Career

“When work is a pleasure, life is a joy”, noted the Russian author Maxim Gorki back in the 19th century. We have internalised this knowledge because our success depends on the satisfaction of our employees. Solidarity and togetherness are key prerequisites for employee satisfaction. Our informal, non-hierarchical culture is an important aspect of the very good work atmosphere in our company.

Besides summer festivals and Christmas parties, we organise various other teambuilding activities. For example, the company invites employees to a regulars’ table at regular intervals and organises tasting panels where employees can participate in parts of the product development process. Our social intranet in which all employees can actively post their own ideas and share information ensures communication across all our locations. Moreover, our company suggestion programme encourages ideas and input from our corporate community.

You can also enjoy our soft drinks free of charge during work hours. And you can select a basket of goods from our product range once a month and receive an employee discount on your purchase. 

If you are not yet convinced, read about the many other highlights and become a part of our corporate group. 

Berentzen Group is certified as a “family-friendly employer”. We are especially proud of this certification because the compatibility of work and family is not just an employee retention and acquisition instrument for us, but something that is dear to our hearts.

Besides flexible worktime solutions and individualised part-time models, we offer many other benefits to our employees and their families, ranging from “young people’s” benefits such as a children’s Christmas party to “grown-up” benefits such as internships, reserved spots at the Girls’ Day and Boys’ Day for the children of our employees, and job application training. We also have something exciting to offer to the parents of our apprentices: Once the apprentices have completed the first half of their first year, we invite the parents to a Meet & Greet Day where they can see the place where their children work. And if our apprentices are already parents themselves, they can also complete their apprenticeship on a part-time basis. Our Social Services Department is always ready to counsel employees on all other issues and our Human Resources Department also provides assistance on a wide range of topics from day-care to nursing care.

Our health management programme is reflective of the social responsibility we exercise in relation to our employees. We offer our company fitness programme “qualitrain” to employees at all locations, as well as the chance to lease a bicycle, throughout the year. In addition, we organise up to four health campaigns a year on the subjects of exercise, relaxation, and healthy eating. Our latest offers include an analysis of the spine, an ergonomic advice and a balance check, in which the personal stress level is measured. And we always support our company soccer team and Nordic Walking Group.

When you begin your career with us, you will receive extensive initial training in the basis of an individualised training plan. We will hold regular feedback meetings with you on the subject of your personal development. We will support you with both in-house and job-integrated training programmes. We offer different dual study programs to combine apprenticeship and studies. And we promote young talents with our “Education.Plus” programme. You can learn more about this in the Apprenticeships and internships section. Career advancement is also possible: Advancing from employee to manager is no rarity at the Berentzen Group.

The German locations of the Berentzen Group are located in somewhat rural regions, each of which has its own special appeal. The main headquarters of the Berentzen Group is located in the Emsland district town of Haselünne. Thanks to its prospering economy, Emsland has the lowest unemployment rate in all of Lower Saxony. With attractive housing options and numerous leisure time activities, it offers a high quality of life for families in particular. The production facility for the spirits of the Berentzen Group and our subsidiary Pabst & Richarz Vertriebs GmbH are located in the town of Minden in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This town offers a wide array of cultural and culinary activities, sports opportunities and the historical town centre, which invites you to stroll and linger. Our subsidiary Vivaris Getränke GmbH & Co. KG maintains a production facility in Grüneberg in the Löwenberger Land district of Brandenburg. Löwenberger Land features an impressive landscape with many forests and lakes. And if you long for city life, Berlin is less than an hour’s drive away. Finally, our Austrian subsidiary Citrocasa GmbH, which has belonged to the Berentzen Group since 2014, has its headquarters in Linz. This, the third-largest city in Austria with more than 200,000 inhabitants offers everything you can expect from a major city, including a wide range of cultural activities, outstanding shopping possibilities, modern infrastructure, and spacious parks.

Location: Minden

What you can expect:
In this exciting apprenticeship, you will learn how to produce a wide variety of spirits such as brandy, liqueurs and rum. As part of your everyday work, you will follow recipe specifications, store finished goods with ongoing quality assurance, and monitor and inspect technical equipment.

What you need to succeed:

• Intermediate secondary school certificate or senior technical college entrance qualification
• Good grades in math, physics and chemistry
• Precise observation skills, good understanding of technical subjects and manual skill
• Diligence, self-reliance and sense of responsibility

Your monthly salary:
1st year: € 635.85 | 2nd year: € 789.33 | 3rd year: € 975.70

Length of apprenticeship: 3 years

Location: Haselünne

This is what you can expect:
After being trained as a business administration all-rounder, you may be assigned to any one of many different departments such as Marketing, Human Resources, Controlling or Sales. If you are interested in business, find the company’s processes to be very interesting, and would like to contribute your own ideas, this is the exact right path for you. 

