Around 80 apprentices start a career in the courier, express and parcel (CEP for short) sector at GLS each year. All with the same aim: to learn, work and forge a career in a market with a dynamic future.
We provide apprenticeships throughout Germany – at our head office in Neuenstein, East Hesse, and regionally at our locations. Our motto: we train for our company. If you perform well and are highly motivated, you have good prospects of a permanent job with great opportunities for development.
You look forward to learning and working in a practice-oriented way. You see yourself as a team player – but you also want to take the initiative and take on responsibility yourself. You are keen to give your all and convince customers together with your colleagues. Have you already completed internships or gained experience abroad? Even better!
In among the action from the start: at GLS, exciting tasks await you from the outset – as do friendly teams to give you a warm welcome. We also provide variety: during your logistics apprenticeship you will familiarise yourself with all the relevant departments. And afterwards? Perhaps you would like to add on career training as an entry point or start dual studies at GLS?
We support you during your logistics apprenticeship with extras such as:
The extras may vary depending on the location.
The all-rounders: businesspeople for office management ensure things run smoothly. Whether it is in accounting, procurement, communication and marketing, route supervision or customer service.
The planners: CEP businesspeople put together journey routes, organise transportation and inform customers about services. They are also responsible for human resources planning.
The experts in operations; CEP specialists process transport orders, generate offers and maintain customer contact. Trained CEP specialists can add an additional year of training to become CEP businesspeople.
The specialists for goods: businesspeople for dispatch and logistics services organise, manage and monitor the entire logistics chain. From order acceptance to parcel sorting, warehousing and delivery.
The warehouse expert: With their talent for diligence and orderliness, warehouse logistics specialists pave the way for smooth processes in the warehouse, ranging from storing parcels to customer contact
The IT specialist: As internal service providers, specialists in computer systems integration are responsible for setting up, processing and administrating systems. Their extensive knowledge makes them the first point of contact when you encounter hardware and software problems.
The IT all-rounder: IT management assistants can realise the entire IT process single-handedly, from planning to implementation. They offer an optimal mix of commercial activities and IT-related advisory.
The tinkerer: IT specialists for application development develop new and refine existing programme solutions. They are well familiar with IT and programming idioms and are involved in the planning, development and testing of software.