Consumer Products & Retail - Senior Consultant

Capgemini Invent

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 Consultants to support the continued expansion in these sectors.  

We work with leading Consumer Products and Retail organisations to solve some of their most critical growth and transformation challenges – from end-to-end value chain transformation and large-scale technology implementations to commercial excellence, supply chain and operating model design. Our Consumer Products & Retail business brings together skills and expertise from across the Capgemini Invent capabilities and works closely with other service lines across the Group. We oversee a portfolio which covers some of the biggest household names in the UK across apparel, grocery, household and personal care, health and beauty. 

As a Senior Consultant in the CPR team, you will leverage your sector knowledge and expertise and work directly with senior client stakeholders to support the design and delivery of large-scale transformation programmes. 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 share your vision for the future of the industry and develop compelling solutions to meet our clients’ needs.  

In this role you will: 

• Work on a range of Consumer Products and/or Retail strategy & transformation projects for leading brands 
• Within projects, lead workstreams and deliver high-quality outcomes with increasing autonomy, whilst coaching and developing team members 
• Build and maintain trusted client relationships in both existing and new accounts 
• Demonstrate significant sector and sub-sector experience and knowledge, inspiring and advising both our clients and our teams  
• Be proactive in driving business growth, leading the pursuit of new opportunities through internal and external networks, collaborating across Capgemini sub-brands 
• Contribute to thought leadership within the sector, and support the growth and expansion of our team and community 

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
Internal Contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
Learning & Development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

Your Profile

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

We are particularly interested in people who: 

• Bring a clear point of view on where Consumer Products and Retail is heading and are excited about the role technology and AI will play in reshaping it  
• Have a track record of turning ideas into impact - not just defining strategy, but driving it through to execution through sharp delivery skills 
• Are comfortable operating in ambiguity, taking ownership and leading from the front in complex environments  
• Are curious, proactive and commercially minded – with the energy to build relationships, shape opportunities and make things happen 

Key Expectations from this role include 

• Previous experience in a Consulting role, gained at a major consulting firm or within a Consumer Products / Retail organisation in a transformation delivery role 
• Deep Retail or Consumer Products sector and sub-sector knowledge and experience. This can be in one particular sector/sub-sector (e.g. Retail, Grocery, Food and Beverage, Household Products, Personal Care etc.) 
• Deep expertise in at least one core CPR domain, such as: 
  • Commercial (e.g. Portfolio Strategy, Innovation/NPD, Category Strategy, Channel Strategy, Customer Experience, Digital Commerce, Pricing and Promotions, Commercial Data & Insights) 
  • Supply Chain/Operations (e.g. demand planning, S&OP, inventory optimisation, manufacturing and logistics). 
  • Stores and channel operations (e.g. store ops, fulfilment operations, eCommerce) 
• Experience of building trusted client and stakeholder relationships through delivering measurable outcomes 
• Driving thought leadership and innovative solutions to take to our client’s which challenge and stretch their thinking in your area of expertise  

What You'll Love About Working Here

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

Need to Know

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All 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.

Whilst you will have London or Manchester as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 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.