Training as a warehouse logistics specialist: Trainee with trainer

Apprenticeship: Business administrator for shipping and logistics services

The apprenticeship as business administrator for shipping and logistics services opens up a very varied career for you. You look after national and international goods transport – from heavy loads to hazardous materials, from warehouse logistics to environmental protection.

Your apprenticeship at KUKA

During your apprenticeship as business administrator for shipping and logistics services, you will learn how to organize goods transports and other logistics services. You make sure that various goods arrive safely – at any corner of the world. At KUKA, you are the central hub in your function as business administrators for international goods transport.

In your apprenticeship, we get you ready for the areas of service provision, order handling and sales. After all, as a business administrator for shipping and logistics services you work independently in these areas and reach agreements with business partners. You always have to keep an eye on legal regulations and company instructions.

The apprenticeship as business administrator for shipping and logistics services at KUKA is as varied as your subsequent everyday work will be. These tasks await you during and after the apprenticeship:

Process-oriented service provision in (international) shipping and logistics
Getting to know the information and communication systems
Goods shipment and transport
Hazardous materials, safety and protection
Payment transactions and accounting
Cost and activity accounting, controlling
Contracts, liability and insurance
Data privacy and data protection
Personnel management
Environmental protection

Our training and further education offers

During your apprenticeship at KUKA as business administrator for shipping and logistics services, you have various possibilities for continuing your education. For example, you can benefit from the following offers:

Introduction days
Courses for exam preparation
Foreign language courses
Robot training

Duration of the apprenticeship and graduation

KUKA offers the apprenticeship as business administrator for shipping and logistics services in Augsburg.

Upon successful completion after 3 years, you will be a trained business administrator for shipping and logistics services of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

Your training will take place in cooperation with the vocational school IV Augsburg. For you, this means that both your practical assignments at KUKA and your classes will take place in Augsburg.

This is what you can look forward to

Varied and interesting tasks

as well as insights into Industrie 4.0
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Extensive continuous professional development opportunities

Sponsorship programs for master workers or technicians
State-of-the-art training

in the new education center (opened in September 2020)
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State-of-the-art training facilities

(New machines, tablet PCs at the workbenches, etc.)
Attractive remuneration

including Christmas bonus and vacation pay
Foreign placements of four to six weeks

For example in Belgium, China or USA
30 days paid vacation
Company canteens and café
Very good transport connections
Financial support in the 365 Euro Ticket from AVV
Events and actions

such as summer parties, karting or a visit to the subsidiaries.

Apprenticeship period and application cut-off date

Starting date: The starting date each year is 1 September.

Application

Please apply online via our careers site with complete application documents (covering letter, CV, references, etc.) about a year before the start of the apprenticeship.