Working in our warehouses

We never waste a minute in our Regional Distribution Centres – they’re always buzzing with activity. Everything is done on time, and to the best possible standard. It’s a really efficient, fast-paced environment to work in. But it’s also really friendly and supportive.

Read on to find out more about these roles.

Browse our Warehouse careers

Our warehouses are vast, so there are lots of different roles. But they all have one thing in common - they're all essential. Every role plays a part in getting products into every store to deliver to our customers. For our daytime roles, we've got excellent hourly rates, and for those who choose to work during the night, the pay's even higher. A night shift premium applies for any hours worked between 10pm and 4am.

Warehouse Manager

With our superb Regional Distribution Centres and first-class equipment, you’ll have everything you need to keep things moving efficiently. Reporting to the Warehouse Operations Director, you’ll manage a large team of Warehouse Section Leaders, Deputies, Selectors, Assistants and Apprentices. Under your guidance, the team will be focused and ready to tackle every challenge.

Yes, you’ll optimise operational efficiency, keep a tightly controlled inventory and achieve high service levels at all times. But you’ll also focus on looking after your colleagues. A real people-person, you’ll make sure everyone has the right development and is being supported in the right way. After all, you know we couldn’t keep things running smoothly without a happy team.

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Salary

£79,775 rising in increments to £94,240 in year 8.

Holiday allowance

5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays.

Hours and benefits

You’ll work a 5-day, 45-hour week (including weekends). 

You’ll also get a fantastic benefits package that covers all aspects of your lifestyle, health and wellbeing. From an excellent remuneration package to a wide range of exciting discounts, we’ve got you covered. Scroll down to learn more!

Warehouse Manager (Stock & Systems)

A Stock and Systems Warehouse Manager’s responsibility is about maximising efficiency, optimising operational efficiency and engaging a high performing team. Reporting to the Warehouse Operations Director, you’ll be responsible for managing teams to ensure an efficient and smooth product flow through the automated system within the distribution centre.

You’ll be accountable for the optimal running and maintenance of the Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) as well as being responsible for managing the budget expectations within the Stock and Systems remit.

You’ll have direct reports of Section Leaders and indirect reports of Deputies, Selectors, Logistic Assistants and Apprentices. Under your guidance, the team will be focused and ready to tackle every challenge within their area of responsibility. After all, you know we couldn’t keep things running smoothly without a happy team.

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Salary

£79,775 rising in increments to £94,240 in year 8.

Holiday allowance

5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays.

Hours and benefits

You’ll work a 5-day, 45-hour week (including weekends). 

You’ll also get a fantastic benefits package that covers all aspects of your lifestyle, health and wellbeing. From an excellent remuneration package to a wide range of exciting discounts, we’ve got you covered. Scroll down to learn more!

Health and Safety Manager

A Health and Safety Manager will be responsible for managing Health and Safety throughout an automated Distribution Centre. The role will require you to identify, coordinate and drive improvements in safety, quality and operational efficiency whilst working with various teams within the distribution centre to encourage continuous improvement.

You’ll be responsible for leading the Health and Safety function of the distribution centre, including supervision of staff to ensure delivery of objectives.  You’ll also be providing procedural advice and guidance on Health and Safety matters to all stakeholders within designated area of responsibility, so you’ll need experience in Health and Safety improvements within an operational environment.

Above all, you’ll share our passion for delivering a world-class service we can all be proud of.

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Salary

£50,000 rising in increments to £94,240 in year 8.

Holiday allowance

5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays.

Hours and benefits

You’ll work a 5-day, 45-hour week (including weekends). 

You’ll also get a fantastic benefits package that covers all aspects of your lifestyle, health and wellbeing. From an excellent remuneration package to a wide range of exciting discounts, we’ve got you covered. Scroll down to learn more!

Warehouse Section Leader

You’ll be the Warehouse Manager’s eyes and ears as you ensure that we’re always reaching our ambitious service levels. It’s all about optimizing operational efficiency and maintaining a tightly controlled inventory as you authorise deliveries. Everything you do will help to keep costs down.

Perhaps the most important part of your role will be to manage our Deputies, Selectors and Assistants. You’ll also determine their rotas, and organise holiday schedules. All in all, this is a busy, hugely varied role with plenty of challenges. 

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Salary

£44,880 rising to £48,130 in year 2 (Days) (Night rate £52,353 rising to £56,151 in year 2).

Holiday allowance

5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays.

Hours and benefits

You’ll work a 5-day week, with 40 or 45 hour contracts available (including weekends). 

You’ll also get a fantastic benefits package that covers all aspects of your lifestyle, health and wellbeing. From an excellent remuneration package to a wide range of exciting discounts, we’ve got you covered. Scroll down to learn more!

Flow Planner

Our automated distribution centre couldn’t operate without our Flow Planners, whose organisation skills are crucial for day-to-day operational success. You will take on several tasks, from order management to the mitigation of risks or issues that arise with the automation, so you will need a keen eye for detail and excel at problem solving!

Responsible for managing efficient product flow, you’ll report into the Warehouse Manager as you ensure resource plans are in place for our distribution centre to receive the products they need to operate successfully. Efficiency is one of our main priorities, so you’ll work closely with the Maintenance team to investigate technical challenges, offering resolutions for the delivery of successful inbound and outbound orders. Ultimately, adapting to change in a fast-paced environment is crucial and we couldn’t do it without you.

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Salary

£44,880 rising to £48,130 in year 2 (Days) (Night rate £52,353 rising to £56,151 in year 2).

Holiday allowance

5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays.

Hours and benefits

You’ll work a 5-day week, with 40 or 45 hour contracts available (including weekends). 

