A.S. Watson Group announces eLab recruitment drive

Health and beauty retail venture, A.S. Watson Group, is looking to recruit around 200 new staff members for its digital business, eLab.

Founded in 2014, eLab currently employs 175 people in Europe and serves as a hub to deliver content, designs and enhanced digital marketing. It is also responsible for managing the technology platform that powers the Group’s online businesses.

It wants to strengthen its tech skills across its global business units (China, Hong Kong, Milan and London) with 150 new roles in Europe and 50 across Asia. These include opportunities for developers, business analysts and coders.

"Over the last four years we have invested more than $60 million on accelerating our digital offering and today’s customer requires us to continue to invest and drive our digital strategy. It is an increasingly competitive jobs market with many businesses looking to recruit the very best coders, analysts and tech savvy individuals to help to drive the business forward," says Malina Ngai, Group Chief Operating Officer.

"We are excited to start our recruitment process and believe A.S. Watson and eLab are one of the best placed businesses to offer ambitious, tech professionals and graduates excellent career opportunities.”