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Digital transformation of business operations
In charge of promoting transformation of store operations
Entry| Brand |  GU |
|---|---|
| Location |
Ariake Headquarters: UNIQLO CITY, 1-6-7 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo *Subject to change to other locations as determined by the company, including overseas. |
| Update | Jan, 30 2025 |
Job Description
Recruitment Background
GU is Fast Retailing Group's second largest brand. The brand's message is "YOUR FREEDOM", and it operates its business with the mission of empowering people through the power of fashion. Our goal is to become a globally supported and loved fashion brand together with UNIQLO by providing trendy, fashionable, and practical products at low prices, while taking sustainability into consideration.
By offering global must-trends to customers with Japanese quality and low prices, UNIQLO is beginning to be accepted as a brand loved around the world. In September 2023, a new product headquarters, which will be the key to product creation, will be established in New York, and in October 2024, a flagship store will open in SoHo, New York, In order to become the global No. 1 fashion brand, we are accelerating the opening of new stores both in Japan and overseas while promoting all kinds of reforms. We are looking for someone who can contribute to our business growth by launching new stores, providing business support to global countries, and promoting transformation of store operations.
■Outline of the Department
The Global Store Operations Reform Department is a bridge between stores, which are the source of customer satisfaction and sales, and headquarters. The Global Store Business Reform Department is responsible for "Business Reform.
The Global Store Operations Reform Department has three functions: "business transformation," "new stores," and "business support.
(1) Business transformation
The Department promotes the introduction of new systems to stores and the digitalization of operations in cooperation with a wide range of departments, including IT, in order to realize highly efficient store management and an improved customer experience through the use of technologies such as RFID and self-checkout systems.
(2) New store area
We regard a new store as a business launch, and work with store managers, area managers, and headquarters departments to promote the development of opportunities and problem solving for the successful launch of the business. We develop store concepts and marketing strategies, execute and analyze sales plans, and create winning patterns.
(3) Business Support Area
We will identify issues in the management of each store in each country, and in order for all stores to achieve highly efficient store management with a small number of elite employees, we will work with each department in the headquarters to promote the transformation of work styles and work flow, as well as horizontal development in each global country.
■ Job Description
This position will be assigned based on your experience and ambitions through conversations with you during the selection process, but you will be expected to always think customer-centered, take the leadership role, and work on the frontline to materialize the ideas and results, as described below, for one of the following areas: 1) business transformation, 2) new store area, or 3) business support area. The first assignment will be to take the lead in the following areas: (1) business reform, (2) new stores, and (3) business support.
Define and detail the ideal store management vision and business transformation themes (issues) in each area.
Design and promotion of business transformation projects
Design and promotion of business transformation projects
Communication and management with internal and external stakeholders
Lead prototyping and system implementation
Management and lead of the entire project, including resource and risk management
Improvement of business and system operations based on customer and field feedback
Rollout, establishment, and horizontal development of global business
Job Description is subject to change within the scope of work related to each department of the headquarters due to departmental or organizational changes.
GU is Fast Retailing Group's second largest brand. The brand's message is "YOUR FREEDOM", and it operates its business with the mission of empowering people through the power of fashion. Our goal is to become a globally supported and loved fashion brand together with UNIQLO by providing trendy, fashionable, and practical products at low prices, while taking sustainability into consideration.
By offering global must-trends to customers with Japanese quality and low prices, UNIQLO is beginning to be accepted as a brand loved around the world. In September 2023, a new product headquarters, which will be the key to product creation, will be established in New York, and in October 2024, a flagship store will open in SoHo, New York, In order to become the global No. 1 fashion brand, we are accelerating the opening of new stores both in Japan and overseas while promoting all kinds of reforms. We are looking for someone who can contribute to our business growth by launching new stores, providing business support to global countries, and promoting transformation of store operations.
■Outline of the Department
The Global Store Operations Reform Department is a bridge between stores, which are the source of customer satisfaction and sales, and headquarters. The Global Store Business Reform Department is responsible for "Business Reform.
The Global Store Operations Reform Department has three functions: "business transformation," "new stores," and "business support.
(1) Business transformation
The Department promotes the introduction of new systems to stores and the digitalization of operations in cooperation with a wide range of departments, including IT, in order to realize highly efficient store management and an improved customer experience through the use of technologies such as RFID and self-checkout systems.
(2) New store area
We regard a new store as a business launch, and work with store managers, area managers, and headquarters departments to promote the development of opportunities and problem solving for the successful launch of the business. We develop store concepts and marketing strategies, execute and analyze sales plans, and create winning patterns.
(3) Business Support Area
We will identify issues in the management of each store in each country, and in order for all stores to achieve highly efficient store management with a small number of elite employees, we will work with each department in the headquarters to promote the transformation of work styles and work flow, as well as horizontal development in each global country.
