Senior Manager Consumer Products and Retail

Capgemini; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global business and technology transformation partner in Manchester is seeking a Manager/Senior Manager for its Consumer Products and Retail team to support large-scale transformation programs. Candidates should possess deep knowledge of the consumer products sector, experience in building client relationships, and a track record in consulting. The role involves developing trusted advisor relationships and proactively driving business growth while supporting team expansion. Flexible working arrangements and a commitment to diversity and inclusion are part of the company culture.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Employee wellbeing support

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge in Retail or Consumer Products sector with consulting experience.
• Experience of building trusted client relationships through delivery excellence.
• Currently working or recent experience in a major Consulting firm.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted client relationships in existing and new accounts.
• Demonstrate sector knowledge to inspire and advise clients.
• Support growth and expansion of the CPR team.

Skills

Retail/Consumer Products expertise

Business development

Client relationship management

Job description

Consumer Products and Retail - Manager/Senior Manager

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

Your Role

Due to continued growth and increased demand for our service, our Consumer Products and Retail (CPR) team are seeking to add experienced Management Consultants to support the continued expansion in these sectors.

Our Consumer Products & Retail business brings together skills and expertise from across the Capgemini Invent capability units teams and works closely with other service lines across the Group. We oversee a portfolio which covers some of the biggest names in UK Consumer Products & Retail across apparel, grocery, household and personal care, health and beauty.

You will support the design and delivery of large scale transformation programmes by leveraging your sector knowledge and expertise. You will be responsible for developing trusted advisor relations with both our existing client base and new clients. Using the extensive network both within Invent and the broader firm, you will interact directly with clients to share your vision for the future of the industry and develop compelling solutions to meet our clients’ needs.

In this role you will:

• Build trusted client relationships in both existing and new accounts
• Demonstrate sector and sub- sector experience and knowledge, inspiring and advising both our clients and our teams
• Be proactive and effective in both selling and delivering strategic and transformative consulting solutions to address our client’s business needs
• Support the growth and expansion of our team and community

Your Profile

Our most impactful consultants are passionate about Retail/Consumer Products and have a track record of successful delivery in that sector including in a consulting capacity.

Key Expectations from this role include

• Deep Retail or Consumer Products sector and sub-sector knowledge and experience. This can be in one particular sector (e.g. Retail, Grocery, Food and Beverage, Household Products, Personal Care etc.)
• Depth in one or more functional areas within the consumer product and/or retail value chains e.g. deep knowledge of the workings of the Commercial function including Portfolio Strategy, Innovation/NPD, Category Strategy, Channel Strategy, Customer Experience, Digital Commerce, Pricing and Promotions, Commercial Data & Insights
• Experience of building trusted client and stakeholder relationships through delivery excellence
• Support the growth and expansion of our team, managing CPR team members directly and supporting consultants from across Capgemini Invent by sharing your industry expertise and perspectives in mentoring and coaching roles
• Driving thought leadership and innovative solutions to take to our clients which challenge and stretch their thinking in your area of expertise
• Currently working or recent experience in a major Consulting firm alongside industry expertise developed through consulting engagements or direct industry roles
• Business development – utilising a combination of the organisation’s broader pre-existing relationships, company relationships and your own network, you will support account growth and new business opportunities to grow the CPR sector

What You'll Love About Working Here

You’ll join a high performing team of of industry specialists who thrive on collaboration, innovation, and delivering data-driven solutions that transform business operations. With a culture that values continuous learning, mentorship, and thought leadership, you’ll be empowered to grow your expertise while contributing to meaningful, high-profile projects that make a difference.

Need to Know

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in Diversity & Inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Active Inclusion Campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.

To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

CSR

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 350,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

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