Vacancies

The ZDS as an employer

We sweeten your professional future!

Welcome to the Confectionery Academy, the Central College of the German Confectionery Industry (ZDS)! As a world-renowned training and further education academy, we have been offering our more than 250 member companies, well-known confectionery and food manufacturers in Germany and abroad, individual training programs since our foundation in 1951.

From school-based training and internships to seminars and congresses, our spectrum of confectionery production know-how is wide-ranging. We also advise companies around the world on process optimization and support product development with test series.

What does that mean for you? You will work in an education and innovation center with a campus atmosphere and international flair: in charming Solingen-Gräfrath.

We have a lot to offer

  • High degree of independence and a wide range of design options
  • Small, motivated, open-minded team
  • Training by specialist staff
  • Varied work
  • Modern working environment
  • Classrooms with SMART Board technology
  • Possibility of an assessment procedure for lateral entrants
  • Catering in the in-house canteen
  • Company pension scheme

Would you like to become part of our team?
We currently have the following vacancies:

To strengthen our team, we are looking for a project manager (f/m) for our seminars with immediate effect:

Your tasks:

  • Planning and coordination of seminars in close cooperation with specialist teachers and speakers
  • Advice and support for seminar participants and interested parties by e-mail and telephone
  • Conception, coordination and independent implementation of seminars as well as familiarization with new subject areas
  • Participant management, including registration management and creation of participation confirmations
  • Organization and support for web seminars and face-to-face events
  • Collaboration with the marketing team to promote the seminars and create documents

Your profile:

  • Completed commercial training or a comparable qualification (e.g. event management)
  • Very good communication skills and organizational talent
  • Good written and spoken German and English skills
  • Confident handling of MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
  • Interest and affinity for digital tools and IT applications
  • Structured and independent work
  • Initial experience in customer service or training would be an advantage
  • Other foreign languages such as Spanish or Turkish are a plus

We offer you:

  • A varied job in the heart of the confectionery industry with exciting topics relating to chocolate,
    confectionery, gum & jelly products, baked goods, ice cream and more
  • An international working environment with interesting events, congresses and trade fairs
  • A motivated team and a pleasant working atmosphere
  • Food allowance for our in-house canteen and free drinks (coffee, hot chocolate, tea, etc.)
  • 30 days vacation
  • An appropriate induction period

If you would like to work in an exciting industry, have a high level of social skills and enjoy organizing and conducting seminars, we look forward to getting to know you!

m.lung@zds-solingen.de

or by post to:

Zentralfachschule der Deutschen Süßwarenwirtschaft e.V.
Attn: Ms. Lung
De-Leuw-Str. 1 – 9
42653 Solingen

We are looking for a freelance lecturer (m/f/d) on a fee basis for the training course for certified industrial foremen in confectionery and food.

Your tasks:

  • Preparation for the IHK exam
  • Teaching according to the existing curriculum
  • Lesson times from Monday to Friday between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm
  • The courses are taught in blocks, one course consists of 4 blocks of 3 or 4 weeks each, spread over approx. 15 months
  • Total scope: 55 lessons (45 minutes each with 3.5 lesson blocks per day)

Prerequisite:

  • Completed university degree or equivalent educational qualification
  • Practical professional experience in the subject area to be taught
  • First experience (e.g. as a trainer, teacher or instructor) in conducting lessons
  • Interest in digital and modern education

If you have a high level of expertise in one of the subject areas we are looking for, we look forward to receiving your application.

Learning content to be covered:

  1. Functions and tasks of occupational health and safety, health protection and environmental protection
  2. Planning and implementation of instructions
  3. Properties of hazardous substances and hazardous substance register
  4. Measures to improve occupational safety
  5. Measures to reduce and prevent accidents and damage to health and the environment

Application:

If you are interested, we look forward to receiving your detailed application with CV, school and work references and your telephone number to the following contact:

u.medicke@zds-solingen.de

or by post to:

Zentralfachschule der Deutschen Süßwarenwirtschaft e.V.
For the attention of Ms. Medicke
De-Leuw-Str. 1 – 9
42653 Solingen