Shiseido has announced organisational and personnel changes that will take effect on January 1.
At an organisational level, the company will introduce new units to consolidate functions related to sustainability, creation and digital operations.
Shiseido will establish the Sustainability Strategy Acceleration Office within its corporate transformation acceleration department, integrating sustainability-related functions, including the DE&I group. This will result in the dissolution of both the Sustainability Strategy Acceleration Department and the DE&I Department.
The company will also establish the Art and Creation Division by consolidating functions from the Beauty Creation Center, Shiseido Creative, and the Art & Heritage Department. The functions of Shiseido Creative will transfer to the newly formed Creation Department, while the Art & Heritage Department will be reorganised as the Corporate Value Creation Office.
In digital operations, Shiseido will form the Global Digital Division and the Global Business Engagement Department to streamline resources by integrating digital and IT functions under a unified platform. Existing IT capabilities currently spread across units will be consolidated into the Global Digital Division.
With the core system FOCUS rollout completed, the Business Transformation Department will be dissolved. Two new teams will follow: the Global Business Engagement Department and the Global Enterprise Application Department.
The Digital Transformation Office will also transition into the Global Digital Platform Department.
Alongside these organisational changes, Shiseido has announced associated leadership appointments. Newly appointed leaders include Naoko Hase, Maki Yamamoto, Atsushi Yasuda, Venkatesh Somasundaram, Yuki Mikita, Keiko Sakurai, Takuma Kurahashi and Yuu Miura across functions such as risk management, digital governance, global process management, creation and product value development.
More on Shiseido’s recent performance can be found in an article on its 73 per cent profit drop driven by the China slump.
