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Digital transformation of business operations

Global Core Systems Development Engineer

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Brand FAST RETAILINGFAST RETAILING
Location Ariake Headquarters: UNIQLO CITY, 1-6-7 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Location may be changed to a location determined by the company, including overseas.
Update Apr, 4 2025

Job Description

Recruitment Background
Fast Retailing Group's statement is "Change clothes, change common sense, change the world. This is the statement of the Fast Retailing Group. Under the concept of "LifeWear," we aim to become the world's most needed and loved brand through clothing, which is indispensable to the lives of people around the world. We sell our unique products at prices that are affordable for all kinds of people. Sales revenue has reached 3 trillion yen in the 40 years since its establishment, and the company has set a long-term goal of 10 trillion yen in sales revenue. This means that our goal is not sales growth per se, but rather to become a company that can realize the services demanded by our customers at a high level and improve society along with our corporate growth. We have positioned the current period of transformation as our "Fourth Foundation," and one of the drivers of this transformation is the use of technology. We are looking for someone who can work with us to promote digital transformation on a global scale.

■Outline of the department
The mission of the "Digital Business Transformation Service Department" is to create results by defining, building, and thoroughly utilizing future-oriented business systems from the customer's perspective, regardless of the boundaries between business and IT, headquarters and field, and real and virtual. We are characterized by our end-to-end approach to the entire process of business and system transformation. While controlling the core aspects of business construction and system development in-house, we also actively collaborate with companies that possess the world's most advanced technologies and promote the introduction of new technologies such as AI. The organization is composed of multinational members with diverse backgrounds, including project managers, engineers, and data scientists, who use their strengths to collaborate across team and department boundaries to achieve the best customer experience and business growth, while placing importance on employee growth.

■ Job Description
In one of the following areas, you will strengthen the organization and human resource development of the system development and in-house development team, and promote development operation management. We would like you to start with a project where you can make the most of your experience, and we will assign you to a project after screening.
Development and operation of systems in the store area, which is the largest point of contact with customers.
Development and operation of supply chain systems (planning, production, logistics, inventory management, warehousing, and delivery), which are the foundation of our business
Development and operation of systems in the product planning area to create products that customers truly demand by collecting and analyzing the voices of customers, stores, and the market.
Development and operation of a management dashboard that visualizes various numerical values and customer opinions that lead to management decision-making.
Creation of IT services and systems to immediately solve the problems of Fast Retailing Group employees.
Developing and operating HR and finance systems using SAP (S/4 HANA, SD, MM, FI, CO, etc.) and other packages and SaaS products.

Career Paths
In addition to career development in the enterprise domain, we provide various opportunities for you to challenge the e-commerce domain or change your job title to architect, depending on your ability, aptitude, and motivation. We offer a wide range of opportunities not only in Japan, but also in our overseas offices.

Qualifications

Experience, skills, and abilities required:
One of the following is required
At least 2 years of experience in development project management (project size: 30 man-months or more)
Experience leading enterprise system development and implementation projects (2+ years or 2+ projects)
At least 3 years of experience in IT industry or IT related consulting industry
At least 3 years of experience as a system engineer in development and operation

■Welcome experience, skills and abilities
Experience in project delivery in the apparel or retail industry or in a business dealing with consumer goods
∙ Experience in system rollout, operation and maintenance to overseas countries in a global company
∙ Ability to read and write English documents and communicate in English
Experience with AWS, GCP, and other cloud-based development and operations

Work Condition

Company Name
Fast Retailing Corporation

Employment Type
Full-time employee (no fixed term, probationary period of 3 months)

Annual salary
Annual salary range: 6.56-15 million yen (monthly salary: 410,000-830,000 yen)
Regional allowance, commuting allowance, overtime allowance, etc. (*All in accordance with our company's regulations)
Bonuses: Semiannual bonus twice a year, year-end bonus (payment and amount to be determined based on the company's performance and personnel evaluation)
Promotions: Twice a year (determined according to personnel evaluations)
(Whether or not and the amount will be decided based on the company's performance and personnel evaluation)

Working hours
Flextime system or management supervisor
Flextime system
Standard working hours per day ... 8 hours, break ... 1 hour
Core time ... 9:00 - 14:00
Flexible hours ... 6:00-9:00 and 14:00-20:00 with overtime

Supervisors
Based on the working hours of the department to which the employee belongs, and left to the employee's decision

Vacations and Vacations
2 days off per week (Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays correspond to working days), special vacations (regular employees are granted 8 days each half year, in addition to paid vacations), annual paid vacations, special and congratulatory/condolence leave, childcare and nursing care leave system, etc. Annual holidays: 121 days.

Insurance
Social insurance (health insurance, employee pension, unemployment insurance, workers' accident compensation insurance, and nursing care insurance)

Benefits
Employee stock ownership system, mutual aid association system, affiliated welfare programs, employee discount system, cafeteria, private shuttle bus (for commuting to the Ariake office/non-stop service from the nearest bus stops in Shimbashi, Oimachi, Toyosu, and the International Exhibition Hall to the Ariake office. Parking available) Defined contribution pension plan (for regular employees only), babysitter assistance program, telecommuting program

Others (Fast Retailing Group domestic regular employees, as of August 31, 2024)
Average overtime hours: 16.3 hours/month
Average number of days with pay: 14 days
Number of employees taking parental leave: 437 (399 women, 38 men)

Others
In principle, smoking is prohibited on the premises of the facility and indoors, but smoking areas are provided separately. However, the use of smoking areas may be discontinued due to outbreaks of infectious diseases or other business needs.
We are actively recruiting mid-career workers for our group companies (Fast Retailing, UNIQLO, GU, etc.). We hope you will also check the following before considering applying.
-You may apply to multiple companies within the Fast Retailing Group at the same time. However, please note that even if you are selected for multiple companies, you will only be able to advance to the final round for one position at a time.
-We will consider your resume, interview evaluation, and other factors in the selection process, and may offer you a position in another Fast Retailing Group company.

Location

Ariake Headquarters: UNIQLO CITY, 1-6-7 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Location may be changed to a location determined by the company, including overseas.

OPEN MID-CAREER POSITIONS