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1. Business expansion through
training and development

2. Introduction to Aldi
 Leading retailer – 8,000 stores
worldwide
 Emphasis for customers on high quality
products and value for money
 To keep prices low, operational focus is
on:
internal efficiency
effective sourcing of products

3. Value of training and
development
 Training
 Provides
knowledge and
skills
 Increases
effectiveness in the
job
 Enhances
motivation
 Development
 Builds the
organisation’s
long term
capabilities
 Helps to make the
workforce more
adaptable

4. Identifying training needs
 Rapid expansion means Aldi has a
skills gap.
 Workforce planning identifies numbers
and skills needed now and in future
Enables schedule of recruitment
and/or training needs
 Job descriptions match skill sets to
personal attributes

5. Selecting the right people
 Interview and
assessment
stages identify
suitable applicants
 Matching job
requirements
against skills and
abilities
 Recruits expected
to make
contribution to
business from
outset
 Induction training
provides overview
of company

6. On-the-job training
 Training whilst working
 Store managers act as
trainers
 Effective as it is specific
to the job and requires
no time away from work
 On-the-job
methodologies include:
 Coaching - instruction
from an experienced
person
 Mentoring - guidance
and personal support
 Job rotation - to learn
difficult tasks
 ‘Sitting with Nellie’ – i.e.
learning from a
colleague

7. Off-the-job training
 Carried out off-site,
at training centre or
college
 Incurs costs of
training, plus loss of
working time
 Useful for:
 Specialist skills, e.g.
for new equipment
 Transferable skills,
e.g. influencing/
negotiating
 Increasing
motivation and
productivity

8. Aldi apprenticeships
 Training for young
people in Store
Assistant role
 Offers NVQ Levels
1-3 in Retail
 Provides
progression to
Deputy Manager
and Assistant Store
Manager roles
 Ultimately can lead
to promotion to
Store Manager role

9. Development
Focuses on personal
growth as well as
skills
 Option to
undertake
qualifications
 Secondments for
graduates
 Managed by setting
personal goals and
development plan
 Measured through
appraisal between
person and line
manager
 Makes individuals
more flexible and
valuable

10. Aldi Retail Placement
scheme
 1-year placement - open to university
students
 Hands-on working experience
 Provides opportunity to apply for Aldi’s
area management training