Projects and Continuous Improvement Manager (Europe)

Opportunity At Maersk, we are on a revolutionary journey to simplify global trade, which will give us the chance to offer a major impact on the world economy, and on your career. At Maersk we want to be a true integrator of container logistics connecting and simplifying our customers’ supply chain through global end‑to‑end solutions. We count on our diverse people to make it happen. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.

Overview The Projects and Continuous Improvement Manager (Europe) is part of a small team covering Europe and IMEA who are responsible for leading people‑related initiatives with organizational impact across a regional scope. This person will manage HR workstreams for organizational change projects in Europe, whether that’s a launch of a new warehouse, the implementation of a new system or a continuous improvement initiative. Critical will be ensuring strong collaboration across key stakeholders, on‑time execution and building new processes and playbooks as well as influencing global projects with local European knowledge. This role will require European travel.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with colleagues across the people function – e.g., global solutions teams, regional SMEs, operating people function leaders – to ensure Europe is delivering all ‘heartbeat’, change and growth initiatives in the HR Master Plan.
• Serve as the primary regional point of contact to lead HR critical workstream activities within global projects and in regional transformation projects, working across functions.
• Lead projects in a manner that ensures all activities are ‘joined up’, customer‑backed and value‑generating in the business, acting as the link between design and operational delivery.
• Lead customer implementations for new and existing customers and building launches, coaching local HR colleagues in best practices for successful launches.
• Drive excellent project‑management disciplines in all initiatives.
• Own data quality and reporting for the region, ensuring collaboration between the people, data, and analytics teams and local HR colleagues.
• Work effectively with HR IT and technology on relevant projects.
• Lead regional HR projects with organizational impact.
• Provide local knowledge and feedback on people and culture.
• Identify and document stranded processes and assess ownership.
• Work with local HR colleagues to identify continuous‑improvement opportunities that drive an improved employee experience, and collaborate with central teams to ensure the voice of local operation sites is included and appropriate improvements made.

What we are looking for

• A project manager with HR experience who can inspire and engage wider project teams to deliver.
• Experience leading programmes or projects in an operational environment.
• Programme and project management skills.
• Analytical thinking with a strong bias for data and metrics.
• Excellent stakeholder‑management skills.
• A deep understanding of HR processes and HR IT, particularly WorkDay.
• Experience with lean, process management and/or design thinking.
• Ability to drive initiatives across geographies while balancing conflicting stakeholders’ needs.
• Proactive and collaborative approach.
• Ability to translate complex issues into pragmatic solutions and easy‑to‑understand language.
• Ability to travel in Europe as needed, on average once a quarter.

Benefits We have a competitive compensation and benefits package for our employees, including medical insurance and an annual bonus. If you could see yourself in this role and are keen to be part of our journey at Maersk, we look forward to hearing from you!

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