UNIQLO

Maintenance Manager

UNIQLO  •  Kingdom of Denmark (Hybrid)  •  20 days ago
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Job Description

UNIQLO is a leading brand of the Fast Retailing Group, one of the largest apparel retailers in the world. UNIQLO respects the individuality and lifestyle of all customers and takes pride in creating high quality, long-lasting, innovative clothing at an affordable price.

We are currently recruiting for a Maintenance Manager to sit within the European Maintenance Team, based in our Stockholm office. You will be reporting to the EU Maintenance Manager, working closely with internal departments including Store Operations, Facilities, and Office teams, as well as external suppliers and vendors at both a local and European level. You will take ownership of all store and office locations across Sweden and Denmark, ensuring maintenance standards are delivered consistently across the market. As this role requires collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, strong communication skills and fluency in Swedish, Danish, and English are essential.

This is a great opportunity for someone who loves being out in stores, solving problems quickly, and making a real impact on the daily experience of our teams and customers. You’ll play a key role in ensuring the safety, performance, and operational excellence of our stores and offices, directly supporting the European Maintenance Manager and the COO for the region. Together, you’ll help deliver high service standards and timely maintenance interventions, always with the mission of supporting our store teams and creating an exceptional environment for both customers and employees.

What you will be responsible for

  • Manage preventive and reactive maintenance across stores and Head Office.
  • Conduct regular store visits to identify issues and drive improvements.
  • Carry out minor repairs and maintenance tasks when required.
  • Resolve maintenance issues quickly and support continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Monitor and optimise Service Channel and Coupa, including supplier onboarding.
  • Manage maintenance budgets and support cost control initiatives.
  • Oversee relationships with maintenance suppliers and service providers.
  • Ensure compliance with inspections, regulatory requirements, and corrective actions.
  • Act as the main contact for insurance claims, landlords, tenants, and contractors.
  • Lead supplier tenders to drive savings and improve service quality.
  • Build strong partnerships with stores, Head Office teams, and external providers.
  • Support additional maintenance-related projects and responsibilities as required.

Skills, Experience and Attributes:

  • Minimum 3-4 years’ experience in a maintenance department, ideally within the retail or hospitality
  • Fluent across Danish, Swedish and English are essential to this role
  • Air-conditioning and electrician certifications are a strong advantage
  • Able to travel to store locations across Scandinavia on a weekly basis
  • Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritise and respond to urgent issues
  • Excellent communication, organisation, and customer service skills
  • Proactive, adaptable, and able to work independently
  • Strong stakeholder management skills across stores, suppliers, and internal teams
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and maintenance management software

What we can offer you

  • Competitive salary and holiday days
  • Bi Annual Bonus and Global Profit Share Scheme
  • Volunteer Day – twice a year
  • Great Location – Kungsträgården
  • 30% staff Discount

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About UNIQLO

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, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, J Brand and Helmut Lang. With global sales of approximately 2.77 trillion yen for the 2023 fiscal year ending August 31, 2023 (US $18.92 billion, calculated in yen using the end of August 2023 rate of $1 = 146.2 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 a total of more than 2,400 UNIQLO stores across the world, including Japan, Asia, Europe, and North America. The total number of stores across Fast Retailing's brands is now close to 3,600.

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Tokyo, JP
Year Founded
1984
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