Management Consultant -Supply Chain Logistics

Capgemini Invent; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global transformation consulting firm is seeking a Logistics Consultant/Senior Consultant in Manchester. You will lead logistics teams and develop innovative solutions in warehouse and transport management, focusing on automation and AI technologies. Ideal candidates will have a strong understanding of supply chain processes and prior experience in logistics consulting, combined with excellent stakeholder management skills. The position offers flexible working arrangements and a diverse work environment.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Mental health support programs

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in warehouse processes and optimization.
• Experience in multimodal transport operations.
• Capability of leading project teams.
• Understanding of supply chain solutions.
• Familiarity with logistics software.

Responsibilities

• Drive the logistics team and develop capabilities.
• Contribute to business development efforts.
• Facilitate training and development activities.

Skills

Warehouse operations understanding

Transport operations optimization

Agile methodologies

Management consulting experience

Stakeholder management skills

Testing methods and strategies understanding

Job description

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

An exciting opportunity to be part of a team that will form an integral part of Capgemini’s logistics squad delivering a broad set of solutions to new and existing clients. This will be made up of core capabilities of warehouse and transport management and many new and exciting complimentary solutions including automation, robotics and many new digital and AI based technologies. The scope of our offering will also include WMS, TMS, OMS and in‑store technology, forming part of the wider connected supply chain.

As a logistics consultant / senior consultant in the business, you’ll help set the direction, driving forward the logistics team, developing our operational, warehouse and transport capabilities. You will model our values and behaviours, and coach and develop junior members of the team.

Role

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

We’d Love To Meet Someone With

• Previous experience of warehouse operations in a logistics environment who can demonstrate a clear understanding of warehouse processes and optimisation of operations.
• Previous experience of multimodal transport operations in a logistics environment who can demonstrate a clear understanding of transport processes and optimisation of transport operations.
• Experience of contributing to (consultant) and leading (senior consultant) project teams to understand the wider approach to project delivery and governance, with experience of both waterfall and agile methodologies.
• Experience as a management consultant or experience in business improvement programmes, including working in diverse teams with global or regional impact.
• Ideally, experience of implementing industry leading WMS solutions.
• A clear understanding of the integrated nature of supply chain solutions that integrate with the WMS and onward processes once stock leaves the warehouse e.g., planning solutions, OMS, TMS, in store.
• Ideally, experience of implementing TMS and/or other supply chain solutions (see above), and with experience of managing and developing relationships with software vendors.
• An understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of strategic logistics software solutions.
• Experience of testing process experience and who can demonstrate a clear understanding of testing methods, tools and strategies.
• Strong stakeholder management/engagement skills and ability to demonstrate management approach.
• Ability to update on progress, both verbally and in written reports/updates at different levels of the project.
• A customer first mentality.
• Experience of producing and managing budgets in a sales and project delivery environment and who can demonstrate process and approach.
• The ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.

What You’ll Love About Working Here

No matter the project or customer, your work will have a meaningful impact on society, businesses and lives. It’s really rewarding. And it’s also really varied. You’ll potentially work on a huge variety of projects (some larger than others), with a wide variety of clients and sectors, so you will gain lots of experience in a short amount of time.

We are delighted to have received the “Glassdoor Best Places to work UK” accolade for 4 consecutive years, to see what it’s like to work at Capgemini Invent, visit our Glassdoor page.

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 your 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.

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 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 organisations 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.