08:30 - 10:00
Registration, breakfast and networking
10:00 – 10:30
IGD Welcome and Economic Scene Setting
Get the latest market forecasts from IGD’s leading experts.
James Walton
Chief Economist, IGD
Dan Gillett
Insight Manager IGD
CEO Aldi Business Update
Strategic Update for Aldi UK.
Giles Hurley,
Chief Executive Officer, Aldi UK and Ireland
10:30 – 12:00
Group Managing Director Sector Update
Grow with Aldi – The data behind Aldi’s performance in 2023 and beyond.
Niall O’Connor
Group Managing Director, Aldi UK and Ireland
Dan Ronald
Group Managing Director, Aldi UK
Managing Director Buying Market Update
What Good Looks Like: Growing a Successful Partnership With Aldi.
Julie Ashfield
Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UK
Jonathan Neale
Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UK
Belinda May Ball
Managing Director Global Sourcing, Aldi SÜD Holding
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch and Networking
13:00 – 14:00
Executive Leadership Team Q & A followed by special guest speaker
Giles Hurley,
Chief Executive Officer, Aldi UK and Ireland
Niall O’Connor
Group Managing Director, Aldi UK and Ireland
Julie Ashfield
Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UK
Jonathan Neale
Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UK
Dame Denise Lewis
Team GB Olympic gold medal winning
heptathlete and British sports presenter
You then have a chance to personalise your afternoon and choose the content that is most relevant to your category and operational needs with Immersion Breakout Sessions and Product Lifecycle Deep Dive Sessions.
Alongside this will be the opportunity to meet and network with the buying and specialist teams during the break and drinks reception (15:30 – 17:00)
14:30 – 15:30
Immersion Breakout Sessions
Hear directly from the Aldi buying team about how we plan to deliver sustainable growth and our priorities for the future.
Focussed category sessions will take place for:
- Beers, Wines, Spirits & Soft Drinks
- Produce and Horticulture
- Non-Food Core Range (Household, Baby, Health & Beauty, Pet, Paper)
- Non-Food Specialbuys
14:30 – 17:00
Product Lifecycle Deep Dive Sessions
These 15 minute sessions are designed to be optional so Suppliers can attend based on their specific requirements.
Choose from:
Order to Payment
Operational changes to our goods in and invoice procedures
Learn about how we are changing our operational processes for Suppliers including ordering, goods receipt, and invoicing.
Business Partner Readiness for Automation
Preparing for Aldi’s warehouse automation
Hear about the technology we’ll be using in our planned automated warehouses, followed by a discussion about our new packaging requirements.
Sustainable Packaging
How to make your packaging fit for the future with Aldi
Understand Aldi’s sustainability pledges, objectives, and initiatives regarding packaging. This will involve presentation of packaging reduction success stories across our range, Aldi’s latest recycling initiatives, and discussion regarding how we, and our Business Partners, need to work together to prepare for upcoming UK legislation.
Taking the Complexity out of Compliance
A formula for growth (Quality Assurance)
Hear about changes to our compliance processes and how you can succeed in getting things right first time.
Artwork and Critical Path Management
How to optimise project delivery
How to optimise the end to end artwork critical path management process, from the award of the contract to FTP.
Demand Planning
Work with Aldi to optimise future demand planning
Understand more about changes to forecasting within Aldi including the introduction of our Vendor Forecasting App and increased collaboration and communication between Aldi and our Suppliers.
17:00
Event close