u/One-Cod-6033

I recently started at HEB a couple of months ago. My ultimate goal is to work in the HR department for HEB. I have my bachelor’s and plan to take the HR certification exam in the next couple of months. I noticed that there is a position i’m HR available to apply. Would it be too soon to leave my department? My department is already short staffed as it is. I feel like leaving this early seems like the wrong move. I talked to my department manager about eventually moving to corporate and was told to stay in my department and work my way up the career ladder (specialist, lead, etc.) What should I do?