's exemplary career path clearly shows.

Most talented sales people at Tchibo start either in field sales (as a District Manager or Junior Area Sales Manager) or in office sales (as a Junior Project Manager Sales Marketing, Junior Key Account Manager, or similar). After one or two years, you should be ready to move on to a new position. This offers you the opportunity to build on your comprehensive sales skills in the long term and take on increasingly greater responsibility.

Fancy a change of pace? That’s perfect! No two days are ever the same in the sales department at Tchibo. There are always new and exciting tasks and challenges that we tackle together as a team. We support each other and at the same time give everyone the opportunity to fully contribute their own skills and ideas. Independence and motivated action are just as important to us as open and constructive feedback. This helps us all move forward, piece by piece - and together we go beyond our limitations.

A precondition for starting in sales at Tchibo is a completed business or retail-oriented (university) degree with a focus on marketing or sales. Some initial practical experience in sales is also important, ideally within the FMCG sector (food retailing or consumer goods industry).

We are looking for strong and communicative personalities! A confident manner along with assertiveness and the willingness to deal with conflicts are particularly in demand in sales. Conceptual and analytical skills as well as a strategic mindset are also relevant, in order to be able to manage complex interfaces. Most important: the ability to have fun at work, a lot of initiative and the will to grow with the challenges and constantly develop.

In sales, nothing works if you lack flexibility and mobility: For your further development as a management trainee at Tchibo, a variety of assignments in the office and in the field are on the agenda. Only when you have an eye for the big picture can you really understand our complex sales process. You should definitely be willing to be deployed somewhere else within Germany for a certain period.

Of course, as a potential colleague we wish to get to know you as well as possible. In order for us to form a holistic impression, the application documents should include all the relevant details. Is all the information complete, your degrees and A-levels indicated? Have work certificates and relevant supporting documents been enclosed? Then we look forward to receiving your application.

Business studies with a focus on marketing or sales offer the best preconditions, but we are also interested if you have studied other courses. The most important thing is that you have a keen interest in sales and some initial relevant experience - for example in an entry-level retail position, as a working student or intern.

Both are possible: While we always address our customers in the shops politely with their surname we are often on first-name terms within the team. Our sales managers, on the other hand, are sometimes on first-name terms with partners and suppliers.