Buying

This isn’t just about ‘Buying’. You’ll experience a large corporate environment that touches every aspect of the product lifecycle. You’ll choose one of five specialisms; Corporate Responsibility, Quality Assurance, PR & Marketing, Communications and Branding. Your time will be spent in that specific department, where you’ll work on personal and team projects, build relationships and solve problems in a complex environment. You’ll also spend some time in store at the start of your placement, to give you a real insight into the business.

Throughout your 12 months with Aldi you’ll receive lots of training and support to help you succeed in your role.

Supply Chain Management

Join a Supply Chain Management Placement Programme and you’ll join the team who get our products from the Buying source to our Distribution Centres across the UK and Ireland on time, every time.

We move millions of pallets of products each year via air, sea, road and rail from all four corners of the planet. From biscuits in Montreal, to mangoes from Senegal, we move it. Aside from ensuring everything received by our Regions is in pristine condition, we work tirelessly with the Buyers to ensure market leading supply chain costs are achieved, so a keen interest in how international supply chains operate is a must. And while we focus on effectiveness, we also focus on our corporate responsibility. So we do things in a way that’s best for the environment.

Aldi’s Supply Chain is at the cutting edge of AI software and using big data analytics, you can help support with decisions worth millions in demand forecasting and replenishment. If you have an interest in data science, forget Elon Musk, the future is discount grocery, and this placement is for you. Within the placement you can expect to spend time with all the teams within Supply Chain Management who look after the various elements of the Aldi supply chain. Then you’ll be given a major project, which could focus on any element of our Supply Chain operation. You’ll have real responsibility that will impact our bottom line. It’s something that will certainly set you apart when returning to your final year of study.

You’ll also spend some time in store at the start of your placement, to give you a real insight into the business. Throughout your 12 months with Aldi you’ll receive lots of training and support to help you succeed in your role.

National Real Estate

On our Real Estate Placement, you will be in the thick of the action from the start. You’ll experience the different aspects of the property world such as project management, financial control and facility management, just to name a few!

With a keen eye for detail, you will be responsible for developing and managing processes in assigned areas, as well as identifying cost savings and analysing complex data. And with our training and support, you’ll unlock your potential as you influence our strategic direction. This is your chance to gain real responsibility and make an impact whilst you learn the ‘ins and outs’ of Commercial Real Estate.

IT

The National IT department is at the very heart of Aldi. We support a great mix of applications and processes that have been around for a long time, combined with being at the cutting edge when we need to be. For example, we heard about Apple Pay, investigated what it would mean to our business, and then launched it on the day it was released. We’re proactive and able to react quickly to business needs which is critical in the fast paced world of retail.

Like the rest of Aldi we are made up of small high performing teams. You can expect plenty of exposure and hands-on experience of an IT department within a global company. Training will involve you spending time with everyone, getting a real feel for the whole department and being part of a “home” team with a mentor.

You’ll also spend some time in store at the start of your placement, to give you a real insight into the business. Throughout your 12 months with Aldi you’ll receive lots of training and support to help you succeed in your role.

Typically, you could join us as part of a technical team supporting the live business, part of a large scale project team or even have responsibility for a smaller scale project by yourself. Many of the opportunities available will depend on the business needs at the time. And, trust us, there’s always plenty going on at Aldi - our business is constantly growing and developing.

We’ll invest real time in you and, by the end of the year, we want you to have delivered something tangible for Aldi. IT degrees are useful but it’s more about having a natural interest in IT and a passion for what we’re trying to achieve as a business.

To apply for this placement, an IT related degree is preferred but not essential.

HR

Are you passionate about people, improving processes and making a difference? Then our HR Placement is the perfect fit for you.

The department supports our business with Recruitment, Training, Health & Safety, Employee Engagement and HR processes, meaning that the everyday decisions you make will have a business-wide impact.

It’s up to our HR teams to make sure our colleagues are operating in an environment where they feel happy, developed and extremely motivated, and you can be a part of that too. You’ll work towards optimising employee retention and securing Aldi’s position as an employer of choice. We know we’re an amazing place to work, but we want to make sure potential candidates do too. 

Throughout your 12 months with us, you’ll also gain exposure to the wider business as you spend time within Stores and Warehouse Operations, experiencing first-hand how what we do in HR impacts our people.