Academy
Eurocash skills

Eurocash Academy of Skills is the largest educational and training center for independent trade in Poland. Since 2010, the Academy has been supporting the competitiveness of local shops cooperating with the Eurocash Group by offering them comprehensive training, the organization of webinars and interviews with experts, as well as a regular dose of fresh, industry knowledge.

About Eurocash Skills Academy

The aim of the Eurocash Skills Academy is to increase the competitiveness and profitability of local shops based on four pillars:

Educational platform

A modern, interactive e-learning platform, offering dozens of courses, also in Ukrainian. The courses cover all areas of the store — from financial management, personnel or fresh departments, to customer service and merchandising. The platform provides access to specialized and expert knowledge in the field of modern store management anywhere and at any time in the form of articles, e-trainings in the form of video and webinars, i.e. meetings with experts on-line.

Stationary workshops

Workshops are conducted in training rooms or directly in commercial establishments throughout Poland by trainer-practitioners with many years of experience in trade. During the trainings, the participants — shop owners and employees — improve their practical skills, and the wide range of thematic workshops allows them to improve hard skills in the management of the store and its departments, as well as to develop soft personal competences.

Educational Conferences

The aim of this pillar is to broaden the knowledge and inspire cutting-edge trading solutions for independent entrepreneurs. Organized in September, the Congress of Entrepreneurs of Polish Trade brings together thousands of local store owners and their employees among the participants every year. It is an opportunity to exchange experiences, meet recognized experts, learn about the latest trends in trade and gain knowledge useful in the daily operation of the store.

Postgraduate studies

Since 2017, the Eurocash Academy of Skills in cooperation with the Warsaw School of Economics has been conducting the first postgraduate studies in Poland for grocery store owners: “Business Management in Retail”. This is a unique nationwide study, educating in the field of entrepreneurship and management of a commercial establishment.

Academy recognized by certificate

Akademia Zabnosti Eurocash Sp. z o.o. is ISO 9001:2015 certified in the field of training and development and consulting services through an educational platform, conferences, workshops, webinars, courses, as well as educational services in secondary schools and as part of cooperation with the organizers of postgraduate studies. Since 2018, the Academy has also expanded its scope of activities with a training program for vocational school students under the auspices of the Education Development Center.

Eurocash Academy of Skills under the Honorary Patronage of the Education Development Center leads a project for the promotion of the professions of salesman and warehouse-logistician in trade schools and merchant technician and logistics technician in technical schools.

Since 2019, by decision of the Minister of Technology and Entrepreneurship, the Eurocash Academy of Skills is a Certification Institution in the Integrated Qualifications System for the qualification “Customer service and sales at the point of sale — seller”. Since 2020, the Academy has been conducting a pedagogical course for instructors of practical learning of the profession. The course program has been approved by the Wielkopolska Curator of Education.

How to start using the Academy
Eurocash skills?

The educational offer of the Eurocash Skills Academy can be used owners and employees of the stores of franchise and partner chains of the Eurocash Group. In order to register on the platform, please contact the Academy's hotline at +48 502 004 024 or by sending a request to kontakt@akademiaeurocash.com.pl.

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What is Eurocash Skills Academy?

Eurocash Skills Academy is the largest educational and training center in Poland for independent retail affiliated stores in the franchise networks of the Eurocash Group. It is an extensive support system that includes online training, in-person workshops, educational conferences and development programs implemented in cooperation with academic partners.

Since 2017, in cooperation with the Warsaw School of Commerce, she has been conducting the first postgraduate studies in Poland for grocery store owners: “Business management in retail trade”.

Eurocash Skills Academy focuses on practical knowledge — one that can be immediately implemented in the daily functioning of the store. The training programs cover both operational and strategic issues, which is why the offer responds to the needs of people at different stages of business development.

Within the framework of the project, the following are implemented, among others:

  • Training for Entrepreneurs in the field of management and finance,
  • training for enterprises commercial,
  • workshops with store service and raising sales standards,
  • specialized management programs, such as business management course,
  • practical type modules course of operation of the store whether course of operation of stores for employees.

Eurocash Skills Academy: 7 practical benefits for the store

Running a store is much more than selling products. These are everyday decisions about stocking, pricing policy, personnel management, local marketing or cost control. Offered By Eurocash Skills Academy Training for Entrepreneurs help to organize knowledge and introduce proven standards of action. Thanks course of operation of the store you can:

  1. increase the efficiency of the team's work,
  2. improve the standard of customer service,
  3. improve exposure,
  4. better plan promotional actions,
  5. learn to analyze sales and react to trends,
  6. better understand financial indicators and learn how to optimize costs,
  7. learn how to compete more effectively with discounters and large retail chains.

Well planned training for entrepreneurs and the implementation of new knowledge allows you to realistically increase profits, improve the shopping experience of buyers and build the image of the store that customers want to return to.

Training for employees — an investment in the team

The development of the store is not only the competence of the owner, but also the skills of the staff. therefore Eurocash Academy places great emphasis on employee education. Programs such as course of operation of the store, workshop with store service whether course for store manager support the development of staff at different levels.

Well-trained employee:

  • serves customers better,
  • sell complementary products more effectively,
  • takes care of the aesthetics and standards of exposure,
  • responds more quickly to the needs of buyers.

Store owners operate in a demanding environment: price competition, rising costs and changing customer preferences make the development of competencies a necessity. Eurocash Skills Academy is a comprehensive educational support system for store owners and their employees, which is based not only on theory, but above all on practice and concrete examples from the retail industry.

Eurocash Skills Academy has an international certificate ISO 9001:2015 and a Quality Policy.