Reason for Hiring

GU, one of the Fast Retailing Group’s flagship brands, has adopted “YOUR FREEDOM: The Freedom to Reinvent Yourself” as its brand message. The brand aims to become a truly global brand by creating hit products that capture major trends, preventing stockouts of best-selling items, and delivering products and services that exceed customer expectations.

As the company continues to expand its global operations, GU is required to develop products that offer low prices while maintaining the quality standards of the Fast Retailing Group. To achieve this, we are seeking a candidate who can leverage their expertise in quality control to not only ensure the quality of individual products but also contribute to the development of a global quality management system.

Department Overview

The Production Department, to which you will be assigned, focuses on product production planning and quality control to bring product concepts to life and optimize the entire supply chain for production. By leveraging strong partnerships with overseas garment and fabric manufacturers, we create products that combine high quality with low prices.

Job Description

As a Quality Control Specialist, you will comprehensively verify materials, designs, and manufacturing conditions in accordance with quality standards and relevant regulations, and be responsible for finalizing quality labeling information, including care labels. The primary role of this position is to give tangible form to the brand’s quality standards so that product characteristics are accurately communicated and customers can wear our products with confidence for years to come.

Specifically, during the sample stage—from material selection to finalizing specifications—you will determine the quality standards for each product by reviewing various inspection results, evaluation data based on simulated real-world use, and the quality inspection criteria for mass production.

You will also be expected to collect and analyze post-sale customer feedback, identify quality-related issues, and use this insight to drive improvements for future products. By collaborating with the MD, R&D, and e-commerce departments, as well as partner factories and testing agencies, you will drive quality improvements and play a key role in supporting the overall product quality and brand trust of the business.

Career Path

In the future, we expect you to go beyond product-specific quality control and take on a central role in leading the brand’s quality strategy—including formulating GU’s overall quality policy and establishing and improving global quality control processes.

Additionally, depending on your career aspirations and aptitude, you may have the opportunity to broaden your scope of work into areas such as production merchandising, material development, or quality projects with overseas locations.

Required Experience, Skills, and Abilities

• Practical experience in quality control or quality assurance at an apparel company or a third-party testing organization (approximately 5 years or more)
• Experience proactively engaging with products and production processes to drive quality improvements
• Experience identifying defects and quality issues, logically analyzing their causes based on data, physical samples, and actual conditions, and implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence
• Experience driving projects as part of a team while communicating smoothly with internal and external stakeholders

Preferred Experience, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience providing quality guidance and process improvements to manufacturing departments or partner factories
• Experience driving quality improvements through cross-departmental coordination and by engaging relevant stakeholders
• Knowledge of and experience implementing quality management systems such as ISO 9001
• Candidates holding the TES (Textile Product Quality Control Specialist) certification

Company Name

GU Co., Ltd.

Employment Type

Full-time Employee (Permanent Position, with a 3-month probationary period)

Annual Salary

• Annual Salary Range: 6 million to 9.45 million yen (Monthly Salary: 390,000–540,000 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 hours or managerial/supervisory position

• 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 a.m.–9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.–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 considered workdays). Annual paid leave, special leave (including leave for weddings and funerals), and childcare and family care leave programs, 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, Unemployment 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 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 other positions within the Fast Retailing Group.
• Measures Against Secondhand Smoke: Smoking is prohibited on the premises and indoors, and 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
*Depending on business needs, you may be required to travel between offices.
*Your location may be changed to a location designated by the company, including overseas locations.