Shiseido : Partial Organizational Reform and Personnel Change in Shiseido Group
June 03, 2021 at 12:03 am EDT
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June 3, 2021
Name of Company:
Shiseido Company, Limited
Name of Representative:
Masahiko Uotani
President and CEO
(Representative Director)
(Code No. 4911; The First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Contact:
Harumoto Kitagawa
Vice President
Investor Relations Department (Tel: +81 3 3572 5111)
Partial Organizational Reform and Personnel Change in Shiseido Group
Shiseido Company, Limited hereby announces that it will implement the following partial organizational reforms and personnel changes in the Shiseido Group, effective July 1, 2021.
1. Partial Organizational Reforms
Establishment of Fukuoka Kurume Factory
The "Supply Network Fundamental Development Department", which was responsible for preparations establishing the Fukuoka Kurume Factory and infrastructure development for human resource development in the supply network area, will be dissolved, and the "Fukuoka Kurume Factory" will be newly established and responsible for the start-up of factory functions and production preparation. The function of educating and training company-wide production engineers will be transferred to the "Production Department".
Establishment of Sustainable Technology Acceleration Department
The "Sustainable Technology Acceleration Department" will be newly established in the Brand Value R&D Institute under the management of the Chief Brand Innovation Officer for the purpose of overseeing environment-friendly packaging development, which is particularly important in our sustainability strategy, and collaborating with the product development functions as a hub for technological development and strategy execution to realize rapid commercialization.
Other Organizational Changes
The "Global ICT Department" will be renamed the "Global IT Strategy Department" and will specialize in leading Group-wide IT strategy and governance functions. The functions of system development, management, operation and maintenance will be transferred to "Shiseido Interactive Beauty Company, Limited" which will be newly established.
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2. Personnel Changes
Name
New Title
Current Title
Atsunori Takano
Executive Officer*
Executive Officer*
Chief Information Technology Officer
Chief Information Technology Officer
Vice President, Global IT Strategy
Department
Nozomu Oikawa
General Manager, Fukuoka Kurume
Vice President, Supply Network
Factory
Fundamental Development Department
Akiko Nakamura
Director, Sustainable Environment
Director, Sustainable Environment
Department, Social Value Creation
Department, Social Value Creation
Division
Division
Director, Sustainable Technology
Acceleration Department, Brand Value
R&D Institute
* To hold the concurrent title of Corporate Officer
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Shiseido Company, Limited specializes in the design, manufacturing and marketing of cosmetics. The group offers beauty products (including makeup items, coloring, etc. ; Shiseido, Aupr's, DQ, Za, Revital Granas, B?n?fique, Maquillage and Elixir), skin care products (skin creams, bath and shower gels, shampoos, etc. ; Aqua Label, Integrate, Tsubaki and Uno), perfumes (Issey Miyake, narciso Rodriguez, Elis Saab and Azzedine Ala?a) as well as professional products (Joico, Decl?or and Carita).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (32.9%), China (25.6%), Asia and Oceania (6.4%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (10.3%), Americas (9.9%) and other (14.9%).