Achieving The Right Talent in the Right Position

Based on this approach, we will focus on fostering business leaders who promote both the exploration and creation of new businesses and the steady growth and refinement of existing businesses in a mutually beneficial manner. In addition, we are working to secure professional human resources with a high level of expertise and execution skills, who will serve as a source of corporate value.

Note: For details of the 14 human capital-related guiding principles see here.

SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group has positioned the development of successors in each position as a priority issue for the sustainable development of its diverse businesses. We monitor the number of positions and successors in collaboration with the heads of the human resources departments at each divisional company.

Business leaders are required to have a multifaceted perspective and strong management skills. Moreover, professional human resources must possess the necessary expertise coupled with the ability to execute. In order to develop these capabilities, SEKISUI CHEICAL Group has put in place a foundation for human resource development by providing role-based training as well as programs in which employees can voluntarily take part.
Method of disclosure ：Training hours per employee per fiscal year

For details of FY2023 results, see Major Initiatives for Achieving the Right Talent in the Right Position.

SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group established the Human Resources Committee to promote efforts aimed at strengthening the selection and training of management candidates. Our goal is to properly manage the roles required to realize our management strategies, and to ensure that the personnel and successors responsible for these roles receive continuous training.

In line with the introduction of a new evaluation system, we conducted a two-tiered training program. The first to promote understanding of the evaluation system and a second to promote understanding of the evaluation system together with the basics of evaluation for those with little evaluation experience in fiscal 2021.
Building on the content of each of the aforementioned programs aimed at promoting an understanding of the evaluation system as well as the basics of evaluation, we conducted training to strengthen evaluation skills from fiscal 2022.

In order to promote the visualization of roles, SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group defines the roles and mission requirements for each post by utilizing its human resource system, and takes steps to progressively disclose details. In this way, we are working to visualize careers within the Company, identify areas to aim for, and promote autonomous career development.

In addition to the difficulties involved in developing highly specialized human resources through work, there is an excess in demand across all industries. SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group has introduced professional qualification allowances for lawyers and other specialized professions as a mechanism to continuously secure human resources within the Company. We have also secured highly specialized human resources by redefining specialized personnel in such staff divisions as DX and legal affairs.

SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group offers training programs to acquire e-mail writing, presentation, negotiation, and other practical skills. The Group also hosts global career events where employees hear directly from expatriates, giving them a more concrete and familiar sense of global work.
We also offer the six-month SEKISUI Global Academy training program. After taking this program and acquiring the necessary skills, participants travel overseas for a week to give presentations to local partners. The number of participants in fiscal 2023 was 14. In addition to language skills, this program affords participants the opportunity to acquire the necessary skills to build collaborative ties with local people. The program also provides advice on how to work with Japan, outlines differences in values, and allows participants to experience firsthand what it is like to work globally. As an added bonus, the program leads to networking among participants across different departments and generations.
Meanwhile, over and above training in Japan, we are committed to developing human resources who are capable of playing an active role globally. Based on this commitment, we provide opportunities to work overseas. This includes dispatching trainees on a short-term basis as well as staff to overseas research institutions.

SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group promotes the development of DX human resources with the aim of transforming business processes. In order to help employees acquire the necessary digital skills, we conduct literacy and digital skills training that is open to all employees. These initiatives help motivated employees gain the necessary skills to solve business problems.

Training is conducted for management and young employees to develop manufacturing specialists.
Training for production managers is conducted for each position (production manager, production assistant manager, and site leader). This training is designed to help participants learn about SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group's approach to manufacturing so that they can better understand and carry out the roles required of each position. Through group discussions, participants learn about the challenges they will face in performing the duties of each position and how to improve their own level of leadership after returning to their respective workplaces. In fiscal 2023, 49 employees took part in this training.
In addition, basic production training provides opportunities for young employees working on the front lines to gain a basic understanding of all aspects of manufacturing, including safety, quality, and productivity. Using SEKISUI CHEMICAL's proprietary e-learning content, we also administer comprehension tests after watching videos to ensure that an acceptable level of understanding is firmly established. In fiscal 2023, more than 10,000 employees participated in this training.