You’ll also get a fantastic benefits package that covers all aspects of your lifestyle, health and wellbeing. From an excellent remuneration package to a wide range of exciting discounts, we’ve got you covered. Scroll down to learn more!

Warehouse Deputy

As our Deputy, you’ll enjoy getting ‘hands on’. Actively supervising and co-ordinating the team, you’ll allocate Selectors to pick stock for a specific store, so that it can be loaded onto the right lorry. And you’ll make sure that everyone’s working together in the most efficient way.

We have day and night opportunities, plus an enhanced salary for supervising our freezer section.

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Salary

£14.84 - £15.27 p/h (Days) (Night rate £18.55 - £19.09 p/h between 10pm and 4am). £4.00 premium paid for every stand-in hour. (regional differences apply). You will also receive an additional 8.5% premium for any hours worked in the freezer.

Holiday allowance

4 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays.

Hours and benefits

You’ll typically work a 5-day, 40-hour week (including weekends). 

You’ll also get a fantastic benefits package that covers all aspects of your lifestyle, health and wellbeing. From an excellent remuneration package to a wide range of exciting discounts, we’ve got you covered. Scroll down to learn more!

Warehouse Selectors

Our Selectors are wonderfully efficient and productive. Once they’ve received instructions through their headset, they’ll round up stock for a store, load it on to a pallet and get it ready for a Driver to collect.

Our Selectors tell us it’s a fun team to be part of, with plenty of variety and responsibility. You’ll need to let your Section Leader know if there’s any damaged stock. And you’ll also ensure that full pallets are secured - and clearly marked with the right store number – and that all the paperwork is accurate. Safety is high on the agenda, but you’re always ready to get the job done in a ‘high energy’, enthusiastic way. Because, let’s face it, we couldn’t run the show without you.

We have opportunities in our Ambient, Chiller and Freezer sections. 

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Salary

£13.84 - £14.27 p/h (Days) (Night rate £17.30 - £17.84 p/h between 10pm and 4am) (regional differences apply). You will also receive an additional 8.5% premium for any hours worked in the freezer.

(Shift times vary and will be discussed at interview)

Holiday allowance

28 days annual leave.

Hours and benefits

You’ll typically work a 5-day, 30-hour week (including weekends).

You’ll also get a fantastic benefits package that covers all aspects of your lifestyle, health and wellbeing. From an excellent remuneration package to a wide range of exciting discounts, we’ve got you covered. Scroll down to learn more!

Warehouse Operations Assistant

Proactive, efficient and full of initiative, you’ll be trusted to keep our Regional Distribution Centre clean and working correctly.

Your Section Leader will have specific tasks for you, like operating a forklift truck, loading a vehicle or helping to organise pallets and crates. In and around that, you’ll be alert and ready to tackle anything that might need doing to ensure the smooth running of the warehouse. It might be something simple like stocking our vending machines or cleaning up a spillage. Equally, you’ll report any defects to the warehouse area or its equipment. This is a hugely varied role, and a really important one.

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Salary

£12.01 - £12.54 p/h (Days) (Night rate £15.01- £15.68 p/h between 10pm and 4am) (regional differences apply).

(Shift times vary and will be discussed at interview)

Holiday allowance

28 days annual leave.

Hours and benefits

You’ll typically work a 5-day, 30-hour week (including weekends). 

You’ll also get a fantastic benefits package that covers all aspects of your lifestyle, health and wellbeing. From an excellent remuneration package to a wide range of exciting discounts, we’ve got you covered. Scroll down to learn more!

Warehouse Cleaner

Our Warehouse Cleaners are really committed to helping Aldi run smoothly, and we know we couldn’t run without them. So we show our appreciation with some of the best rates of pay in the supermarket sector and a friendly, supportive working environment.

Time will fly by as you get on with all those vital jobs needed to make the RDC a clean and safe environment for everyone around you. Day-to-day, you’ll keep the stock neat and tidy by removing excess card and plastic from the pallets, and you’ll keep our vending machines fully stocked. You’ll take pride in getting things done to the highest standards.

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Salary

£12.00 - £12.10 p/h (Days) (Night rate £15.00 - £15.12 p/h between 10pm and 4am) (regional differences apply).

Holiday allowance

4 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays.

Hours and benefits

You’ll typically work a 5-day week over 25-30 hours (including weekends). 

You’ll also get a fantastic benefits package that covers all aspects of your lifestyle, health and wellbeing. From an excellent remuneration package to a wide range of exciting discounts, we’ve got you covered. Scroll down to learn more!

Warehouse Operations Apprentice

College or work? Aldi can offer the best of both. It’s a chance to earn a good salary and gain lots of experience - all under the helpful eye of talented logistics colleagues.

Based at one of our warehouses, you’ll learn about getting the right products to the right stores in the best condition possible. You’ll discover all the real-life techniques and challenges we experience. Plus, you’ll work with a fabulous team of people who will help and encourage you all the way.

It’s a structured career path with lots of support that gives you clear goals. For instance, you’ll be trained in all aspects of Health & Safety while working towards your Level 2 Supply Chain Operative qualification. Our most successful Apprentices have every opportunity to gain a permanent position.

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Salary

£328.80 per week for the 13 months you spend with us.

Holiday allowance

4 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays.

Hours and benefits

This is a fixed-term contract, where you’ll work a 5-day week over 25-30 hours (including weekends).

You’ll also get a fantastic benefits package that covers all aspects of your lifestyle, health and wellbeing. From an excellent remuneration package to a wide range of exciting discounts, we’ve got you covered. Scroll down to learn more!

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