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In this apprenticeship, you’ll do more than learn a traditional craft — you’ll lay the foundation for an (inter)national career as a specialist or future leader in the sporting goods industry.

You’ll learn from the very best how a finished shoe is created step by step.

You’ll experience every key stage of the process: from cutting and stitching leather, to getting to know and applying different outsoles, exploring material science, and performing final and quality checks on the finished products.

You’ll also rotate across different areas and teams within adidas — gaining hands-on experience, new perspectives, and a deep understanding of what it takes to craft performance from start to finish.

After completing my apprenticeship as a shoemaker, I turned my passion into my profession: today, as a Shoemaker Made-to-Measure, I craft custom performance shoes for professional athletes around the world.
¬ JONAS, SHOEMAKER

Earning my degree as a Footwear Technician marked the beginning of my journey as a Footwear Developer. In this role, I manage the entire development process for assigned products — from the initial concept all the way to production readiness. Along the way, I collaborate closely with footwear engineers, material experts, product managers, designers, and suppliers across Asia.
¬ MARIELLE, FOOTWEAR DEVELOPER

My journey began with an apprenticeship as a shoemaker and continued with further training as a footwear technician. Since then, I’ve been working as a leader in shoe production at our Scheinfeld facility. I started out as a shift supervisor in mass production and today, I head up the made-to-measure footwear production.
¬ PASCAL, DEPARTMENT MANAGER

Today, as a Footwear Pattern Engineer, I put my background as a footwear technician into practice. I advise product developers and oversee the development of cutting patterns. In this role, I work closely with digital experts, material specialists, and teams across Marketing, Design, Quality, Sourcing, and suppliers throughout Asia.
¬ VERONIKA, FOOTWEAR ENGINEER

SCHEINFELD: in the small town of Scheinfeld in middle Franconia – around 40 kilometers from adidas’ global headquarters in Herzogenaurach – adidas has been running its own shoe factory since 1959. Alongside mass production and made-to-measure manufacturing for elite athletes, the site also hosts our training center for shoemaker apprentices. This is where our apprentices spend the majority of their time during their training.

HERZOGENAURACH: At adidas’ global headquarters in Herzogenaurach, apprentices also complete part of their practical rotations during the program.

PIRMASENS: The city of Pirmasens in Rhineland-Palatinate is the center for training and education in the German footwear industry. Our apprentices receive their classroom instruction at the German Footwear College (Deutsche Schuhfachschule), which also hosts the advanced training programs for aspiring footwear technicians.

Apprenticeship and Internship in Scheinfeld

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Ausbildung Schuhfertiger:in in Scheinfeld 2027 (m/w/d)