Talent Development

People are the source of Kioxia Group’s competitiveness. We believe that if each individual employee continuously challenges themselves and creates new value, it will help us realize our mission of “uplifting the world with memory.” Accordingly, we will continue to strengthen our educational offerings and adopt a systematic approach that allows each and every employee to take on new challenges.

Kioxia Corporation has established a Human Resources Development Group in the Human Resources & General Affairs Department tasked with developing and utilizing human resources more effectively. Kioxia Corporation also has a Training and Development Committee, chaired by the President and CEO, which proposes initiatives for the improvement of in-house personnel training and development based on the results of relevant programs each year. This committee deliberates policies for the following fiscal year on the basis of its business plan. The outcome of discussions by the Training and Development Committee are reflected in new training and development initiatives.

Kioxia Group runs a variety of training programs aimed at establishing a common learning base for all employees. They include programs based on the requirements of specific career levels. Furthermore, we provide tools that support self-development, encouraging employees to voluntarily acquire fresh knowledge and skills. In FY2024, we enhanced the self-development tools and range of programs.

Kioxia Group proactively nurtures and trains its engineers. New employees of Kioxia Group in Japan are provided with basic training covering electrical engineering, electronics, semiconductors, information processing and storage system fundamentals, as well as manufacturing, statistics, AI, and machine learning. These are seen as essential steps to enhance employees’ technical skills. Specialized technical courses covering the skills needed for technology development are provided to engineers from their second year of employment onwards.

On-the-job training and a variety of educational programs within each division are provided under a mentor in each workplace, with detailed instructions provided to each individual in accordance with their career status. In addition, we are striving to create a work environment that encourages each individual to shape their own career as an engineer, with each group companies facilitating the necessary learning.

Engineers at the start of their careers strengthen their technical foundations through programs and self-development support tailored to their individual needs and career paths, with the aim of becoming technical specialists. From there, they may pursue the Generalist track, which connects business and technology, or the Professional track, which connects different technologies to create new value, ultimately culminating in the highest role of Senior Fellow.

For details, see “Senior Fellow Messages / Engineer Development.”

Kioxia Group supports the growth and career development of all its employees. The Career Design System at Kioxia Corporation, for example, provides each employee with an annual opportunity to discuss and share their views on their own long-term career development as well as on mid-term skill acquisition goals, how their skills can be improved, and how they can showcase them to their superiors. The Performance Management System at Kioxia Corporation gives employees a semi-annual opportunity to review and discuss with their superiors their job performance over the previous six months as well as their objectives for the following six months.

As one of its initiatives to encourage employees to acquire greater expertise and become active globally, Kioxia Corporation has established an overseas study program. The program works with overseas universities, graduate schools and research institutes, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, San Diego, in the United States. In FY2024, two employees embarked on this program.

Since FY2023, Kioxia Corporation has had a leave of absence system that allows employees to engage in independent career development and reskilling. The program enables them to improve their skills at universities, graduate schools and equivalent educational and research institutions in order to enhance their job-related expertise and management skills through MBA courses or similar programs.

In order for Kioxia Group to enhance its competitiveness and grow in step with society, it is essential to increase the engagement of each employee. Kioxia Group regularly conducts employee engagement surveys as a starting point from which to enhance employee engagement and revitalize the organization. The survey results are used in conjunction with opinions voiced separately by employees to identify any problem areas, and formulate and implement measures to resolve issues. 

In FY2024, we conducted an anonymous worldwide survey targeting about 14,800 employees and received responses from 88% of them.

Kioxia Group⁴ reports the results of these surveys to the President and CEO, Executive Officers and department heads, and uses the findings to help improve employee engagement. In FY2024, Kioxia Corporation held three dialogue sessions between management and employees—one at each business site—as part of ongoing efforts to further improve communication between senior managers and employees, an issue identified in the previous survey. We also shared the latest survey results with employees, and are promoting company-wide measures and workplace activities to address the issues that emerged.

We will continue to conduct these surveys in order to improve the workplace environment and foster an organizational culture that is rewarding and makes Kioxia Group an easy company to work in.