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During my time at Lidl I was given a lot of responsibility in all the areas I was involved. In the stores, I was trusted with the opening and closing of the store with all that involves, key handling, staff management and ensuring due diligence reports we...
Different rotations hold different responsibilities. When working in sales, you will complete shift manager training, meaning you run the shop floor and manage the team around you, working through the task list, including cash handling. When if office rot...
The role varied across departments as each department in Lidl has a multitude of different tasks and difficulties. The role as a placement is to best learn these departments and hopefully be good enough from this learning to start “running your own shift”...
Store involved learning the behind the scenes of how an efficient store worked to gain further skills on customer service. Logistics have you an overview of how stock is taken in and distributed to the stores. Supply chain involved managing orders fro...
Gaining management experience across all areas of retail; HR, Logistics, Sales and Supply chain. From being the manager on duty in store to running daily trackers on the regional sales. Helping recruit new talent in and overseeing Lidl’s company policies ...
Working in store ranges from bakery, to non-food set up and managing the shift. Then in the warehouse you get the opportunity to experience picking and shadowing a assistant team manager on a shift. Within HR, you sift through applications and carry out t...
I gained experience in Sales by working in Stores for 4 months, I then worked in HR for 4 months and Logistics for 3 months
The role definitely changes depending which department you are in. In store you could be taking part in an inventory count or working stock. In HR I worked on projects to raise money for the NSPCC amongst many others. It varies a lot week to week.
My placement year at LIDL was highly enjoyable - I was given a full introduction to all aspects of area management, from stock control to shop floor coordination. This was made even better by the fact that I was earning a decent salary alongside my experi...
This work placement was extremely rewarding and it was very enjoyable to gain skills in many different areas. This being said it is HARD work, especially in terms of some of the shift work you will do during logistics and sales - very early mornings, l...
I really enjoyed my year in industry, especially as the Lidl scheme allows you to rotate through all the different regional departments (Sales, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Human Resources). This is because it gives you a better understanding of the busin...
Getting to see a variety of areas throughout the company over the year was great!
My placement with Lidl was extremely eye-opening and I thoroughly enjoyed my year learning in depth about the food retail industry and training in various management roles. The placement has allowed me to develop my employability and transferable skills m...
- Rotational aspect means that you are able to experience so many different areas in the business. - Massive emphasis on my training and development.
I can honestly say that my placement year has been really enjoyable. I have been able to challenge and push myself out of my comfort zone whilst learning so much. As a student I didn't really know which area of the business to go into and the rotational a...
I really enjoyed my placement year at Lidl as I was given many opportunities to learn and develop my skillset. I was able to venture into numerous departments and even departments that were not originally planned due to COVID-19. I was given the opportuni...
I highly enjoyed my time whilst working within Lidl. The different rotations around the departments allowed for a large variety whilst recieving great support from colleagues. This placement requires a lot of hard work but is very rewarding. It is a good ...
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement year at Lidl, having such a varied year spending time in a variety of departments such as stores, logistics, supply chain and property has really helped enhance my knowledge for by Business and Management degree and futur...
I really enjoyed my time there and despite the days where I felt really low, the good definitely outweighed the bad.
Due to the rotational nature of the placement , most parts were thoroughly enjoyable but others were a bit more of a struggle.
