Recruitment Background

Fast Retailing is redesigning its supply chain as a core management priority to achieve consolidated group sales of 5 trillion yen and 10 trillion yen. To achieve this, it is essential to consistently ensure that “the products customers want are always in stock” across both e-commerce and physical stores. This requires a management-driven approach that goes beyond treating logistics as a mere operational task; instead, it involves integrating investment decisions, cost transformation, and partnerships with suppliers, all based on P&L and KPIs.For this position, we are seeking a candidate who will be responsible for profit and loss (P&L) and KPI management—which directly influence business decisions for UNIQLO’s Japan operations, which have surpassed 1 trillion yen in sales—and who will drive initiatives from identifying challenges through to the implementation of improvements.

Department Overview

The Global Supply Chain Management Department plays a central role in driving sales and creating customer experiences—it does more than simply “move” goods. Within this department, the Global Logistics Support (P&L and KPI Management) Team, to which you will be assigned, is tasked with accurately analyzing key metrics and continuously improving the profitability of logistics costs for the UNIQLO business. Using the P&L as a starting point, you will serve as a bridge between store and warehouse operations and business management, contributing to the growth of the business.

Job Description

You will be responsible for budget vs. actual management of logistics costs within the store logistics sector of UNIQLO’s Japan business, which generates approximately 1 trillion yen in domestic sales.

Specifically,

• Starting with the formulation of the full-year logistics cost budget, you will update monthly forecasts to account for demand fluctuations and the impact of initiatives, identify issues through analysis of variances between budget and actual results, and take full responsibility for the entire process—from planning and executing improvement actions to monitoring their progress.
• This role goes beyond mere numerical management; you will identify key issues that drive action at both the executive and operational levels, build consensus with relevant departments both inside and outside the company, and lead improvements aimed at achieving targets.
• Rather than limiting yourself to desk-based numerical management, you will advance your work by occasionally visiting stores, warehouses, and other on-site locations to gain a firsthand understanding of actual conditions.
• By moving back and forth between management metrics (P&L, KPIs) and on-site execution, you will directly drive business impact, taking end-to-end responsibility from budget formulation to execution, and leading efforts to enhance logistics and improve profitability.
• A key feature of this position is the autonomy you’ll have to not only set targets but also identify challenges revealed by the data, work toward solutions, and drive execution and results by engaging relevant stakeholders—including executives both inside and outside the company—until the job is done.

*The Job Description may change depending on department transfers or organizational restructuring, within the scope of duties relevant to each department within the headquarters.

Career Path

You will initially drive operations as the primary point of contact, with the expectation that you will aim for a leadership role in the future based on your performance and career aspirations. Additionally, you will have opportunities for a wide range of career development within the Global Supply Chain Management Department, including leading global logistics cost management and KPI management, serving as the head of overseas logistics, and engaging in corporate and business planning within the supply chain domain.

Required Experience, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience serving as the primary point of contact for at least one of the following: budget formulation, forecast management, or actual-versus-budget analysis using PL/KPI metrics; and experience driving the process from identifying issues to implementing improvement actions and achieving numerical improvements (industry and field are not restricted)
• Experience driving improvement initiatives by engaging multiple departments and stakeholders at different levels and positions (including executive management, frontline staff, other departments, and external partners), while coordinating interests and building consensus

Preferred Experience, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience contributing to P&L improvement and KPI design/operation in highly uncertain environments, such as new business launches, business restructuring, or structural transformations
• Experience in structuring key issues based on metrics and KPIs, and presenting proposals and narratives to senior management and relevant departments that led to decision-making
• Experience with cost transformation, KPI design and implementation, and improvement projects in the logistics/supply chain field
• Experience processing, analyzing, and visualizing data using various analytical tools*

　*Excel, Access, Spreadsheet, PowerQuery, PowerPivot, PowerBI, Looker Studio, Tableau, etc.

• English proficiency: Business level (TOEIC score of approximately 700)

Company Name: Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

Employment Type: Full-time Employee

Annual Income

• Annual Salary Range: 12–19.64 million yen (Monthly Salary: 670,000–900,000 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 is 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 hours, or managerial/supervisory roles

• Flexible work schedule

Standard daily working hours: 8 hours; Break: 1 hour
Core hours: 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Flexible hours…6:00–9:00 and 14:00–20:00; overtime work 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, partner 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 professionals 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 advance to the final selection stage for only one position at a time.

• Based on your submitted resume and interview performance, we may contact you to discuss other positions at different companies 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