Digital Supply Chain Architect Job at Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Full Time

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

We are rapidly growing our Digital Supply Chain capability in the UK consulting business, working with industry leading clients, many of whom are recognized leaders in supply chain. To support our growth goals, we are hiring experienced Senior Supply Chain Solution Architects from top consulting firms or solution vendors.

This is your chance to become part of a growing team delivering transformational and sustainable operational solutions to blue chip manufacturing, automotive, aerospace & defence, consumer products, retail and life science organizations.

In this role you will

• Lead, shape design and deliver supply chain solutions across functional, technical, configuration, customization, integration
• Bring cross domain experience across S&OP, Materials planning, procurement, logistics, traceability, Control tower etc..
• Offer cross sector experience ranging from retail, manufacturing, oil and gas
• Present technical solution to architecture review boards and steerco
• Lead full lifecycle implementation of supply chain solutions e.g SAP Apo, S/4 Hana, Kinaxis, Blueyonder, E2open amongst others
• Design bespoke AI solutions for supply chains

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 demonstrate a blend of the following skills and attributes:

• You have a passion and understanding for business transformation leveraging digital technologies and AI.
• You are focused on ensuring new solutions deliver sustainable results across the value chain.
• You bring a solid track record of successful solution design and technical delivery, capable of working independently as well as in teams in our collaborative but sometimes demanding project environment.
• You are keen to develop, coach others and improve the performance of teams and individuals.
• You possess excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate clearly and efficiently across all levels of Capgemini, our clients and 3rd party organizations.
• You demonstrate professionalism, flexibility and resilience – being able to adjust positively to situations that involve changing tasks and/or location, shifting priorities or ambiguity.
• Currently working in a major Consulting firm, and/or in industry but having a Consulting background Proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.
• Experience of proposition building and delivery.

What You’ll Love About Working Here

You will be part of a dynamic team that is focused on delivering value to our customers.

As part of the Supply chain team in Invent, you’ll work on high-profile projects with leading organizations to define and deliver supply chain transformation, reshaping how supply chains are designed, developed and transformed. You’ll help clients harness digital and AI technologies and innovative operating models to transform supply chains.

The work is diverse and you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of client facing projects across multiple industry sectors.

You’ll be at the forefront of supply chain innovation-helping global organizations adopt cutting-edge technologies like digital twins, AI-driven supply chains. Your work will directly influence how next-generation supply chains are designed, shaped giving you the chance to make a tangible impact on industries and society.

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.

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.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester, Newsactle 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.

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.