Retail Management Review

The year was split into two roles. The first being retail management which involved managing a store team, doing store admin and monitoring KPI’s. The second half of the year involved project management where you are assigned a project that you have to lead to be completed within a deadline. This involved communication with various stakeholders and organising my time.

Yes! Aldi provides you with a lot of responsibility, from managing a store which includes opening and closing in your store time to communicating with stakeholders from various levels of the organisation to create a project that will impact the company nationally.

I have developed massively throughout my year at Aldi. I was thrown into the deep end so had to develop my communication, leadership and cooperation skills. I also learned how to manage change, drive results and self reflect.

I had a direct leader who supported me throughout my year with fortnightly check ins. I also had my store manager during store time who gave me training and feedback throughout. The during my project time, I had my project manager who I checked in with weekly to ensure that I had the support I needed during my project. I also had meetings with my personnel leader three times who oversaw the year and provided me with more structured feedback.

The company culture was to work hard drive efficiency. Aldi is a dynamic business that is always changing so this is something that I have had to adapt to. I enjoyed the fast pace environment as this allowed me to have lots of responsibility and develop my career skills.

I really enjoyed my placement, it has given me an insight into what to expect in my future career. I have developed my skills massively and been given responsibilities that I don’t believe I would have had anywhere else. I would recommend this placement to anyone that would like to go into management.

Yes