Transforming organizational culture through participation by all employees and capability development

「We worked to strengthen human capital for new value creation and higher productivity, strengthen sales by enhancing brand strength and investing in product development, and strengthen earnings capacity through stronger organisational capabilities and more efficient operations.」

「As its human resources strategy under the medium-term management plan for the fiscal years ending March 2026 through March 2028, the Company has defined its human resources vision as “Human resources who take the first step toward challenges and contribute to regional development” and formulated the following human resources management policies. Human resources systems: establish systems that fairly reward results based on clear roles and evaluation criteria. Human resources development: accelerate the development of candidates for management positions and establish an education framework to promote strategy execution. Recruitment: establish a recruitment management system to become a company that attracts the desired talent. Organizational culture: create an environment in which each employee can take on challenges, take pride in their work and achieve results.」

「The Company worked to strengthen sales through human capital investment to improve productivity and investment in brand strength and product development, and to strengthen profitability by reinforcing organizational capabilities and improving operational efficiency.」

「Fiscal year under review Percentage of female employees in management positions (%) Percentage of male employees taking childcare leave (%) Gender pay gap (%) All employees Regular employees Part-time and fixed-term employees 3.6 0.0 63.3 82.7 81.2」

「The Company will also promote diversity and inclusion and work to improve the ratio of women in management, while developing the working environment through improved employee treatment, the promotion of health management and higher employee satisfaction.」

「For human resources development, the Company will work to build teams by improving management skills, promote bottom-up management through delegation of authority and improve work standards. It will also establish career plans by promoting an open application system for desired departments and operating fair evaluation and promotion systems through a review of the evaluation system. To strengthen organizational capabilities, it will promote vertical and horizontal coordination, cooperation within and between departments, the formation of cross-departmental project teams, and the appropriate allocation of personnel through agile transfers between departments.」

「For human resources development, the Company will work to build teams by improving management skills, promote bottom-up management through delegation of authority, and improve work standards.」

「① Human resources utilization For human resources development, the Company will work to improve productivity by raising work standards, provide motivation and a sense of fulfillment, enhance employees’ personal capabilities, and strengthen execution by ensuring that the knowledge gained through education is immediately reflected in work, converted into action and used to promote challenges. To strengthen organizational capabilities, it will seek vertical and horizontal coordination, interdepartmental cooperation, and the collection and consolidation of information.」

「The Company will foster communication in which everyone participates and works toward common goals, build an environment that gives employees a sense of purpose and fulfillment in their work, and establish internal systems, while promoting employee capability development and education. It also aims to transform its organizational culture by enhancing everyone’s ability to take on challenges.」