VP Procurement

Capgemini; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Vice President for their Procurement Transformation capability. This role involves business development, project delivery, and team leadership to enhance client operations. The ideal candidate will possess a strong consulting background in procurement and experience engaging with C-suite stakeholders across various sectors. The position offers flexible working arrangements within the UK, supporting both personal and professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Wellbeing support programs

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong consulting track record in Procurement Transformation.
• Experience in selling and delivering transformation programmes.
• Ability to engage C-suite level clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Procurement Transformation capability.
• Drive business development and client engagement.
• Manage and mentor delivery teams.

Skills

Procurement Transformation

Team Leadership

Business Development

Client Engagement

Project Delivery

Job description

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

To drive both our growth and continued delivery success, we need a Vice President to help us grow our Procurement Transformation capability, including developing a pipeline of work, leading delivery programmes, honing our offerings and capabilities and developing our talent.

Our VPs bring vast breadth and depth of experience of building teams, shaping and delivering technology‑enabled transformation programmes and the ability to lead large teams in complex client environments.

As a Vice President, you will be part of the leadership of the Intelligent Industry capability unit. You will develop the pipeline of Procurement Transformation projects, lead a portfolio of projects and joint teams of consultants and clients within a broader programme. You will lead experienced delivery teams, helping clients to realise benefits and transform processes, operations and behaviours which will lead to improved efficiency, improved customer experience and improved business outcomes. You will manage consultants from a range of Capgemini practices to drive positive outcomes, while managing senior client stakeholders. You will work closely with technology delivery partners on behalf of our clients, bridging the gap between business and technology to deliver digitally‑enabled procurement solutions. You will actively promote Capgemini and Capgemini Invent within the client environment, support client and business development and internal activities that develop our consulting practice and our people.

Overview of Role

• Business Development: Engaging at C‑Suite level with clients and potential clients, developing relationships with senior members of our client organisations, presenting complex solutions in a logical, structured and compelling manner. Using a combination of the organisation's broader pre‑existing relationships, company relationships and your own network to generate personal sales of £4 million per annum, showing strong understanding of commercial levers and processes.
• Thought Leadership and Proposition Development: Acting as an authority and thought leader in process excellence in one or more of our target sectors, with an ability to understand, design and improve business processes and operations. Developing timely and relevant propositions in Procurement Transformation covering business and technology.
• Talent Development: Leading development of Procurement capabilities and contributing to the effective development of Capgemini's Intelligent Industry capability.
• Project Delivery: Leading large teams and ensuring effective delivery and timely completion of projects and programmes in alignment with commercial goals, designing and delivering process improvement initiatives across the end‑to‑end value chain.
• Team Leadership: Leading the growth of our Procurement Transformation capability and contributing to the leadership and growth of the our Intelligent Industry capability unit.

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 and 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 and activities), offering development.
• Learning and development: Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company as well and professional certifications.

Your Profile

We are looking for a leader with a strong consulting track record in selling and delivering Procurement Transformation programmes across multiple industry sectors. You will help our clients identify and deliver opportunities to digitise and optimise Procurement functions. You will have experience of the procurement issues faced in multiple industry sectors across the end‑to‑end procurement value chain (source to contract, purchase to pay and contract management). In particular, you will bring insights and knowledge of procurement transformation to enhance our client offerings, to enable effective delivery, coaching of the client and development of consulting teams. You will have deep experience of the transformation programme lifecycle from strategy to implementation. You will be able to demonstrate an active and well‑informed knowledge of the procurement function and have an opinion on key trends having worked in a major consultancy or strategy organisation.

Key knowledge and experience should include:

• Experience of procurement operations and/or transformation in multiple industry sectors and robust knowledge of the key challenges and opportunities in technology‑enabled Procurement Transformation.
• Experience of working within a major consultancy or strategy organisation and engaging with clients at C‑suite level to drive business value.
• Experience in leading and building high‑performing teams in a professional services context.
• A demonstrable network in Tier 1 and key Tier 2 firms across industry sectors.
• A track record of selling and delivering major transformation programmes defined either through their monetary value or the major impact it has had on the client's business.
• A digital mindset and an interest in innovation to enable added value.

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 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.