Speakers
Speaking session
Suzie Adkin, Group Trading Director, Aldi shares how she has turned her ambtiion into action and how you can learn from how she has built confidence, dealt with pressure, faced challenges head on and navigated barriers. She'll be sharing the experiences, lessons and career moments that have shaped her career.
Suzie Adkin is Group Buying Director at Aldi GB, where she leads the sourcing and category management of all Chilled Food, Dairy, Meat, Fish, Poultry and Eggs across the UK business. With extensive responsibility for some of the most commercially and operationally complex areas of retail, Suzie plays a key role in shaping supply strategy, supplier partnerships, and category performance at scale.
Suzie studied Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford before joining Aldi in 2011 as an Area Manager. She progressed through the business into the Buying function as a Buying Director in 2015, and was appointed Group Buying Director in 2019.