UNIQLO Manager Candidate British Columbia (Jan 2025 Intake)
Description
Job Title: UNIQLO Manager Candidate (UMC)
Location(s): UNIQLO Store in British Columbia (Onsite)
Reporting to: Store Manager
Key Contacts Internal: Store Management Team, Store Support Functions and Store Associates
Key contacts External: Customers, Local Community
About UNIQLO
UNIQLO, a Japanese global apparel retailer founded in 1984, is renowned for its high-quality, affordable clothing that focuses on simple, functional designs and offers essentials with innovative fabrics to enhance our daily lives. UNIQLO offers people all over the world the joy, happiness, and satisfaction of wearing truly great clothes that embody our corporate philosophy: Changing clothes. Changing conventional wisdom. Change the world!
We are dedicated to offering our employees training, performance-based increases, and unlimited growth opportunities. If you are an ambitious, welcomes new challenges, have a drive for success, and leadership ability—then you belong at UNIQLO!
UNIQLO Manager Candidate (UMC)
The UNIQLO Management Candidate (UMC) is the position for individuals who can fast-track their careers and accumulate skills and experience to become our global business leader – to be our future CEO, COO, Global Directors, and Local Management team! You will join the intensive classroom and on-the-job training to develop your leadership, problem-solving skills, business, and analytical thinking! This is your chance to make a real impact by working alongside different groups of talents while growing a global brand renowned for its high-quality, innovative, and affordable clothing!
It All begins with managing a Store!
It All begins with managing a Store!
At Uniqlo, we see the sales floor as our center for understanding what our customers really want, confronting challenges head-on, and deriving actions to achieve rapid success. A global leader needs to be able to consider and execute business decisions on their own initiative. That's why our UMC program places a strong emphasis on working in-store.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure high standards of Customer Service in the store to maintain and reflect UNIQLO’s values, mission and vision
- Lead and motivate staff: oversee team performance, provide training and foster a collaborative work environment.
- Manage Store Operations to handle inventory management, sales tracking and store presentation to optimize performance and efficiency.
- Develop and implement strategies to meet sales and improve store metrics
- Maintain Store Standards including overall safety and cleanliness to ensure compliance with company policies, uphold visual merchandising standards and manage day-to-day store activities
- Embrace and promote Uniqlo’s commitment to sustainability, innovation and Lifewear philosophy
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Completion of Bachelor's degree in any discipline
- Leadership skills: Ability to lead and motivate a team, fostering a positive work environment and driving performance
- Customer Service Excellence: Strong focus on providing outstanding customer experiences and addressing their needs
- Operational Improvement: Open and analytical mindset to drive innovative processes, while being able to think on your feet and problem-solve
- Communication Skills: Effective communication to interact with staff, customers, and upper management
- Adaptability: Capacity to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced retail environment, handling challenges with flexibility
- Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business/store, which includes evenings and weekends
- Flexibility to relocate to various locations within Canada over the course of your career
- Ready to start full-time from January 2025
Recruitment Timeline:
Now to October 2024: Application period
September - October 2024: Selection and Interviews
October - November 2024: Store Visit
November 2024 - December 2024:Final Round interviews
November 2024 - December 2024:Final Round interviews
December 2024: Offer Extension
Apply now here via this link https://forms.gle/mLF9jXSpjpYzDpTy8
UNIQLO Canada is an equal opportunity employer. UNIQLO Canada encourages applications from all qualified candidates and accommodates persons with disabilities. Candidates that are selected for interviews should advise us if they require accommodation.