Uncompromising on quality, we look for the same in our graduates - talented and ambitious people with good commercial awareness, who are excellent communicators and highly motivated.

Our exciting opportunities are specifically designed to kick-start your career and help you achieve your full potential. In our fast paced environment, initiative is key, commitment is essential and all achievements are recognised.

“Our graduates are very important for the future growth and development of our business.  Bringing fresh ideas and enthusiasm they put theory into practice, whilst developing their management skills in a retail environment”

Lidl HR Director

Undergraduates

Our programmes are designed to train retail managers of the future, but how far you go is ultimately up to you.

Professional graduates

Graduates with the advantage of some professional experience are warmly welcomed to fast track in our expanding business.

The schemes on offer are for:

Graduate Store Manager

The Graduate Store Manager programme offers the ideal training platform to develop management and leadership skills within retail.

Graduate Area/District Management

Based regionally within the UK our Area Managers oversee the day to day operations of a district of stores, ensuring employee wellbeing, customer satisfaction and operating profit.

Buying

Our Wimbledon-based Buying department ensures the best possible range of products is sourced at the most competitive prices for our UK stores.

International opportunities

Join our International Traineeship programme if you are looking to gain exposure to all aspects of our European-wide operation before specialising in a chosen area of the business. Your chosen skill base will be put into practice both domestically and abroad.

Training & development

Our training and development programmes are tailored towards helping graduates develop their personal, commercial, organisational and management skills.

 “It is vitally important that we deliver the right job training and further development opportunities to all our graduates from day one. This ensures that our graduates fulfil their potential and maintains our ongoing success as a business.”

National Training Manager

We will look for evidence of key skills and achievements in leadership, teamwork, communication, motivation, self-development, commitment and ambition.  Download our graduate brochure for further details on the star qualities we are looking for you to demonstrate.

Graduate brochure

Download our current graduate brochure here.