Developing Human Resources and the Organizational Structure to Support Business Expansion

「We also place importance on human resources as the most important management resource for sustainable corporate growth and are focusing on creating a work environment that makes it easier for employees to work. As part of this effort, the group has raised compensation levels for younger employees to strengthen its competitiveness in recruitment and improve employee engagement. We will continue to invest in the younger generation that will lead the company in the future.」

「In September 2024, we established the “Group Executive System,” primarily for executive officers and above at subsidiaries and approximately 100 other key personnel. At Group Executive talent meetings held under the system, we discuss and decide on strategic assignments and other matters to provide further growth opportunities for group management talent and develop successors, thereby strengthening the group’s management capabilities.」

「We also place importance on human resources as the most important management resource for sustainable corporate growth and are focusing on creating a work environment that makes it easier for employees to work. As part of this effort, the group has raised compensation levels for younger employees to strengthen its competitiveness in recruitment and improve employee engagement.」

「This is positioned as a key theme in the human resources area. To achieve it, we are building an organization where diverse talent gathers and develops through five human resources strategies: Recruiting, Work Style, Growth, Diversity (DE&I), and Well-Being (physical and mental health and connections).」

「Under “WORK STYLE,” we are developing measures to create an environment where employees can work with energy and high productivity; under “GROWTH,” an environment where they can achieve diverse forms of growth; and under “WELL-BEING,” an environment where they can work healthily and sustainably, both mentally and physically.」

「In addition, as part of the human resources project “Work Style Innovation,” the group introduced the “Workers Location System” for all group employees, enabling them to choose how they work with the with-COVID era in mind, with the aim of providing diverse work-style options and improving employee productivity. We also focused on securing diverse talent by establishing the “USEN-NEXT SCHOLARSHIP” to support students who have been forced to leave university because of the spread of COVID-19 in continuing their studies and finding employment, and by actively adopting new graduate recruitment methods using DX so that students could pursue their job searches safely and securely during the pandemic.」

「As part of efforts to promote new ways of working unconstrained by time or location, we have begun initiatives suited to the with-COVID era, including the introduction of a new recruitment model in cooperation with regional cities, such as “NAGAOKA WORKER” with Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture.」

「Total 4,845 (1,455)」

「As of the end of the third quarter of the current consolidated cumulative period, the number of employees was 4,735, an increase of 662 from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year. The main factors were the addition of 533 employees in the Store Services segment, resulting from CANSYSTEM Co., Ltd. becoming a consolidated subsidiary on 1 October 2018 and the hiring of new graduates.」

「At the end of the cumulative second quarter under review, the employee count had increased by 357 from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year to 4,430. The main factor was the increase of 363 employees in the store services business from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year, due mainly to the conversion of Can System Co., Ltd. into a consolidated subsidiary effective 1 October 2018.」

「At the end of the cumulative first quarter under review, the employee count had increased by 390 from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year to 4,463. The main factor was the conversion of Can System Co., Ltd. into a consolidated subsidiary effective 1 October 2018, among other factors.」

「Total 4,073 (1,099)」

「The Group’s employee count increased by 3,442 as USEN Co., Ltd. and its 3 consolidated subsidiaries were included in the scope of consolidation. ... The Group had 3,856 employees at the end of the consolidated accounting period.」

「During the cumulative third quarter under review, the Group’s employee count increased by 3,391 as USEN Co., Ltd. and its 3 consolidated subsidiaries were included in the scope of consolidation. As a result, the Group had 3,831 employees at the end of the third-quarter consolidated accounting period.」

「Going forward, in line with the expansion and nature of the business, we will secure highly capable personnel and develop the organizational structure, appropriately review meeting structures and authority levels, and work to enhance corporate governance.」