UNIQLO Manager Candidate (UMC)
Department: UNIQLO stores, On-Site
Reporting to: Store Manager
Start: January 2024 and July 2024
Duration: about 9 months
Locations: Varies based on business needs
Our UNIQLO Manager Candidate (UMC) Program will not only prepare you to become a Store Manager, but a Global Business Leader! As a UNIQLO Store Manager you will take on many roles, such as an innovator, talent developer, problem solver, and above all a business leader. You will join a cohort of passionate and diverse peers in this training program, expected to last about nine-months. Working in one of our U.S. stores, you will take on the responsibility of a business owner, overseeing sales & inventory planning, layout & visual merchandising, profit and loss, people management, and customer satisfaction.
As a member of the Store Management team, you will help fulfill the company’s corporate statement “Changing clothes. Changing conventional wisdom. Change the world.” by driving sales and profit with your team and building customer loyalty through excellent customer service. Under the mentorship of your Store Manager/Trainer, you will oversee an engaged, productive store team by leading by example and demonstrating strong leadership and initiative. After the UMC Program, the typical UMC Career path leads from Store Manager Candidate to Store Manager and then to leadership roles in UNIQLO’s store and overall business operations.
As a UMC, you will be learning alongside your trainer how to support the store and team in the following areas:
- Maximization of sales and profit via sales and inventory management
- Employee staffing, training, and development
- Exceptional customer service
- Overall store management, supervision, and policy implementation
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree (open to all majors)
- Flexibility to relocate to various locations over the course of your career
- Flexible work schedule, which could include early mornings, late nights, or overnights as well as weekends and holidays
- Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodations
Desired Candidate Qualities:
- Previous retail, hospitality, or sales experience
- Strong leadership experience and work ethic
- Analytical and intuitive mindset to drive innovative processes
- Passion for customer service
- Ability to adapt and multi-task in a fast-changing environment
- Team player mentality
- Ability to capture fundamental issues, out of box thinking, and challenging the status-quo
General Benefits
- Relocation assistance depending on distance
- Competitive paid time off package
- 401K plan
- Medical, dental, vision coverage
- Medical flexible spending account
- Transit flexible spending account
- Short and long term disability
- Employee assistance program
- Merchandise discount
Physical Demands: This position involves constant moving, talking, hearing, reaching, and standing. Involves standing for at least two consecutive hours. Involves lifting at least 30 lbs. May occasionally involve stooping, kneeling, crouching, and climbing ladders. Vision abilities include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. May involve reaching above eye level. Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodations
Next Steps:
To apply and find more information please visit LinkedIn or Handshake.
Recruiter:
Michelle Le; michelle.le@uniqlo-usa.com
Albert Tran; albert.tran@uniqlo-usa.com
Please allow a 2 week turnaround time. UMC applications are open now until November 15, 2023 (for the January start date) and until May 1, 2024 (for the July start date).
We hope to see you soon!
The Company is committed to equal pay initiatives and will not ask candidates for their current or past salary.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Fast Retailing does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or because of any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state or local law.