Busan Transportation Corporation, First Female Audit Team Leader and Young Leadership Energize... Large-Scale Regular Personnel Changes

Appointment of Women to Key Positions as Heads of Gratitude, HR, and Sales Teams, Emphasizing 'MZ Team Leaders'

Busan Transportation Corporation has appointed a female audit team leader for the first time in its history, placing women in key positions and appointing a large number of young middle managers to secure organizational dynamism.

Busan Transportation Corporation (President Lee Byung-jin) announced on the 30th that it has carried out a large-scale regular personnel reshuffle effective January 1, involving a total of 644 people subject to promotion, transfer, and new appointments. The corporation explained that this personnel reshuffle reflects President Lee Byung-jin’s will for change and innovation.

The most notable aspect is the rise of female team leaders. With this reshuffle, female employees who have proven their capabilities across both field operations and headquarters have been added in large numbers to the team leader roster.

The corporation made a bold move by appointing these employees as team leaders in core departments such as planning, budgeting, human resources, audit, and sales. As a result, more than 40% of the team leaders in these departments have been advanced as female team leaders.

Appointing a female audit team leader, one of the key positions in the public sector, is a first not only for the corporation but also for all corporations and public institutions under Busan City. Another key department, the Human Resources Innovation Department, has all its team leaders appointed as women, which is an unprecedented personnel move in the entire public sector, including local public enterprises. This is evaluated as practicing gender equality rather than merely increasing numbers.

The corporation’s efforts to actively promote female talent are also proven by numbers. Based on this reshuffle, the proportion of female team leaders in the corporation reached 7.4% (19 people). This is not only a 1.5 percentage point increase (from 15 people/5.9%) compared to the previous reshuffle but also a remarkable growth compared to just 3 years ago when it was only 2.5% (6 people).

The number of ‘MZ team leaders’ born after 1980 is also on the rise. According to the corporation, with this reshuffle, team leaders born in the 1980s account for 15.2% (16 people) of all headquarters team leaders. This is a 7.5 percentage point increase (8 people/7.7%) compared to before. Including those born in the late 1970s, nearly half of the headquarters team leaders, 45.7% (48 people), belong to the late X generation to the MZ generation.

Among the 445 employees subject to transfer in this reshuffle, 127 (28.5%) were rotated between headquarters and field operations. With a large number of talents equipped with field experience being appointed, it is expected that the corporation’s field-centered management principle will gain further momentum.

Lee Byung-jin, President of Busan Transportation Corporation, said, “We have implemented personnel innovation focusing on ability and diversity to realize a young and dynamic organization,” adding, “We will present a safer urban railway service as a more competitive organization.”