Human Resource Management

Basic Approach to Human Resource Management

Based on its management philosophy of "respecting each and every employee and giving fair contact to all employees," the Sanken Group is working to create an environment that respects employee identity and enables diverse human resources to take on challenges in order to realize growth through a virtuous cycle of business, people, and organizations.

Work style innovation

Under the vision of "Happy Cycle: Sanken Electric and all stakeholders create a cycle of Happy," we are advancing "Human Resources and Work Style Strategies," including institutional reforms, human resource development, and organizational development, as well as the "Sanken DX Strategy," which actively utilizes digital technologies.

This vision was born as a word that touches the mind and encompasses each other as members in charge repeatedly engage in dialogue. Based on this, we will inquire about the ideal form of their work and regularly review them.

Business reform

In October 2019, we fully introduced RPA (automation of operations by robots) in order to improve operational productivity.

Since 2021, we have been working with AI-OCR (Optical Character Reader to drastically improve business processes.

With the concept of "Everyone, Anyone, Anyone, and Anyone Safe" at any time, we actively utilize the the IT tool Office365 as a communication tool that does not take into account the location, time, and position of the company, thus expanding our choices of how employees work.

Institutional reform

In the area of institutional reform, since June 2018, we have been holding the Council to Study System Reform together with the labor union and the human resources department to discuss more efficient ways of working.
As a result, we implemented the "teleworking" system in April 2019, the "hours worked (selective time)" system in August 2019, and the "flextime system" with no core time in October 2021.

Unit: Hours

	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total hours worked per person(per year)	1,785	1,730	1,790	1,804	1,884
Total working hours per person(converted to daily)	7.66	7.45	7.61	7.61	8.40

Human Resource Development

It is said that "a company is a person," but creative ideas and advanced technologies come from people.
With a strong commitment to human resource development and skill development, our company promotes a multifaceted, multistage development plan based on an individual skill map when forming employee career plans.
Based on our policy of providing support for growth through the creation of an organization in which each employee takes the initiative to continue learning and refining, we systematize required education and systematically conduct training every year.
We conduct periodic reviews.

Human Resources Development Policy

● The Company will provide opportunities for growth, develop a culture of learning and nurturing while actively supporting the growth of each employee based on self-study, on-the-job training and training.
● Managers are responsible for supporting the growth of their subordinates. They foster motivation for growth, provide opportunities for growth, provide feedback, take initiative, and strive for personal growth.
● Employees take responsibility for their own personal growth and work proactively and systematically.
● Strengthen the ability of managers to develop subordinates and support employee growth and independence.

Education system diagram

Based on the idea that the growth of our employees leads to the growth of our company, we have been actively conducting educational training since fiscal 2023 by revamping our education system.

Training and Attendance (FY 2022)

Item	Contents
Basic Education	Flex Study (Fresta): Aiming to raise the level of basic business skills of employees for young employees, since fiscal 2023, we have been providing education for young employees to use digital learning content (videos) to realize the joy of learning and growing anytime and anywhere, and to make learning a habit.
Technical Education	Sanken Nexus School (N School): Based on the philosophy of "Connect each employee (Nexus) to the next generation of individuals and the company's growth and success" Sanken Nexus School was established in fiscal 2023 as a technical school that provides basic education for both science and humanities students and practical education for engineers to learn more specialized technical knowledge about power semiconductors, a core business.
Selective Training	Next Generation Leadership Training: We select future candidates for senior management and continuously and systematically conduct training to acquire the knowledge, vision, and leadership necessary for management. Number of participants: 10
GCD（Global Career Development）	We provide overseas training not only for languages but also for business habits, skills and knowledge acquisition in different cultures, and we are working to develop global human resources and global leaders. Total number of participants: 29
Women's Career Support Training	As part of the promotion of diversity, the Sanken Group has been co-sponsoring career training to promote the advancement of women since March 2013, and is working to develop female leadership candidates. Number of participants: 16
Training by Tier	We provide training to acquire knowledge appropriate for each class. We support smooth career advancement by providing training along with promotion.
New Employee Training	Starting with training to change minds from students to working adults and to acquire basic business etiquette, we conduct classroom courses and production practice to deepen our understanding of the company.
language Education	We are actively providing language education to nurture human resources to support our global business development. You can learn English as well as other languages.
Career Training	In order to find a career plan suitable for each employee, we provide training at the age of 30 and 50.

Organizational Development

In organizational development, our mission is to nurture the "links" in which people and organizations are active, who are rising in energy, from general employees to management. Based on the keywords "psychological safety × communication," "team discussion and thought power × strategic design," and "connection with society × innovation," the entire company is working to transform into an organizational culture that creates the future that we want to create ourselves.

As a measure, we have conducted an employee satisfaction survey every year since fiscal 2018, and based on the results, we exchange opinions and engage in initiatives to improve our departments. In addition, we are taking various approaches to solving problems, such as establishing various practice venues such as conference reform, group coaching, and team building, and holding meetings to exchange opinions 1on1 and among all employees.