Fast Retailing Group is focusing on hiring IT professionals in order to reform operations using digital technology and to develop future managers with technical backgrounds.
Fast Retailing Group Officer and CTO, Digital Business Transformation Services Department
大谷晋平
グループ執行役員CTO デジタル業務改革サービス部
Our Work at the Digital Business Transformation Services Department
Our mission in Digital Business Transformation Services is to use the power of digital technologies to change the way we run our businesses, improve customer satisfaction, and achieve business transformation, while keeping customers at the center of everything we do. Our work is not just to make use of digital tools, but to change the way operations and businesses are carried out.
In addition, the department aims to develop and operate a system that can support a global business that originates in Japan. We also hope to enrich the lives of consumers around the world, allowing them to enjoy our range of apparel brands. Through this, we wish to become the number one clothing brand, prized by customers all around the world.
Opportunities for Talented People and Engineers
There are many highly specialized people working in the technological fields that I oversee. In industrial companies I think that besides expertise, people with a high curiosity, flexible thinking, and self-learning capability stand strong. It is better to have people who don’t confine themselves and can proactively learn from others, combining that knowledge with their own strengths to be able to propose and implement new ideas, all while improving their expertise.
From a career perspective, it would be an interesting opportunity for an engineer to build a career by combining various roles without focusing just on an engineering job profile. Fast Retailing offers a career path in which the goal is about management and leadership through performing multiple duties, while maintaining a focus on technology. However, at the same time, we offer career paths that can help people improve their expertise.
We are living in an era where individuals decide what is best for them. What we need are new challenges with specific targets and goals. It’s vital for us to feel the hustle and bustle and fast-changing nature of global markets as much as possible, without limiting ourselves to operations solely within Japan. Fast Retailing has challenged itself to become a global leader, and we hope that you can join us on our adventure.
Group Executive Officer and CIO (Chief Information Officer) of the Digital Business Reform Department
丹原崇広
グループ執行役員CIO デジタル業務改革サービス部
The Digital Business Reform Department must understand even more than the field itself and define the ideal business that can achieve results from the customer's perspective, as well as lead and realize the reforms. Therefore, unlike traditional IT departments, the mission is to use digital to lead business transformation.
We aim to fulfill our mission for the entire Fast Retailing Group and become the center of the Group’s transformation and growth. This does not mean our department is the center of the company, but rather that it becomes the human resources to promote the digital transformation for the company.
Career Opportunities
There is no fixed model for business reform, so it is very important to think by yourself and reach your goal by involving others. We are looking for people who take the initiative in tackling problem solving, without being bound by preconceived ideas, and are motivated to grow. People not at all interested in their company’s products and industry cannot think from a customer's perspective. If you are interested in fashion and apparel, you are also most welcome to join our company.
After joining, a flexible career path is possible because it is the IT department. You can of course pursue your career by applying specialized knowledge in IT, but you may also aim to become a business manager such as a CEO or COO beyond the framework of IT.
Now is the age of the digital revolution. Digital is eliminating industry boundaries and any company can be a partner or a competitor. We do not see this as a constraint, but rather as a great opportunity. We would like to realize operational reforms that benefit from digital technology.
Since business transformation is not a standard task, it can be achieved by making a logical hypothesis, with flexible thinking and thorough execution. Fast Retailing is a company that offers the best opportunity to those who want to achieve goals by adhering to their own values and expertise and using all assets, including their skills and the abilities of those around them. Let's work together to reach the global number one position.
