OLYMP Bezner KG, based in Bietigheim-Bissingen (Ludwigsburg district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany), stands by its social responsibility as a qualified vocational training enterprise in the German textile and clothing industry. The fashion brand – internationally known for its high-quality shirts, polo shirts, T-shirts and jumpers – offers apprenticeships in various professions and several dual study programmes to provide interested individuals with future-oriented career prospects. 

Mark Bezner, owner and CEO of OLYMP Bezner KG, explains: “Since it is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit highly qualified employees to the clothing industry, this initiative is an important investment in the future for us in order to meet our growing need for skilled workers. Thus we’re delighted to be able to offer a whole range of attractive apprenticeships”. Upon successful comple-tion of the vocational training or dual study programme, the chances for subsequent employment at OLYMP are very good. Mark Bezner adds: “Quite a few of our long-standing team members and managers once started their careers with a solid apprenticeship at OLYMP”. 

At the beginning of the new 2023/2024 training year, 14 trainees and dual students started at OLYMP. OLYMP are currently a total of 20 trainees in the occupations of industrial clerk (13), warehouse logistics specialist (3), IT systems integration specialist (3) and IT application develop-ment specialist (1). In addition, there are 13 dual students in the degree programmes Retail Fashion Management (5), Industrial Service Management (2), Digital Business Management (4), Business Information Systems with a focus on business engineering (1) and Business Information Systems with a focus on data science (1). Also for the coming training year 2024, a total of 12 training and study places will be offered for industrial clerks, warehouse logistics specialists, IT application de-velopment specialists, as well as courses of study in retail fashion management and digital business management. The application window for the 2024/2025 training year is still open. 

The fashion supplier OLYMP has already been recognised in the past for its outstanding training achievements. Among others, by the Ludwigsburg District Chamber of the Stuttgart region’s Chamber of Industry and Commerce, according to which trainees at OLYMP completed their train-ing particularly successfully and achieved excellent examination results in the Chamber of Industry and Commerce’s final examinations. 

OLYMP Bezner KG, from Bietigheim-Bissingen near Stuttgart, is the market leader for shirts in Germany. In addition, its high-quality clothing range – which includes business, casual and evening shirts, knitwear, sweatwear and accessories – is sold in over 40 countries worldwide. In the past financial year, OLYMP was able to increase its sales slightly compared to the previous year, despite the persistently difficult business environment. In 2023, it generated revenues of 229 million euros.