What you need to succeed: 

• General university entrance qualification or senior technical college entrance qualification 
• Good grades in German, math, English and politics / economics 
• Good skills in MS Office
• Flexibility, commitment, creativity, teamwork ability and communication skills 

Your monthly salary:
1st year: € 813.00 | 2nd year: € 874.00 | 3rd year: € 954.00 

Length of apprenticeship: 3 years (6 semesters)

Location: Haselünne

This is what you can expect:
There are more and more topics and projects in today’s work world that require both business administration and engineering know-how. This is why engineering managers are in demand. The study programme involves the close integration of theory and practice. You will be able to directly apply the knowledge you learn in your practical work.

What you need to succeed:

• General university entrance qualification or senior technical college entrance qualification with an emphasis on technical subjects 
• Good grades in German, math, physics and English 
• Interest in business and science
• Analytical mindset and good understanding of technical subjects 
• Good skills in MS Office

Your monthly salary:
1st year: € 813.00 | 2nd year: € 874.00 | 3rd year: € 954.00

Length of apprenticeship: 3 years (6 semesters)

Location: Haselünne

What you can expect:
As an application development specialist, you will develop, plan and analyse software systems. You will also provide user-oriented advice and training.

What you need to succeed:
Intermediate secondary school certificate or senior technical college entrance qualification
Good grades in math, information technology and English
Logical-analytical mindset
Diligence, flexibility and commitment

Your monthly salary:
1st year: € 813.00 | 2nd year: € 874.00 | 3rd year: € 954.00

Length of apprenticeship: 3 years

Location: Haselünne

What you can expect:
In this apprenticeship, you will learn to develop information and communication solutions. You will work with both software and hardware and provide user-oriented advice and training on a regular basis.

What you need to succeed:

• Intermediate secondary school certificate or senior technical college entrance qualification
• Good grades in math, information technology and English
• Good understanding of technical subjects
• Diligence, flexibility and commitment

Your monthly salary:
1st year: € 813.00 | 2nd year: € 874.00 | 3rd year: € 954.00

Length of apprenticeship: 3 years

Location: Haselünne

What you can expect:
Your job will consist of receiving, inspecting and properly storing goods. You will also be responsible for assembling, loading and shipping deliveries.

What you need to succeed:

• General secondary school certificate
• Good grades in math and German
• Interest in organisational activities
• Diligence, flexibility and commitment

Your monthly salary:
1st year: € 813.00 | 2nd year: € 874.00 | 3rd year: € 954.00

Length of apprenticeship: 3 years

Locations: Haselünne, Minden, Grüneberg

This is what you can expect:
In this apprenticeship, you will learn to manufacture food products according to specified recipes and process flows. If you are passionate about food and food production, this is the right occupation for your future.

What you need to succeed:

• Intermediate secondary school certificate
• Good grades in biology and chemistry
• Hygiene awareness and enjoyment of process monitoring
• Communication skills, flexibility, teamwork ability and commitment

Your monthly salary:
Haselünne: 1st year: € 813.00 | 2nd year: € 874.00 | 3rd year: € 954.00
Minden: 1st year: € 635.85 | 2nd year: € 789.33 | 3rd year: € 975.70
Grüneberg: 1st year: € 757.00 | 2nd year: € 824.00 | 3rd year: € 952.00

Length of apprenticeship: 3 years

Locations: Haselünne, Minden, Grüneberg

What you can expect:
As an industrial management assistant, you will acquire broad basic knowledge and may be as-signed anywhere that business administration know-how is needed. The specific tasks vary from one department to another. The apprenticeship will give you a solid introduction to business administration and prepare you to work in business administration departments such as Financial Accounting, Sales, Marketing, Human Resources and Exports.

What you need to succeed:

• General university entrance qualification or senior technical college entrance qualification with an emphasis on technical subjects
• Good grades in German, math, English and politics / economics 
• Good skills in MS Office
• Flexibility, commitment, creativity, teamwork ability and communication skills 

Your monthly salary:
Haselünne: 1st year: € 813.00 | 2nd year: € 874.00 | 3rd year: € 954.00 
Grüneberg: 1st year: € 757.00 | 2nd year: € 824.00 | 3rd year: € 952.00 

Length of apprenticeship: 3 years

Location: Minden

What you can expect:
In this apprenticeship, you will perform office management tasks and work in departments such as Order Processing, Purchasing, Human Resources and Financial Accounting.

What you need to succeed:

• Intermediate secondary school certificate or technical college entrance qualification
• Good grades in German, English, math, politics / economics
• Good skills in MS Office programs
• Communication skills, flexibility, teamwork ability and commitment

Your monthly salary:
1st year: € 635.85 | 2nd year: € 789.33 | 3rd year: € 975.70

Length of apprenticeship: 3 years

Location: Haselünne

What you can expect:
Do you have organisational talent? In this apprenticeship, you will organise and successfully manage events. Your work will also involve business administration tasks such as costing, for ex-ample. You will work at the historic Berentzen Hof in Haselünne.

