Technical Competence Manager Transport & Trade

ABOUT THE ROLE
Do you want to play a key role in shaping talent strategy fostering communities of practice and driving continuous learning and career growth for a team of engineers and/or other technical experts at Tech side of H&M In the role as Competence Manager in Supply Chain Transport & Trade Area your focus is on people leadership and competence development ensuring individuals have the right capabilities and conditions to thrive and contribute effectively across delivery teams.  

As this role holds formal staff responsibility your responsibilities will include annual salary reviews and performance reviews career development coaching and mentoring for your team members with the overall goal to create a high-performing environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. 

The role offers the opportunity to contribute in many ways with plenty of room for learning development and participation in various initiatives. Youll work closely with other Competence Managers and other leaders in the area giving you multiple points of contact throughout the organization. 

WHAT YOULL DO 
Key Responsibilities: 

• Hold formal staff responsibility for engineers and technical experts including performance reviews salary reviews development plans and employee engagement. 

• Coach mentor and support individuals in their career growth technical development and day-to-day challenges. 

• Work closely with Engineering Managers Product Managers and Area leadership on workforce planning team health capability needs and succession planning. 

• Support hiring onboarding and retention of both employees and consultants. 

• Foster an inclusive psychologically safe and high-performing environment where people can collaborate learn and grow. 

• Support competence development across the area including knowledge sharing communities of practice and continuous improvement. 

• Act as a people-focused escalation point for topics that may impact delivery teams. 

WHO YOULL WORK WITH
You will belong to the Supply Chain Domain that shapes and steers the global inventory flow by bringing together supply planning and logistics into a unified endtoend agenda. Through the areas Assortment Build Plan & Quantify inseason Optimization Warehouse and Transport & Trade the domain builds the business and technology capabilities needed to balance availability stock efficiency and cost while enabling reliable scalable and customercentric operations across all channels. 

You will belong to the Transport & Trade Area that drives the global Transport & Trade agenda by developing business and technology solutions that enable standardized efficient and value-driven operations. Leads international freight domestic distribution and trade processes supported by a robust supply chain backbone for logistics and its correlated financial transactions. 

WHO YOU ARE
We are looking for people with  

• Formal staff responsibility in a tech environment ideally 35 years including performance reviews salary reviews development conversations employee engagement workforce planning and people-related HR processes. 

• Experience leading and developing engineers or technical experts preferably across larger or multi-team environments with both employees and consultants. 

• Strong software engineering background or technical understanding with experience from software solutions platforms services architecture and the end-to-end software development lifecycle. 

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate and influence across Engineering Product Area leadership and People teams. 

• Experience creating psychologically safe inclusive and high-performing team environments with a focus on collaboration well-being and continuous improvement. 

• Fluent English communication skills. 

Were looking for people who are... 

• A skilled coach who supports and develops others  

• A strong communicator and collaborator who builds trust and relationships  

• Confident navigating complexity change and ambiguity  

• Analytical and structured with a clear focus on business impact  

• Proactive resourceful and comfortable making decisions  

• A role model who leads with clarity empathy and accountability  

• Passionate about continuous improvement learning and creating value together 

WHY YOULL LOVE WORKING HERE

• At H&M Group were proud to be a vibrant and welcoming company where people can grow and make an impact.  

• All our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program (HIP)  

• Staff discount usable across all H&M Group brands in stores and online  

• Work-life balance 30 days vacation and wellness allowance of 4000 SEK/year  

• Access toBenifyfor discounts on gym memberships travel hotels and more  

• Compensation boost during parental leave 

JOIN US
Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things our inclusive and collaborative culture our strong values and opportunities for growth. But most of all it is our people who make us who we are.  

This is a full-time permanent position starting as soon as possible according to the agreement. This is a hybrid position and based in Stockholm Sweden where close collaboration with stakeholders is an important part of the role. We are not able to provide relocation support or visa assistance for this role at this point in time and focusing on talents currently based in Sweden.

Apply bysubmittingyour CV in English as soon as possible. 

We are committed to a recruitment process that is fairequitable and based on competency. We therefore kindly ask you not to attach a cover letter.  

Take the next step in your career together with us. The journey starts here. We are eager to meet with you. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time