HR Manager Nordics (Sweden, Finland & Norway)

Customs Support Group; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Senior role with influence

International collaboration

Full-time, permanent position

Job summary

Customs Support Group in Sweden seeks an experienced HR Manager Nordics to lead people strategy across Sweden, Finland and Norway, partnering with senior leaders.

You will shape organizational design, workforce planning, leadership development, and change initiatives, while leveraging data analytics and HR systems. This is a senior, cross-country role with significant influence and international collaboration.

Qualifications

• Senior HR leadership experience in multi-country or complex environments.
• Experience as HR Manager or HRBP or similar senior HR role.
• Strong knowledge of employment relations in Nordic countries.
• Experience in organization design, workforce planning, and leadership development.
• Experience leading employee relations, restructuring or change programs.
• Strong commercial awareness and stakeholder management.
• Excellent data-driven decision making and people analytics.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute HR strategy for Sweden, Finland and Norway aligned with group priorities.
• Advise senior leaders on organization design, workforce planning and change initiatives.
• Handle complex employee relations and ensure compliance with local law.
• Support restructuring, transformation and integration programs.
• Drive engagement, culture and employee experience using data insights.
• Lead HR systems usage, automation and AI-enabled tools.
• Oversee talent management, succession planning and leadership development.

Skills

HR leadership

Stakeholder management

People analytics

Employment relations

Organization design

English fluency

Job description

Customs Support Group is a leading independent provider of customs services across Europe, with over 100 branches in 14 countries. The company has a team of more than 1,500 customs experts and supporting employees, generating approximately EUR 200 million in annual revenue.

As a fast‑growing and dynamic, data‑driven company, Customs Support Group is dedicated to expanding its presence through strong organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Key focus areas include organizational development, digitalization, and process optimization to drive sustainable growth and operational efficiency.

We are a growing customs and logistics services provider. As we expand across the Nordic region, we are looking for an experienced, commercially minded HR Manager Nordics to lead the people agenda in Sweden, Finland, and Norway and act as a strategic HR partner to senior business leaders.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the HR strategy for Sweden, Finland, and Norway, aligned with business and group people priorities.
• Act as trusted HR advisor to senior leaders on organization design, workforce planning, and change.
• Handle complex employee relations matters and ensure compliance with local employment law and company policy.
• Support restructuring, transformation, and integration programs.
• Drive engagement, culture, and employee experience, including translating survey insights into action.
• Use people data and analytics to report key HR metrics and recommend actions to leadership.
• Lead HR process simplification and the use of HR systems, automation, and AI‑enabled tools.
• Lead talent management, succession planning, performance management, and leadership development.

Qualifications

• Proven senior HR leadership experience, ideally in a multi‑country or complex operational organization.
• Experience as HR Manager, HR Business Partner or similar senior HR role.
• Strong knowledge of employment relations in Sweden, Finland, and/or Norway.
• Experience in organization design, workforce planning, talent, succession, and leadership development.
• Experience leading complex employee relations, restructuring, or change initiatives.
• Strong commercial awareness and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using people data.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Desirable

• Experience across several Nordic countries, ideally Sweden, Finland, and Norway.
• Knowledge of Nordic labour relations, collective agreements, and employee consultation frameworks.
• Experience in logistics, customs, supply chain, or another international operational business.
• Experience with M&A integrations or significant transformation.
• Experience leading an HR team across multiple locations.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation aligned with the seniority of the role.
• A senior position with significant influence on the people agenda in Sweden, Finland, and Norway.
• Close work with senior business and HR leadership in an international company.
• Full-time, permanent role in a growing organization.