Process Smart Manufacturing Consultant / Senior Consultant - Life Sciences & Consumer Products

Capgemini; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Invent is seeking a Process Smart Manufacturing Consultant / Senior Consultant in Life Sciences & Consumer Products. You will help manufacturers optimize production flow, deploy Industry 4.0 technologies and build business cases to enable intelligent factories.

You will collaborate with manufacturing, quality, engineering, validation and supply chain leaders to deliver scalable transformation across regulated environments, ensuring compliance and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, quality, supply chain or operational transformation within Life Sciences or Consumer Products sectors.
• Experience leading operational improvement, process optimization or Industry 4.0 initiatives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with data-driven recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Help global Life Sciences and Consumer Products manufacturers address manufacturing performance, quality excellence, regulatory compliance and supply chain agility.
• Develop Smart Factory and Digital Manufacturing transformation initiatives from strategy to implementation.
• Deliver high-impact programmes improving productivity, quality and speed-to-market across operations.

Skills

Manufacturing transformation

Operational improvement

AI/GenAI

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Tools

MES

EBR

Industrial IoT

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**We help leading Life Sciences (Pharma, Biologics and Medical Devices), Consumer Health and Consumer Products manufacturers transform how they develop, manufacture and deliver products in increasingly complex, regulated and competitive markets. Combining deep industry expertise with strategy, operations, engineering, data, AI and cloud capabilities, we turn ambitious manufacturing visions into measurable business outcomes.From defining Smart Factory strategies and accelerating production ramp-up, to deploying Industry 4.0 technologies, transforming end-to-end AI-enabled operations, we deliver change at scale. Our rare blend of strategy, transformation, engineering and cloud expertise sets us apart. Joining our team means working at the forefront of manufacturing innovation, shaping mission-critical programmes, and helping clients build the compliant, resilient and intelligent factories of the future.As a Process sSmart Manufacturing Consultant / Senior Consultant – Life Sciences & Consumer Products in our Intelligent Industry practice you will:* Help global Life Sciences, Consumer Health and Consumer Products manufacturers address manufacturing performance, quality excellence, operational resilience, regulatory compliance and supply chain agility challenges.* Assess manufacturing value streams and identifying opportunities to improve production flow, capacity utilisation and overall equipment effectiveness.* Develop Smart Factory, Digital Manufacturing and Manufacturing Excellence transformation initiatives from strategy through to implementation.* Develop business cases, maturity assessments and transformation roadmaps aligned to client operational objectives.* Work with leaders in Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Validation, Supply Chain and Digital functions to define requirements and future operating models.* Support the deployment of Industry 4.0 technologies, including MES, Batch Records (EBR), advanced analytics, AI and GenAI, Digital Quality, Industrial IoT, and Connected Worker solutions.* Deliver high-impact transformation programmes that improve productivity, quality, compliance, manufacturing agility and speed-to-market across Life Sciences and Consumer Products operations.* Collaborate closely with site teams, operators and business stakeholders to drive adoption and ensure sustainable business outcomes.* Contribute to the design and implementation of AI-enabled and digital solutions within regulated manufacturing environments, ensuring compliance with industry quality and regulatory requirements.* Contribute to the development of Capgemini’s offerings for Physical and Agentic AI at our manufacturing clients##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:* Experience in manufacturing, quality, supply chain or operational transformation within the Life Sciences (Pharma, Biologics, Medical Devices), Consumer Health andConsumer Products (CPG/FMCG) sectors, gained within industry or consulting.* Experience in leading operational improvement, process optimisation, digital transformation or Industry 4.0 initiatives within a manufacturing or supply chain environment.* A passion for leading operational improvements with a focus on employee engagement and empowerment* A passion in smart manufacturing technologies, including Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Electronic Batch Records (EBR), Industrial IoT, advanced analytics, AI/GenAI, Digital Quality solutions and Connected Worker technologies.* An understanding of regulated manufacturing environments and quality requirements, including GxP principles, data integrity and manufacturing compliance considerations.* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to transform data and insights into practical recommendations and measurable business outcomes* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience working collaboratively across manufacturing, engineering, quality and supply chain teams.* The business acumen and skills to create compelling business cases for investment and change;* A proactive and collaborative mindset, with a passion for delivering sustainable improvements and helping clients solve complex operational challenges.* Current or previous experience working within a leading Life Sciences, Consumer Products or top-tiers consulting organisation.## **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), so you could gain lots of experience in a short amount of time.You will work directly alongside our clients in their manufacturing facilities, keeping the focus of digitisation on the user experience and the business outcomes. You will typically work with colleagues from Capgemini’s Engineering and Cloud Services businesses, collaborating to design, build and implement digital solutions that enable our clients to improve service levels, reduce costs and improve sustainability outcomes.## **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.## **We are a Disbility Confident Employer**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, 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.