graduate-jobs.com/Aldi Stores Limited

We're a leading global retailer and one of the world's largest privately owned companies.

We have over 7,000 stores worldwide and are expanding throughout Europe, North America and Australia.

We opened our first store in the UK in 1990 and in Ireland in 1999 and since then have grown rapidly, opening some 300 plus stores the length and breadth of both countries.

Prospects for the future are hugely exciting as we continue our major investment in new stores, logistics and most importantly, people.

Do you feel like you're stuck in a rut at work? Do you feel like once upon a time you had a career, but now it's just a job?

At Aldi, we're looking for people just like you to join us as an Area Manager. People who have developed sound business skills and gained invaluable experience, and have the drive and ambition to now seek a new challenge.

We're looking for born leaders; people who will thrive in the demanding and fast-paced environment the position of Area Manager offers.

And in return, we're looking to give you a market leading rewards package, including a starting salary of £40k plus car and fantastic career prospects. Now, how does that look?

So are you the person we're looking for, with the leadership skills and strength of character to continue shaping the Aldi global success story?

In a rapidly changing business and global environment we need flexible attitudes to continue at the forefront of retailing, whilst change is exciting we ensure our key principles remain constant.

And we recognise that the key to that success is our people. We want to recruit the best of the best. We want to take the skills you have already developed, and the experience you have gained and help you build on them to create the career you've always wanted - and already worked so hard towards.

We expect a great deal from our Area Managers and in return offer them something special. If you're looking for a demanding training programme, the leading rewards package and fantastic prospects then apply to us, take the opportunity to shine.

There are fabulous prospects for personal development, based on your ability rather than time scales. We're truly talking fast track here.

Shine as an Area Manager and you'll have every chance of a directorship within five years; with opportunities in store operations, logistics, trading, financial administration, property and central buying.

Our Area Management Programme covers the full spectrum of retail management from store operations and trading to administration, from logistics to property management. Running for approximately a year, it will be one of the most intensive working periods of your life.

Within weeks, you'll be managing a store and when you're ready, up to six stores - effectively running your own multi-million pound business. No other retailer offers so much responsibility so quickly. There are opportunities for 2 years' secondment in Europe or further afield. £40k and an Audi A4 from day one, with the opportunity for a directorship in approx. 5 years.

Press Release
22nd September 2008

ALDI IS TOP TEN CHOICE FOR GRADUATES

Aldi has achieved a top three position in the Times Top 100. Rising five positions higher than last year, Aldi is now in third position, ahead of other renowned graduate recruiters Ernst & Young, KPMG and the BBC.

For the seventh consecutive year, Aldi has been ranked within the top 25 graduate employers and is the first retailer to achieve a top three ranking in the last decade.

Aldi has a reputation for nurturing young talent and providing opportunities for driven, career minded individuals who enjoy making decisions and take real satisfaction from achieving results. Today Aldi continues to invest in graduate recruitment and is looking to recruit more than 100 graduates in 2009-10.

Dan Ronald, regional managing director responsible for graduate recruitment said: “We are thrilled to have achieved third position in the Times Top 100. It really reflects the ongoing dedication of our enthusiastic and hard working trainers and the continual motivation of the graduates and their positive approach to the scheme. We offer graduates rewards well above the average. Our expectations may be high but so is the level of job satisfaction.”

Career progression at ALDI is second to none, with graduates being given the opportunity to manage an Aldi store within weeks, progressing quickly to managing a multi- million pound area of four to six stores. The recruitment programme promotes the development of leadership skills, commercial awareness, technical and managerial skills whilst providing a strong focus on customer satisfaction and business efficiency.

Dan continues: “Nobody grows up wanting to be a discount retail executive, but if you look beyond the job title it’s a people focussed role that offers great opportunities for progression.”

Aldi offers a market leading package in return for a demanding area management-training role. Its unrivalled graduate offer includes a £40,000 starting salary, rising to £60,000 after three years, an Audi A4, pension, 25 days holiday, life assurance and health insurance.

Aldi has recently been announced as the number two contact for universities in the Student Awards.