HR Project Manager - Digital Transformation

About Us

Ready to rock the future with us? At Hellmann we put our people at the heart of everything we do, because for us, relationship matters. Joining us does not just mean becoming part of a global company. It is an invitation to shape the future of the logistics industry together with us. Our Hellmann culture is based on our four values: Caring, Entrepreneurial, Forward-Thinking and Reliable. These values resonate with yours? Then become part of our FAMILY that consists of around 10,000 employees in more than 200 locations worldwide. For the better. Together.

Our Global HR organization is on a journey to modernize how we work, from our people systems to the way we run change across regions. This is a hands-on role at the centre of that journey, helping us deliver digital transformation initiatives with clarity, structure and momentum in a truly global setting. Join us in shaping the world of logistics of tomorrow and become part of our global Hellmann FAMILY.

Location: Flexible. Remote and hybrid arrangements are possible for the right candidate, provided you can reliably work within the German time zone (CET / CEST).

Type of employment: Full Time

Reports to: Digital Transformation and Analytics, Vice President

About the Job

As a Junior Project Manager, you will help plan, coordinate and deliver digital transformation projects from start to finish, with a strong focus on HR initiatives. You will bring a strategic and agile mindset, stay focused on impact, and keep initiatives moving, organized and transparent. Your main responsibilities include:

• Supporting the day-to-day coordination of digital transformation projects, including Workday initiatives and other digital projects and AI related projects, across the full project lifecycle.
• Maintaining project plans, timelines, action logs, risk and issue trackers, meeting notes and decision records, so that progress and dependencies stay clear for everyone involved.
• Evaluating project KPIs, status reports and metrics to track project health, surface insights and identify clear opportunities for improvement and growth.
• Facilitating project ceremonies and working sessions, including planning sessions, stand-ups and retrospectives, and turning the outcomes into concrete, owned actions.
• Preparing status updates, dashboards and presentations for project leads and steering forums in clear, accurate and concise form.
• Coordinating with internal stakeholders across global, regional and local teams, as well as partners in functions such as HR, IT, Finance and Communications.
• Coordinating with external vendors and implementation partners where applicable, including scheduling, tracking deliverables and following up on open points.
• Supporting change and communication activities connected to project rollouts, so that the people affected understand what is changing and why.
• Following through on tasks and open items, flagging risks early and helping the team find practical solutions.
• Helping to design and roll out project management governance and standards for Global HR, including templates, reporting cadences and ways of working, and then supporting the gradual scaling of these standards across regional and local HR teams.

About you

This is a hands-on role for someone early in their project management career who is strategic, organized, dependable and genuinely interested in how digital change happens inside a global organization.

Must-have

• At least two years of experience in project coordination or project management, ideally within digital transformation, HR, IT or operations.
• A completed degree in business, HR, information systems, project management or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• A solid project management toolkit, covering planning and scheduling, risk and issue management, stakeholder management, and progress reporting.
• Familiarity with agile ways of working and a practical, impact-driven mindset that connects daily tasks to wider goals.
• Facilitation skills, including the confidence to run structured sessions such as retrospectives, working sessions and stand-ups.
• The ability to work with project KPIs and reports, read what the numbers are telling you, and translate them into practical recommendations.
• Strong written and spoken English, which is our working language in this role.
• The ability to work reliably within the Central European (German) time zone, regardless of your home location.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage several workstreams in parallel.
• Confident communication and stakeholder management across different cultures and seniority levels.
• Comfort working with digital collaboration and project tools.

Nice-to-have

• Exposure to Workday or another HRIS platform.
• A project management qualification, or progress toward one, such as PRINCE2, PMP, IPMA or a recognized agile or Scrum certification.
• Experience coordinating external vendors or implementation partners.
• Experience in a global, matrixed organization, ideally in logistics or another international service industry.

What success looks like

In your first year, success in this role looks like:

• Project plans, trackers and reporting that are accurate, current and trusted by project leads and stakeholders.
• KPI reviews that lead to concrete improvements in how projects are run and delivered.
• Well facilitated sessions, including retrospectives, that produce clear actions and visible follow-through.
• HR project management standards and templates that are in use and genuinely helpful to the teams that adopt them.
• Stakeholders across global, regional and local teams who feel well informed and well coordinated.
• Vendor touchpoints that run smoothly, with deliverables and open points tracked and followed up.