Thus, the federal capital has four BILLA training centers, and there are a total of nine throughout Austria. At these training centers, all BILLA and BILLA PLUS employees in the region - from apprentices to managers - are offered a comprehensive range of training and further education opportunities, training and knowledge transfer at the highest level.
Eric Scharnitz, BILLA Sales Director: "With 671 stores and more than 20,000 employees, we at BILLA in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland bear a great responsibility - towards our customers, but above all towards our teams. To ensure that our employees feel at home in the BILLA family right from the start and are able to do their work in the best possible way, sound training is essential. That is why we are consciously making large investments in training and further education and have created a further contact point for this in the form of the new training center in Vienna. Whether they are newcomers, apprentices or managers - they all receive a wide range of development opportunities under one roof."
"I am very pleased that with the new BILLA training center, another great educational institution has found its home in Brigittenau. With the good location and transport connections, the participants will not only have a new modern place for their training, but will also be able to reach it quickly. Initiatives like this really help the district and our residents. I am delighted that BILLA has opened its 4th training center in Vienna in our district. Not only BILLA will show off, but also we as a district. I wish all future apprentices and participants an exciting and successful training and congratulate the BILLA team on this new center," says Christine Dubravac-Widholm, District Head of Vienna-Brigittenau.
Practical learning in the modern training center on around 1,000 m2
The new training center offers around 1,000 m2 of space for 120 people who can attend various training courses in the total of seven top-equipped rooms. There is a multifunctional room for meat, fish, fruit and vegetables, confectionery and market kitchen, a cashier's room, a counter room, a meeting room with video conferencing equipment, two large seminar rooms and an office. The respective areas in which training takes place are replicas of those found 1:1 in the markets. This enables practical training and the replay of situations from everyday working life in a protected environment and under professional supervision. Employees also learn about the products and how to use technical equipment. All rooms are equipped with the latest technology, enabling trainers to use a wide range of presentation and training options.
The head of the training center is Sabrina Dervisoska, and responsibility lies with the BILLA HR team headed by Elke Peller-Kühne.
Elke Peller-Kühne, Head of Human Resources Management at BILLA AG: "I am pleased that we can now support our employees and managers in the BILLA and BILLA PLUS stores even more intensively with the new training center in Vienna's 20th district, both in their professional and personal development. As a modern food expert, we are constantly developing our training program, because expert employees are the flagship of every store. For our training centers, we at BILLA use the most modern and innovative options; a good mix of classroom training and online training is particularly important to us. As an employer, the BILLA family is particularly characterized by a diverse range of training and development opportunities and the numerous career options."
