UNIQLO Management Candidate (UMC)

UNIQLO (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

UNIQLO (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. is launching the Management Candidate (UMC) Program, a fast-paced leadership pathway designed to run stores, lead people, and grow with a global retailer. Relocation within Malaysia is part of the experience for initial placement and development.

The program offers immersion in store operations, people leadership, and business management, preparing you to advance to Store Manager and future leadership roles within UNIQLO Malaysia and beyond.

Qualifications

• Final year students or fresh graduates with a bachelor’s degree.
• Willing to work retail hours, including shifts, weekends, and public holidays.
• Open to relocation within Malaysia.
• Strong interest in retail and long-term career growth.
• Hungry, resilient, and driven to outperform.

Responsibilities

• Gain immersive, hands-on experience in store operations.
• Develop people’s leadership and business management skills.
• Prepare to become a Store Manager and future business leader within UNIQLO Malaysia and beyond.
• relocation within Malaysia is part of the experience.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Communication

Decision-making

Growth mindset

Resilience

Retail interest

Education

Bachelor’s degree (any discipline)

Job description

The UNIQLO Management Candidate (UMC) Program is a leadership pathway designed for individuals who aspire to run a business, lead people, and grow with one of the world’s leading global retailers.

At UNIQLO, the store is the beating heart of our business. Through the UMC program, you will gain immersive, hands‑on experience in store operations, people's leadership, and business management preparing you to become a Store Manager and future business leader within UNIQLO Malaysia and beyond.

This is not a conventional graduate role. It is a fast paced, high ownership program designed for those who are motivated by challenge, driven by results, and eager to make an impact from day one. Relocation within Malaysia is part of the experience for initial placement and future development within the program.

Program Structure

Building Strong Operational Foundation

Master the basic store operations and embrace UNIQLO values.

Stepping Into Team Leadership

Take on greater responsibility in leading daily operations which will develop your core people's management, communication, and decision‑making skills.

Driving Store & Business Performance

This is where you transition from team leader to business driver, people development and taking on business challenges.

UMC Ideal Candidate

We are looking for individuals who:

Aspire to run a business and lead people.

Are genuinely interested in being part of a global retail business.

Possess a strong growth mindset and learn through challenges.

Have hunger, resilience, and the drive to outperform.

Are comfortable in a fast paced and hands‑on retail environment.

Are willing to start from the sales floor and grow through experience.

Key Requirements

Final year students or fresh graduates with a bachelor’s degree (any discipline).

Minimum CGPA 3.00 / Second Class Upper (or equivalent).

Willing and able to work retail hours, including shifts, weekends, and public holidays.

Open to relocation within Malaysia based on business needs.

Strong interest in retail, people's leadership, and long‑term career growth.

UNIQLO in Malaysia

Since opening its first store in Malaysia in 2010 at Kuala Lumpur’s Fahrenheit 88, UNIQLO has grown into one of Malaysia’s most‑loved brands. Today, UNIQLO brings its LifeWear apparel to Malaysian customers through 50 retail locations in 10 states, covering Peninsular and East Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, and Putrajaya, as well as through its UNIQLO.com online store. For more information about UNIQLO in Malaysia, please visit https://www.uniqlo.com/my/store/ .

About UNIQLO 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.

About UNIQLO and Fast Retailing

UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese retail holding company with global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. UNIQLO is the largest of eight brands in the Fast Retailing Group, the others being GU, Theory, PLST (Plus T), Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, J Brand and Helmut Lang. With global sales of approximately 2.13 trillion yen for the 2021 fiscal year ending August 31, 2021 (US $19.4 billion, calculated in yen using the end of August 2021 rate of $1 = 109.9 yen), Fast Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies, and UNIQLO is Japan’s leading specialty retailer.

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 2,300 stores in 25 markets including Japan. In alphabetical order, the other markets are Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, U.K. U.S. and Vietnam. In addition, UNIQLO established a social business in Bangladesh together with the Grameen Bank in 2010, and today there are more than 15 Grameen-UNIQLO stores, mostly located in Dhaka.

With a corporate statement committed to changing clothes, changing conventional wisdom and change the world, Fast Retailing is dedicated to creating great clothing with new and unique value to enrich the lives of people everywhere. For more information about UNIQLO and Fast Retailing, please visit www.uniqlo.com and www.fastretailing.com.

UNIQLO in Malaysia

Since opening its first store in Malaysia in 2010 at Kuala Lumpur’s Fahrenheit 88, UNIQLO has grown into one of Malaysia’s most‑loved brands. Today, UNIQLO brings its LifeWear apparel to Malaysian customers through 50 retail locations in 10 states, covering Peninsular and East Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, and Putrajaya, as well as through its UNIQLO.com online store. For more information about UNIQLO in Malaysia, please visit https://www.uniqlo.com/my/store/ .

About UNIQLO 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.

About UNIQLO and Fast Retailing

UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese retail holding company with global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. UNIQLO is the largest of eight brands in the Fast Retailing Group, the others being GU, Theory, PLST (Plus T), Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, J Brand and Helmut Lang. With global sales of approximately 2.13 trillion yen for the 2021 fiscal year ending August 31, 2021 (US $19.4 billion, calculated in yen using the end of August 2021 rate of $1 = 109.9 yen), Fast Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies, and UNIQLO is Japan’s leading specialty retailer.

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 2,300 stores in 25 markets including Japan. In alphabetical order, the other markets are Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, U.K. U.S. and Vietnam. In addition, UNIQLO established a social business in Bangladesh together with the Grameen Bank in 2010, and today there are more than 15 Grameen-UNIQLO stores, mostly located in Dhaka.

With a corporate statement committed to changing clothes, changing conventional wisdom and change the world, Fast Retailing is dedicated to creating great clothing with new and unique value to enrich the lives of people everywhere. For more information about UNIQLO and Fast Retailing, please visit www.uniqlo.com and www.fastretailing.com.