Procurement Transformation - Senior Manager

Capgemini Invent

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend strategic, creative, scientific and technology capabilities to help clients address the challenges of today and tomorrow. Our work is informed by data and science, superpowered by creativity and design, and underpinned by technology created with purpose.

This is an opportunity to play a senior leadership role in our growing UK Procurement capability, working with industry-leading clients to shape and deliver ambitious procurement transformation programmes across strategy, operating model, digital enablement, cost reduction and sustainable value creation.

Your Role

As a Senior Manager in our Procurement Transformation practice, you will play a leading role in growth, shape and delivery of a broad portfolio of procurement transformation programmes. You will work with Directors and CPOs and other senior client stakeholders to build compelling transformation cases, and deliver measurable business outcomes across cost, service, resilience, sustainability and technology-enabled performance.

You will lead teams to deliver complex, multi-disciplinary consulting engagements across the full procurement lifecycle. This will include pure procurement management consulting projects, large-scale cost reduction programmes, procurement transformation, Source-to-Pay optimisation, operating model redesign, Global Business Services (GBS) constructs, digital procurement enablement and emerging AI/agent-led procurement innovation.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Leading the design and delivery of major procurement transformation programmes such as cost reduction, operating model redesign, process optimisation, value creation and procurement capability development
• Delivering a £1m yearly sales target by driving business development through account management, proposal leadership, RFP responses, client pitches and proposition development
• Advising clients across the full Source-to-Pay lifecycle, including category management, sourcing, supplier management, contracting, purchasing, invoice processing and supplier performance.
• Bringing a broad understanding of procurement technology, data and digital enablement, including the underpinning IT landscape across Source-to-Contract, Purchase-to-Pay and invoice processing
• Contributing to the Practices' informed point of view on the use of AI and agents across procurement, from category strategy and market intelligence through to sourcing, supplier performance, buying channels, invoicing and exception management
• Leading complex delivery teams, ensuring effective project mobilisation, governance, quality, commercials and on-time delivery in line with client outcomes and Capgemini Invent delivery standards.

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

You will bring significant procurement transformation experience, strong consulting credentials and the ability to operate credibly with senior stakeholders.

You will have demonstrable experience across a strong mix of the following:

• Previous consulting experience, ideally gained within major consulting firms, ideally working at a similar level to this role
• Ability to lead complex procurement transformation programmes across a variety of client environments
• Previous experience of generating consulting revenue through business development activities
• Multi-sector experience across public sector, aerospace and defence, consumer products, retail and life sciences
• Deep experience in procurement strategy, transformation, process design and optimisation
• Expertise in designing procurement operating models, including Global Business Services (GBS), shared services, process ownership, governance, capability models and transition roadmaps
• Broad understanding of procurement processes across Source-to-Contract, Purchase-to-Pay and invoice processing
• Strong understanding of procurement technology and leading procurement solutions, including their capabilities, implementation considerations and role within wider enterprise architecture
• A developing perspective on AI, automation and agent-led procurement transformation, including how agents may reshape category management, sourcing, supplier management, operational buying, invoicing and compliance
• Experience using digital technologies, data-led insight and automation to support procurement transformation and benefits realisation
• Strong people and team leadership experience, with a passion for coaching, developing teams and building internal capability.

Advantageous experience:

• Designing procurement category strategies across direct or indirect spend
• Supplier relationship management, supplier risk, sustainability-led procurement, supplier performance and third-party resilience
• Contributing to market-facing propositions around procurement transformation, GBS, digital procurement, AI-enabled procurement or Source-to-Pay optimisation
• Manufacturing, automotive and other complex operational environments
• CIPS or equivalent professional accreditation would be valued.

What You'll Love About Working Here

You will be part of a team that is actively shaping thinking around the changing procurement landscape in a digitally enabled world. You will play a senior role in developing and scaling our Procurement Centre of Excellence, blending deep industry knowledge with practical consulting expertise to create propositions that help clients deliver tangible change.

You will join an agile and supportive team that believes in the purpose of the work we do and the value we create for clients, colleagues and society.

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.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester, Newcastle or Glasgow 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

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.

We are a Disability Confident Emplyer

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.

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About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations 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 with 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries, combining capabilities across strategy, design, engineering, AI, cloud, data, industry expertise and partner ecosystems.