Recruitment Background

GU, one of the Fast Retailing Group’s flagship brands, aims to become a truly global brand by promoting its brand message, “YOUR FREEDOM: The freedom to reinvent yourself,” creating hit products that capture major trends, preventing stockouts of best-selling items, and delivering products and services that exceed customer expectations.
We are also expanding our e-commerce operations overseas and are seeking individuals who can drive the further evolution of our e-commerce business both domestically and internationally.

Department Overview

The Japan Digital Commerce Department, to which you will be assigned, operates an e-commerce site that serves as GU’s largest flagship store worldwide, balancing sales maximization with branding, and aims to achieve sustainable and disruptive growth for GU’s overall business.
Specifically, you will be assigned to the Site Management Team, which is responsible for formulating strategies, planning, developing, and operating the entire e-commerce site, and you will drive projects in collaboration with various departments, such as Marketing and Merchandising.

Job Description

As a member of the team responsible for operating GU’s e-commerce site and app, you will work in coordination with Corporate Planning, Merchandising, Marketing, IMD, Inventory Control, and Sales to handle the entire process—from formulating strategies and developing production plans (seasonal, monthly, and weekly) for your assigned area, through to execution and review—in an integrated manner. The scope of your impact covers a business volume ranging from several billion to tens of billions of yen per year.

Specific responsibilities include the following:

• E-commerce Site/App Strategy Development: Based on site analytics, formulate strategies and tactics to achieve sales and profit targets and strengthen branding; establish KPIs; and design A/B tests
• Content Planning, Design, and Production Direction: Based on market and website analytics, develop strategies and tactics for delivering the latest fashion information to customers and improving the site to make it easier to browse and purchase
• Search Optimization: Designing and implementing optimal SEO strategies based on on-site and off-site search metrics; optimizing on-site search (improving search assistance linked to business objectives)
• Project Management: Collaborating with relevant departments to manage the execution of the above tasks according to schedule
• Web Analytics and Reporting: Analyzing customer behavior on the site using Google Analytics 4 to ensure effective weekly PDCA cycles, identifying issues, and formulating and executing solutions
• UI/UX Improvements, New Feature Development, and Planning for Next-Generation Services: Aiming to create a website and app that make it easy for customers to choose and purchase products, and regularly proposing improvement requests to Fast Retailing’s IT department

etc.

*The Job Description may change within the scope of duties related to each department at headquarters due to department transfers or organizational changes.

Career Path

Depending on your experience and skills, you will initially work in a specific area to become familiar with the role. Subsequently, you will be expected to broaden your scope and lead a team. You will collaborate with various departments—including Business Strategy, IT, Marketing, Logistics, and the Customer Center—to acquire a wide range of knowledge and experience. Depending on your preferences, you may also have the opportunity to direct overseas e-commerce rollout projects beyond Japan, expanding your scope of activity on the global stage.

Required Experience, Skills, and Abilities

• At least 2 years of experience in the direction and day-to-day operations of an e-commerce site, or in consulting
• At least 2 years of experience working with CMS tools
• At least 2 years of experience in website analysis using Google Analytics 4 or similar tools
• Business-level English proficiency (TOEIC score of 700 or higher is preferred)

Preferred Experience, Skills, and Abilities

• Basic understanding of HTML
• Experience expanding business or services overseas
• Knowledge of and practical experience in web marketing and advertising management
• Experience in planning, implementing, and managing the streamlining and automation of operational workflows

Company Name: GU Co., Ltd.

Employment Type: Full-time Employee

Annual Salary

• Annual Salary Range: 6.56–15.00 million yen (Monthly Salary: 410,000–700,000 yen)
• Allowances: Commuting allowance, overtime pay, etc. (*All subject to company regulations)
• Bonuses: Semi-annual bonuses twice a year, year-end bonus (eligibility and amount determined based on company performance and performance evaluations)
• Promotions twice a year (determined based on performance evaluations)

*Salary will be determined based on company regulations, taking into account your previous annual income and experience, and is not limited to the figures listed above.

Working Hours

Flexible work schedule or supervisory role

• Flexible work hours

Standard daily working hours: 8 hours; Break: 1 hour
Core hours: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Flexible hours…6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Overtime may be required

• Supervisors

Based on the working hours of the employee’s department; left to the employee’s discretion

Holidays and Leave

Two days off per week (Saturdays and Sundays; national holidays are workdays) Annual paid leave, special and bereavement leave, childcare and family care leave systems, etc.
*In addition to paid leave, special leave is granted in the first and second halves of the fiscal year (the number of days granted varies depending on employment status and the company to which the employee belongs)

Insurance Coverage

Social Insurance (Health Insurance, Employees’ Pension Insurance, Employment Insurance, Workers’ Compensation Insurance, Long-Term Care Insurance)

Employee Benefits

Employee stock ownership plan, mutual aid association, affiliated welfare programs, employee discount program, cafeteria, dedicated shuttle bus (for commuting to the Ariake office), defined contribution pension plan (full-time employees only)

Other

• Our company actively recruits mid-career candidates across various Group companies (Fast Retailing, UNIQLO, GU, etc.). We would appreciate it if you could review the information below and consider applying.
• Within the Fast Retailing Group, you may apply to multiple companies simultaneously. However, please note that even if the selection process proceeds at multiple companies, you can only advance to the final selection stage for one position at a time.
• Based on your submitted resume and interview performance, we may contact you to discuss opportunities at other companies or for different positions within the Fast Retailing Group.
• Measures Against Secondhand Smoke: Smoking is prohibited on the premises and indoors; we do not have designated smoking rooms. (Smoking is prohibited during working hours, including break times.)

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