WHAT DO YOU DO AS A SHOE MANUFACTURER?
Do you dream of using your own hands to make high-performance shoes for top athletes such as Lionel Messi, Jude Bellingham, Florian Wirtz or Aitana Bonmati? Or do you want to become a shoe developer or shoe designer and turn our designers' drafts, drawings and renderings into real products? Then training as a shoemaker is just the thing for you.
The apprenticeship not only teaches you a real trade, but also lays the foundation for an (inter)national career as a specialist or manager in the sporting goods industry. After successfully completing your training, you can consider employment with us in the production department for top athletes or further training to become a state-certified shoe technician, which we support financially and professionally.
After successful further training, all doors will then be open to you in product development – you can consider employment at our Scheinfeld production site, at our Group headquarters in Herzogenaurach or at other production sites in Asia
Come‘ to us and support us on this exciting journey!
WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING IN YOUR TRAINING? YOU ...
* go through all the important areas of responsibility: from cutting and stitching leather, getting to know and inserting different bottom parts, material science, as well as the final and quality control of the finished products
* learn how to make a shoe from A-Z
* learn how to assess materials & cut, sew and assemble shoe parts using well-known adidas models
* make finished shoes from your shoe parts in floor construction
* check your work regularly with experienced employees and colleagues and receive tips and tricks
* Continually learn new things about shoe production in various areas, e.g. Made2Measure, ...
* rotate through different areas and teams within adidas
WHAT SHOULD YOU BRING?
* Qualified school-leaving certificate (secondary school, intermediate school or grammar school) or career changer with an interest in further development
* Interested in shoe manufacturing
* Skilled craftsmanship and technical understanding
WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU?
* Guaranteed employment if you perform well in the company and at vocational school, very good development and promotion opportunities, above-standard pay (1st year of apprenticeship: 1294 euros; 2nd year of apprenticeship: 1396 euros; 3rd year of apprenticeship: 1424 euros)
* Other benefits such as capital-forming benefits, travel allowance, employee share program and employee discount and various sports facilities
* Various further training opportunities, including language courses, mentoring and a Learning Campus
* Participation in cool projects and workshops with other Future Talents
* A unique working environment with international teams
WHAT COMES AFTER TRAINING?
With the shoemaker apprenticeship, you lay the foundation for a national/international career – there are various development opportunities here: from shoemaker for top athletes or in production in Scheinfeld or, after successful further training as a shoe technician, also in shoe development, both in Scheinfeld, in Herzogenaurach or in other production sites in Asia.
We intensively promote further training to become a state-certified shoe technician.
HOW CAN YOU APPLY?
üBERRASCHE UNS – Show us why you want to join adidas and your motivation for this apprenticeship.
You have the choice: Whether classic with a cover letter or creative with a short video/reel (max. 90 seconds), a presentation or even a fictitious newspaper interview – show us who you are!
Please note: Creative contributions such as videos or reels must be provided digitally via a link.
Submissions by e-mail are unfortunately not possible for data protection reasons, so please submit your CV, your last two school reports and any other relevant certificates and confirmations in addition to your creative idea. If the files are too large, simply add the link to the file (e.g. Dropbox, YouTube) to your CV.
Applicants with disabilities are welcome and will be given special consideration if equally qualified.
FACTS & FIGURES
* Start date – September 1, 2026 (duration 3 years)
* Location – adidas AG, Scheinfeld
* Vocational school – Pirmasens (travel and accommodation costs will be covered by adidas for the duration of the block course)
* Application deadline – As long as the position is advertised online, we will accept applications
* Contact – Our recruiter Imran is available to answer your questions
You want to find out more about the profession? Online you will find a lot more information about this apprenticeship.