What you need to succeed:
General university entrance qualification or technical college entrance qualification
Good grades in German and English
Organisational talent, good writing and speaking abilities
Flexibility, communication skills, commitment, customer and service orientation

Your monthly salary:
1st year: € 813.00 | 2nd year: € 874.00 | 3rd year: € 954.00

Length of apprenticeship: 3 years

Locations: Haselünne, Minden, Grüneberg

What you can expect:
In this apprenticeship, you will learn how to operate, repair and retool production machines and equipment. At our company, machine operators are responsible for the smooth operation of bottling systems for non-alcoholic beverages or spirits, for example.

What you need to succeed:

• Good general secondary school certificate
• Manual skill and good understanding of technical subjects
• Communication skills, flexibility, teamwork ability and commitment

Your monthly salary:
Haselünne: 1st year: € 813.00 | 2nd year: € 874.00
Minden: 1st year: € 635.85 | 2nd year: € 789.33
Grüneberg: 1st year: € 757.00 | 2nd year: € 824.00

Length of apprenticeship: 2 years

Location: Haselünne

What you can expect:
Are you interested in technology and skilled at working with your hands? As a mechatronic technician (male/female/non-binary gender), you can combine these qualities by building both mechanical and electronic components. You will also be responsible for the installation and maintenance of complex systems.

What you need to succeed:

• Intermediate secondary school certificate or senior technical college entrance qualification with an emphasis on technical subjects 
• Good grades in math and physics
• Good understanding of technical subjects 
• Communication skills, flexibility, teamwork ability and commitment 

Your monthly salary:
1st year: € 813.00 | 2nd year: € 874.00 | 3rd year: € 954.00 | 4th year: € 1,014.00 

Length of apprenticeship: 3.5 years

There is no official application deadline. That being said, the sooner, the better.

You can apply for an apprenticeship or internship right here in our jobs portal. If you don’t find something here that is right for you, you can also proactively submit an application for another position. Naturally, you can also send us a traditional application dossier by regular mail.

We attach great importance to the motivation and personality of our apprentices. Nevertheless, certain grades are naturally important to us, depending on the apprenticeship occupation.

If we take an interest in your application, we will invite you to a personal interview that will take around 30 minutes. Depending on the apprenticeship occupation, we might also ask you to take an aptitude test beforehand.

Once you are invited for a personal interview, you have already surmounted the first hurdle. The next step is good preparation. The best way to start is to learn about the Berentzen Group on our website. Why would you like to work for us, exactly? And why would you like to undergo this particular apprenticeship?

But the most important thing in the personal interview is you. We would like to learn about you and your strengths and give you a chance to learn about us.

The personal interview also gives you the perfect opportunity to ask any questions you might still have. 

Your apprenticeship begins with a week-long introduction in Haselünne where you will meet the other new apprentices at our different locations. Besides hearing presentations about the company and our products, you will tour Berentzen Hof and our locations in Minden and Stadt-hagen. You can also expect other great highlights. The week concludes with a lovely evening barbecue attended by all current and former apprentices. 

We have dedicated advisors in every department so that you will always have someone to advise you.

We offer our apprentices the option of completing an internship in a foreign country, for which we provide both organizational and financial support.

Work at other locations depends on your apprenticeship occupation. For example, business ad-ministration apprentices at Minden and Grüneberg will be assigned to work in Haselünne for two weeks to become familiarized with the Human Resources, Accounting and Controlling Departments.

 
If you are interested in working at different locations, just ask your apprenticeship advisor about it. 

As a general rule, our apprentices work 38 or 40 hours a week, usually fixed hours but sometimes also in shifts, depending on the apprenticeship occupation.

Our apprentices get 30 days of vacation per year, in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement. Our apprentices in Grüneberg get 27 days of vacation per year.

Our shared goal is to hire our apprentices after they complete their apprenticeship, provided that a suitable position is available. You can also continue to train or attend a university after the apprenticeship. For example, we regularly offer our Training. Plus programme after the apprenticeship, in which you will be trained to become a business administrator (male/female/non-binary gender). This program also includes an instructor qualification certificate and an internship in a foreign country.

The following conditions apply:

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• Please do not share any personal information such as date of birth, address or similar with us on WhatsApp.
• Your mobile phone number and name will not be stored, but only used for the WhatsApp chat and not disclosed to third parties.
• We do not accept applications and also do not provide information about the application status on WhatsApp. For this information, you can send us an email at ausbildung@berentzen.de.