Consultant/Senior Consultant - CPG Retail

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 340,000 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.

About Capgemini Invent:

Capgemini Invent is at the heart of Capgeminis innovation center and helps in carving leading-edge solutions to meet the ever-changing demands of customers.

The Opportunity:

Looking for a domain expert in Consumer Products, Retail (CPR) Industry to support clients requiring expertise in different fields of play such as store transformation, merchandising, supply chain, e-commerce etc.

Responsibilities:

- Deep expertise in the Retail, CPG domain. Should have handled and delivered complex projects in any of these industries.

- Responsible to drive growth for Capgemini Invent. Work in your area of expertise and drive revenue growth to the industry/group market strategy, support capability sales and delivery at target accounts and deliver on projects as the subject matter specialist & solution designer.

- Drive industry knowledge development and thought leadership delivery.

- Connect the various capability areas, create unified vision for Capgemini, prioritize offering/POV development and drive key deals both on business development and delivery.

- Act as a bridge between the clients ask and Invent/other teams to holistically develop and shape the solution/proposal/RFP/RFI, etc.

- Leverage understanding of Retail, CPG sector and client business thoroughly to identify potential opportunities to grow the account.

Our Ideal Candidate:

- Education qualification: MBA (preferably in the field of Strategy or Business or Product Management or Finance), BE preferred.

- Experience: 6-14 years of experience in the Consumer Products (FMCG/CPG) and Retail industry.

- Demonstrable work intersecting technology, business and people processes.

- Measurable impact or benefits accrued by the clients and outcomes basis the solutions delivered.

- Basic understanding of areas where SaaS applications like SAP / Oracle / BY Luminate / O9 / Relex get implemented for CPG or retail clients.

Technical Competencies:

- Process Analysis and redesigning strategy.

- Business Transformation, Process Optimization, Process Engineering, Consumer Markets, Customer Experience, Omnichannel, Supply Chain, Returns/Refunds, Reverse Logistics, Store Operations, Merchandising and Pricing Assortment planning.

- Digital Transformation.

- Product Management.

- Multi-channel/e-commerce fulfillment knowledge.

- RFI/RFP Management.

- Full project lifecycle experience with demonstrated knowledge of different project life cycles: waterfall, agile.

- Strategy & Consulting.

- Project/Program Management.

- Implementation experience e.g. SAP, Oracle, SFDC, etc.

Core Skills:

- Problem-Solving Skills: Facilitate a shared understanding of the problem, and the possible solutions, and determine the scope of the requirement.

- Sector Expertise: Deep CPG and/or Retail sector knowledge covering Indian and Global companies.

- Critical Thinking Skills: Evaluating multiple options, coming up with simulations before settling on a fixed path or solution.

Leadership Competencies:

- People Management Skill: Ability to lead a team comprising of members from different band/level.

- Decision-Making Skill: Ability to take charge and make important decisions.

- Relationship-building skills: Forge strong relationships with stakeholders, involves building trust, and often demonstrating a leadership role to bridge gaps.

- Managing ambiguity: Embrace new information and learning as it evolves.

Deliverables:

- Contributing towards Invent India booking, revenues and support our growth ambitions.

- Ability to generate billing for self and team members.

- Deal shaping and improving winnability for all deals.

- Driving penetration for identified areas by collaborating with other teams.