Training and development at Aldi builds both job-specific skills and organizational capabilities to adapt to changes, increase effectiveness and motivation, and identify candidates for future leadership roles such as store manager.

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