■ Job Description
This position will be assigned based on your experience and ambitions through conversations with you during the selection process, but you will be expected to always think customer-centered, take the leadership role, and work on the frontline to materialize the ideas and results, as described below, for one of the following areas: 1) business transformation, 2) new store area, or 3) business support area. The first assignment will be to take the lead in the following areas: (1) business reform, (2) new stores, and (3) business support.
Define and detail the ideal store management vision and business transformation themes (issues) in each area.
Design and promotion of business transformation projects
Design and promotion of business transformation projects
Communication and management with internal and external stakeholders
Lead prototyping and system implementation
Management and lead of the entire project, including resource and risk management
Improvement of business and system operations based on customer and field feedback
Rollout, establishment, and horizontal development of global business
Job Description is subject to change within the scope of work related to each department of the headquarters due to departmental or organizational changes.
Qualifications
Required Experience, Skills, and Abilities
Experience in one of the following at a management consulting firm, business consulting firm, SIer, or business company
Experience in business transformation or business design for the firm or its clients
Experience in system design, operation, development, implementation, and implementation support for the company or the client
Experience, skills, and abilities that would be welcome
Experience in drawing up an ideal vision and taking the lead in its implementation
Experience in identifying issues by going into the field and talking with a variety of stakeholders.
Ability to build a team by involving other departments using numbers/logical stories/passion
Knowledge of store operations and customer experience in the retail sales environment
English proficiency equivalent to TOEIC score of 700
Experience in one of the following at a management consulting firm, business consulting firm, SIer, or business company
Experience in business transformation or business design for the firm or its clients
Experience in system design, operation, development, implementation, and implementation support for the company or the client
Experience, skills, and abilities that would be welcome
Experience in drawing up an ideal vision and taking the lead in its implementation
Experience in identifying issues by going into the field and talking with a variety of stakeholders.
Ability to build a team by involving other departments using numbers/logical stories/passion
Knowledge of store operations and customer experience in the retail sales environment
English proficiency equivalent to TOEIC score of 700
Work Condition
Company Name
GU Corporation
Employment Type
Full-time employee (no fixed term, probationary period (3 months))
■Annual Income
Annual salary range: 6.28 - 11.7 million yen (monthly salary: 390,000 - 650,000 yen)
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 company performance and personnel evaluation)
Promotion: Twice a year (determined according to personnel evaluation)
(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 national holidays correspond to working days) Annual paid vacations, special/ congratulatory/condolence leave, childcare/nursing care leave system, etc.
In addition to paid vacations, special leave is granted in the first and second terms (the number of days granted varies depending on the employment status and the company to which the employee belongs).
Insurance
Social insurance (health insurance, employee pension, unemployment insurance, workers' accident compensation insurance, nursing care insurance)
Benefits
Employee stock ownership system, Mutual aid association system, Affiliated welfare programs, Employee discount system, Cafeteria, Exclusive shuttle bus (for commuting to the Ariake office), Defined contribution pension system
Other
We are actively recruiting mid-career workers for our group companies (Fast Retailing, UNIQLO, GU, etc.). We hope you will consider applying for this position after reviewing the following
-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.
Smoking is not permitted on the premises or indoors, and there are no smoking rooms or other smoking areas.
GU Corporation
Employment Type
Full-time employee (no fixed term, probationary period (3 months))
■Annual Income
Annual salary range: 6.28 - 11.7 million yen (monthly salary: 390,000 - 650,000 yen)
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 company performance and personnel evaluation)
Promotion: Twice a year (determined according to personnel evaluation)
(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 national holidays correspond to working days) Annual paid vacations, special/ congratulatory/condolence leave, childcare/nursing care leave system, etc.
In addition to paid vacations, special leave is granted in the first and second terms (the number of days granted varies depending on the employment status and the company to which the employee belongs).
Insurance
Social insurance (health insurance, employee pension, unemployment insurance, workers' accident compensation insurance, nursing care insurance)
Benefits
Employee stock ownership system, Mutual aid association system, Affiliated welfare programs, Employee discount system, Cafeteria, Exclusive shuttle bus (for commuting to the Ariake office), Defined contribution pension system
Other
We are actively recruiting mid-career workers for our group companies (Fast Retailing, UNIQLO, GU, etc.). We hope you will consider applying for this position after reviewing the following
-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.
Smoking is not permitted on the premises or indoors, and there are no smoking rooms or other smoking areas.
Location
Ariake Headquarters: UNIQLO CITY, 1-6-7 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo
(*Subject to change to other locations as determined by the company, including overseas locations.
(*Subject to change to other locations as determined by the company, including overseas locations.
