After your apprenticeship, your task will be to plan, implement, evaluate and optimise the operational processes in the various departments independently and on your own responsibility. That’s why you will learn live in practice from the first day of your apprenticeship with us.

The best way to answer this question is to look at a customer order: When a customer needs a label, this enquiry first ends up in our sales department, which consists of internal and external sales staff. From there, if necessary, it goes to design, where we ensure that the label looks particularly good and fulfils all requirements. If it is a woven label, it goes from there to our production department, i.e. to the actual loom. The labels are then cut and folded during further processing, the finished product arrives at our logistics centre and is sent to the customer. Finally, the accounting department writes the invoice and the process is complete. There are also other departments that help to ensure that everything is in the right place at the right time, such as Purchasing, Marketing, IT and HR.

Our team currently consists of 47 colleagues, plus up to 6 office dogs (whether they work is debatable…)

At the moment we have one trainee per year, so there are always 2 – 3 people in training and therefore supporting each other. Occasionally, retrainees and interns complete the team.

At any time if we have aroused your curiosity and you think you would like to join our team. Training starts on 1 August of each year. Our aim is to allocate the possible training places in the spring so that both you and we know what the next steps are.

Please send an e-mail to bewerbung@bornemann-etiketten.de, a short covering letter, your CV and copies of any certificates as PDF attachments. If there are other topics that are important to you, e.g. information about an internship, voluntary work, hobby, etc., you are also welcome to send us the relevant documents.

Once we have received your application, we will read it carefully and get back to you shortly. First impressions count – this applies to both sides. If your application arouses our curiosity and we would like to get to know you, we will meet you for a personal interview. This will give you the opportunity to ask your questions, get to know our team and take a tour of the company. We will discuss the next steps together and you will receive your apprenticeship contract to sign shortly if it is a good match between us.

Of course. If you are under 18, your parents will definitely be present at the interview. If you are over 18, you decide for yourself whether this is important to you. Parents are often good counsellors, so we look forward to meeting your parents too.

The training contract corresponds to the IHK template and includes a probationary period of 4 months.

Our trainer is Heidi Volkmann, who is also a member of the management team and is responsible for HR, training and administration. She will be happy to answer your questions and, together with the training officers from all departments, will accompany you on your way to a successful final examination.

The apprenticeship usually lasts 3 years, but with the appropriate qualifications it may be possible for you to take the examination at the IHK Wuppertal after just 2.5 years.

For industrial clerks, the weekly vocational school takes place at the Berufskolleg Elberfeld. You are welcome to take a look at their website to get a better impression. The school offers theoretical lessons in the subjects of business processes, commercial management and control (KSK), IT, German, English, economics and politics.

We have a 40-hour week and work 8 hours a day from Mon – Fri. The starting time for trainees depends on the respective department or the timetable of the vocational school. Due to flexitime, we start at around 7.30 am.

It could hardly be better, as the bus stop is right in front of our entrance. As we are located in an industrial area with many different companies, buses on route 646 run here regularly. There are plenty of parking spaces for cyclists, motorcyclists and car drivers.

Here you can find all Bornemann benefits, from the company bike to the company pension scheme.

We don’t have a canteen with a ready-made lunch like the canteen, but…
There are 5 meeting points with kitchens and seating areas where colleagues can meet during their break to eat the food they have brought with them or to enjoy a pizza they have ordered, for example.

Our aim is to offer you an interesting job that suits you after you have successfully completed your training so that we can work together as a good team in the long term. As you never stop learning in life, we offer every employee career opportunities within the company or individual further training, even after their apprenticeship. If you are interested, this can also take the form of evening studies, for example, which we support financially.