Programme at a glance

Please note the time zone for the programme is British Summer Time (BST) and will be subject to possible change up to the event date.

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

James Walton
Chief Economist, IGD

Dan Gillett, Insight Manager IGD

Dan Gillett
Insight Manager IGD

CEO Aldi Business Update

Strategic Update for Aldi UK.

Giles Hurley, Chief Executive Officer, Aldi UK and Ireland

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

Niall O’Connor
Group Managing Director, Aldi UK and Ireland

Dan Ronald, Group Managing Director, Aldi UK

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

Julie Ashfield
Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UK

Jonathan Neale, 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

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

Giles Hurley,
Chief Executive Officer, Aldi UK and Ireland

Niall O’Connor, Group Managing Director, Aldi UK and Ireland

Niall O’Connor
Group Managing Director, Aldi UK and Ireland

Julie Ashfield, Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UK

Julie Ashfield
Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UK

Jonathan Neale, Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UK

Jonathan Neale
Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UK

Dame Denise Lewis, British sports presenter and former Team GB track and field athlete

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

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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 James Walton

Chief Economist, IGD

Dan Gillett, Insight Manager IGD Dan Gillett

Insight Manager, IGD

CEO Aldi Business Update

Strategic Update for Aldi UK.

Giles Hurley, Chief Executive Officer, Aldi UK and Ireland 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 Niall O’Connor

Group Managing Director, Aldi UK and Ireland

Dan Ronald, Group Managing Director, Aldi UK 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 Julie Ashfield

Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UK

Jonathan Neale, Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UKJonathan Neale

Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UK

Belinda May Ball, Managing Director Global Sourcing, Aldi SÜD Holding 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 Giles Hurley

Chief Executive Officer,
ALDI UK and Ireland

Niall O’Connor, Group Managing Director, Aldi UK and Ireland Niall O’Connor

Group Managing Director, Aldi UK and Ireland

Julie Ashfield, Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UK Julie Ashfield

Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UK

Jonathan Neale, Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UKJonathan Neale

Managing Director of National Buying, Aldi UK

Dame Denise Lewis, British sports presenter and former Team GB track and field athlete 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

13:30

Leadership Update & Q&A

Ken Murphy, Group CEO , Tesco Ken Murphy

Group CEO, Tesco

Speaking for the first time in person at an IGD event, our Group CEO Ken Murphy will share his reflections  on the business and our core purpose.

He will focus on our full year results and the outlook for the coming year as well as introduce our new core purpose to serve our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Alessandra Bellini, Chief Customer Officer, Tesco Alessandra Bellini

Chief Customer Officer, Tesco

Following this, our Chief Customer Officer, Alessandra Bellini will explore what is important to our customers.

Ashwin Prasad, Chief Product Officer, TescoAshwin Prasad

Group Chief Product Officer, Tesco

Ashwin Prasad Group Chief Product Officer, will then lay out our new priorities and share where there is opportunity for growth and innovation working together with Tesco.

Ashwin will elaborate on how the core purpose affects the Product plan at Tesco. He will then introduce the 4 key drivers that underpin the new strategy, what each of them mean for us and how we can identify opportunities for partnership:

  1. Magnetic value for customers
  2. I love my Tesco Clubcard
  3. Easily the most convenient
  4. Save to invest

15:30

Refreshments

16:00

Packaged session followed by Q&A

Gordon Gafa, Commercial Director for the Packaged Division, Tesco Gordon Gafa

Commercial Director for the Packaged Division, Tesco

Commercial Director for the Packaged Division, Gordon Gafa, will describe how the new core purpose and strategic drivers will reinforce the Product plans for our Packaged division. Gordon will present how we can work together moving forward to create strong partnerships and best serve our customers communities and planet a little better every day.

Gordon will be joined in this session Victoria Randle - Head of Insight Packaged and Own Brand (Non-Food), James Ashwell - Strategy & Trade Director, David Beardmore - Impulse Category Director, Nicola Robinson - Health, Beauty and Wellness Category Director and Phil Banks, Household, Pet, Fuel and Tobacco Category Director.

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