Retail Graduate Management Programme

This is it. Your chance to experience life at Lidl and all it has to offer. With experience spanning across our stores, warehouses & regional offices, you’ll build your leadership skills and develop your knowledge to become a retail management professional.

This programme is rotational, taking you on a 23month learning journey that gives you the best possible exposure to our core business areas, along with a range of opportunities to build your experience, resilience, and business acumen.

A few of the perks you deserve:

£40,000 salary

We offer one of the highest graduate salaries in the market, and our apprenticeship salaries increase as you progress.

10% in-store discount

What’s the use of working for an award-winning retailer if you can’t make the most of our award-winning products? From day one, you’ll get 10% off your shopping when you use your discount card at checkout.

30 days' holiday per year

That’s 30 days to yourself (including bank holidays), whether you’re sunning yourself abroad or enjoying a staycation.

Wellbeing support service

We’ve partnered with a leading EAP specialist provider to provide you with free and confidential access to a 24/7 counselling and information support service.

Discounted gym memberships

Our partnership with the Wellhub give you discounted access to a massive range of gyms, virtual classes, wellness apps and more.

Corporate benefits (vouchers & discounts)

Our Lidl Discount Hub provides you with exclusive access to discounts from a number of online and high street retailers.

What you'll do: year 1

You’ll get to know how our stores operate, working across all key store roles. Starting as a Customer Assistant with specialist training, you’ll learn all about our processes, products, and customers. Then, you’ll join the store management team, developing your leadership skills whilst supporting with daily operations to ensure your store runs like clockwork. It’s tough work, but the buzz of getting to know your team, leading a store to success, and supporting your local community make this a great experience.

Starting off as a Warehouse Operative, you’ll learn all the ins and outs of our fast-moving warehousing operations. You’ll rotate around the 3 core warehouse areas, keeping our stock flowing in, and our recycling flowing out. Next, you’ve got your leadership training to look forward to – supporting our warehouse management team to keep things running smoothly, and even running shifts yourself. You’ll love the challenge of learning the fundamentals of logistics and warehousing, whilst being exposed to large teams and a very different working environment.

Here you'll work within the complex supply chain of Lidl. You'll learn how to order products, manage quality and freshness, and deal with the suppliers who deliver day in, day out, to keep our products on our shelves. This is a really fast moving, target driven department, giving you exposure to a different environment altogether. There’s loads to learn, and real satisfaction earned from hitting deadlines that keep our processes running smoothly.

What you'll do: year 2

You’ll spend the next year honing your expertise and crafting your management experience to get the most out of your programme, putting you in the best position to take your career to the next level.

Your innovative ideas, drive, and ambition will ensure you take every opportunity to improve yourself – and the business. In return, you’ll be given all the tools you need to succeed.

"The amount of support I get is unreal."

- Skye, Lidl grad

Find out about the Lidl experience from some of our grads.

Meet our grads

What you'll need

A 2:2 degree in any discipline by September 2026, having graduated no earlier than September 2024.
A full UK driving license by March 2026.
To live – or be ready to relocate – within a commutable distance from your chosen Regional Distribution Centre
To be legally entitled to work in the UK on a full-time basis
The desire to learn, develop and succeed in a fast-moving, challenging environment
Assertiveness and confidence in your communication skills
The ability to maintain a positive mental attitude at all times

What you'll receive

This isn't getting by. This is getting what you deserve. We're proud to offer a salary of £40,000, a company car and 30 days’ holiday (including bank holidays). You’ll also get to enjoy your 10% in-store discount, along with added corporate benefits, discounted gym memberships and access to wellness support services.

Our locations

In Great Britain our stores are split across 13 regions, each supported by its own Regional Distribution Centre (RDC).

Our opportunities are nationwide, which means plenty of opportunities for you to choose from.

Where can you find our RDCs?

MOT: Eurocentral. Includes the whole of Scotland

NAY: Newton Aycliffe. Includes Leeds, Bradford, York and North Yorkshire, Teesside, County Durham, Darlington, Sunderland, Newcastle, Northumberland and Cumbria

RUN: Runcorn. Includes North Wales, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire

DON: Doncaster. Includes South, East, West Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Manchester and surrounding areas

WED: Wednesbury. Includes South Manchester, Leicestershire, West Midlands, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Derbyshire, Birmingham and Coventry

PET: Peterborough. Includes East Anglia, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Nottinghamshire

LTN: Luton. Includes Luton, Milton Keynes, Coventry, Bedford, Northampton, West Hertfordshire, Warwickshire, Buckinghamshire, Reading, Slough and North London

BRI: Bridgend. Includes Pembrokeshire, Powys, Cardiff, Swansea, Bridgend, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and the Forest of Dean

SEV: Severn Beach. Includes Avonmouth, North Somerset, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Cheltenham and Worcestershire

BEL: Belvedere. Includes South London and some parts of Kent and some parts of Surrey

NFL: Northfleet. Includes Essex, Kent, some parts of East Sussex and East London

EXE: Exeter. Includes Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Bournemouth and Dorset

SOU: Southampton. Includes Hampshire and some parts of Surrey and Sussex

"Every day is completely different and I am always learning so much." - Polly

Kick-start your career, get stuck in and make a real difference with Lidl GB.

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Retail Graduate Management programme