UNIQLO Manager Candidate Graduate Program - Melbourne

UNIQLO Manager Candidate Graduate Program

• Join a rapidly growing global company
• Worldwide management career opportunities
• Structured store operations management training and development program delivered by a supportive and passionate team

Our UNIQLO Manager Candidate (UMC) program will prepare you to take on roles including but not limited to an innovator, a talent developer, a problem solver, and above all, a business leader.

As a UMC, you will join our passionate retail store teams from around the world and undertake an intensive retail master class designed to equip you with the skills and experiences necessary to run a business autonomously, generating millions in sales.

To be an effective business leader, our UMC graduates are expected to start with the basics. The program has been intentionally structured to progress through different activities and responsibilities allowing you to gain a full understanding of all aspects of the UNIQLO business and its operations. We will support and guide you to develop the ability to commercially lead your own business and manage a team whilst maintaining the customer experience at the forefront at all times.

Upon completion of the program, many graduate candidates move towards senior management roles - either in their own countries or worldwide! Wherever your interests are, the UMC experience will set the stage for unrivalled opportunities. Your personal growth, responsibility, and achievement are limited only by your effort and abilities.

Become a Business Leader

• Drive sales and profitability
• Build and manage a team
• Lead through innovation and change
• Set and pursue an ideal
• Develop a Global Perspective
• Thrive in an international work environment. Immerse yourself in new and exciting cultural experiences

Join a Rapidly Growing Global Company

Help UNIQLO and the Fast Retailing group reach our ambitious goal of becoming the world's number one specialty apparel retailer.

Change the World

Promote our corporate mission to influence and improve society through our unique clothing and Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.

What UNIQLO can offer you?

• Structured retail management training
• Lots of responsibility early in your career
• Contribute to a growing business
• Opportunity to open new stores in new markets
• The ability to transfer across various departments and locations both nationally and internationally

What are we looking for?

UNIQLO is a growing company, and therefore we are looking for people with a start-up mindset, a hands-on approach, and a strong passion for retail. Other key qualities include: excellent communication, independence, cultural intelligence, ambition, determination, flexibility and resilience

To be successful for the program you need:

• Bachelor's Degree (any discipline)
• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships at all levels of the business
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise workload and deliver to tight deadlines
• Global viewpoint and cultural sensitivity are a must
• Ability to work a flexible schedule that meets the business needs, including evenings and weekends

Apply today:

We are now accepting expressions of interest from graduates available to start this program in early November 2019. To apply, please send us your resume and cover letter by clicking on the 'apply for this job' button.

Our Company

UNIQLO stems from the words 'unique' and 'clothing' – simple and clever, just like our clothes. Our philosophy is based on the premise of LifeWear: apparel that comes from the Japanese values of simplicity, quality and longevity. Designed to be of the time and for the time, LifeWear is made with such modern elegance that it becomes the building blocks of each individual's style. A perfect shirt that is always being made more perfect. The simplest design hiding the most thoughtful and modern details. The best in fit and fabric made to be affordable and accessible to all. LifeWear is clothing that is constantly being innovated, bringing more warmth, more lightness, better design, and better comfort to people's lives.

UNIQLO continues to open large-scale stores in some of the world's most important cities and locations, as part of its ongoing efforts to solidify its status as a global brand. Today the company has more than 2,000 stores in 21 markets including Japan. In alphabetical order, the other markets are Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.

Please note this opportunity is only available to Australian Citizens/Permanent Residents.