Retail Management Placement Review
at Aldi
Placement (10 Months+)
Retail Manager
Goldthorpe
Review Submitted: June 2024
Overall Rating
5 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
For the first 6 months, your day-to-day roles can range from working stock in the morning and helping to open up, to working on tills, ordering for the store and running a close shift. Once at head office for the final 6 months, you spend time between the warehouse and the upstairs office, you visit stores, visit other regions and work on projects with area managers and other placement students.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Absolutely, you are entrusted with managing shifts, managing cash and the safe in store, ordering for the entire store, and once at head office, you manage a lot of your own time when on projects.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I have become more confident with using applications such as Excel, and ALDI also helps develop you as a manager. I feel that I can lead a team more effectively, have more confidence, and have developed my organisation skills. You also will present several times throughout this placement, this gives you great exposure to presenting at a corporate level and once again boosts your confidence for delivering future presentations.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
There was always someone available to go to for help and your mentor that you are given on the first day is always there to help when needed. Everyone in store and at head office is also super friendly and always keen to help.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Really positive and upbeat, everyone gets along and is really friendly. Even when days are tough, people are happy to keep joking and smiling to get through the shift, its a real collective effort and you feel that while working in stores.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I really enjoyed the placement, though there were early starts and some tough shifts as the work in stores can be physical, the teams I was part of, the experiences it has given me and the friends and connections I have made has made it such a brilliant placement.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Aldi
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Aldi to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Aldi
Be prepared for early starts and late finishes, hard work, and tough targets - it does sound scary, however while there are tough aspects of the role, the opportunities for development and progression and the teams you will be part of makes it worthwhile. Take plenty of notes, ask questions, get to know people and be personable, make sure to be down to earth and grounded and try and get as much exposure to everything as you can. If you are interested in the grad scheme, taking responsibility for your training is a really good indicator to them of how dedicated and serious you are.
