SAP Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Supply Chain Solution Architect - Any UK base location

The job on offer

We're looking for an experienced SAP SCM Solution Architect to oversee complete SAP S4 and Cloud Platform solutions. The role requires you to act as the primary contact for the technology solution with the client's senior leaders and stakeholders. Working with a team of senior Engagement Managers, technical architects, and sales/delivery professionals, you will represent Capgemini with Analysts, Clients and with other partners.

It will suite someone with an in-depth expertise in Supply Chain Management, specifically CPG industry sector, along with IBP, SAC and Ariba. You'll bring a strong awareness of business requirements met by functional solutions, which include SAP as well as third-party products.

Capgemini UK is a leading SAP Integration Partner, helping our clients navigate through complex SAP transformations. Capgemini UK has 1000 + SAP practitioners across UK & India and are ranked for SAP S/4HANA certifications in UK and globally. We work closely with our clients to transform their business together using the latest SAP products and architecture, a deep knowledge of industries and markets, and innovative delivery methodologies.

Your role

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading key design decisions, based on your SCM CPG functional expertise in at least one of the following: Supply Chain / Finance / Order to Cash
• Manage a team of functional leads on a large CPG programme to create a compelling end to end solution to meet the client's needs
• Understand and support the Business Change team in change impact assessment and future operating model to support the new client solution
• Knowledge of Agile methodology and using tools such as Jira and Focussed Build
• Confident stakeholder management.
• Supporting SAP Supply Chain and IBP sales growth targets, whilst developing and expanding our go to market strategies and approaches.
• Be responsible for addressing a portfolio of target clients, working with relevant industry sector leads and account executives to proactively grow Capgemini's opportunity pipeline
• Being a leading contributor to our global network of SAP Centres of Excellence, liaising with counterparts across Europe and North America to coordinate go to market development.
• Analyse, shape and lead pursuit responses for SAP Supply Chain and / IBP opportunities. This will include analyzing requirements, solutioning, estimating and developing winning proposals.
• Delivering compelling and confident presentations across client pursuits and external/ internal SAP SAP Supply Chain and IBP eminence development.
• Developing trusted relationships across client stakeholder groups, key partners such as SAP and key internal groups such as industry sector leads

Your profile

• Commitment, flexibility, thought leadership and a drive and interest to expand your knowledge in new technologies and industry focus, through training and research to develop your career within the SAP SCM team and the wider Capgemini Group.
• You will have experience with leading distributed teams to scope, scale, design, build and test solutions that are then deployed globally.
• You will have completed at least 3 SCM CPG or similar process industry full lifecycle projects.
• You will be comfortable with managing complexity and ambiguity and giving clear advice and leadership to internal and external teams.
• You have a passion to work with our clients, advising them on how to get the most out of their SAP technologies
• You will have a depth of consulting and functional experience of working across SAP Supply Chain business processes; both in the digital core and wider applications
• You have a track record of leading pursuits for SAP Supply Chain and IBP opportunities, from initial relationship building through to successfully closure and delivery of the solution.
• Knowledge of the strategic direction of SAP and related products and how to architect those into leading supply chain solutions.
• A strong understanding of the SAP market and competition will be a clear advantage, as well as an ability to help shape a deal and manage it successfully through internal processes.

Why Capgemini is unique

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. Through our New Normal campaign, we are looking to 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.

Get the future you want

Growing clients' businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. But when you join Capgemini, you join a thriving company and become part of a diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. A powerful source of energy that drives us all to find new ways technology can help us reimagine what's possible. It's why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world's leading businesses. And it's how you'll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge and always pushing yourself to do better, you'll build the skills you want. And you'll use them to help our clients leverage technology to grow their business and give innovation that human touch the world needs. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is. Capgemini. Get The Future You Want.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology. The Group is guided everyday by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organization of over 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong 55-year heritage and deep industry expertise, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fueled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering and platforms. The Group reported in 2021 global revenues of €18 billion.

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