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

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 Smart Manufacturing Manager / Senior Manager – Life Sciences & Consumer Products in our Intelligent Industry practice you will:

• Lead large-scale Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and Digital Operations transformation programmes with global clients.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, including Manufacturing Directors, Operations Leaders, Supply Chain Executives and Digital Transformation leaders.
• Define and deliver manufacturing transformation strategies focused on operational excellence, manufacturing performance, quality excellence, regulatory compliance, supply chain resilience and accelerated product delivery.
• Lead manufacturing, quality and digital maturity assessments, value discovery engagements and business diagnostics to identify opportunities for productivity, quality, compliance and cost improvement.
• Develop compelling transformation roadmaps, operating models and business cases that secure executive sponsorship and investment.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across strategy, manufacturing, engineering, data, AI, cloud and technology disciplines to deliver business outcomes at scale.
• Shape and oversee the deployment of Industry 4.0 solutions, including MES, Electronic Batch Records (EBR), Digital Quality, Industrial IoT, advanced analytics, AI/GenAI and Connected Worker capabilities.
• Drive value realisation by ensuring transformation programmes deliver measurable improvements in productivity, quality, compliance, manufacturing agility and speed-to-market.
• Develop Capgemini’s offerings for Physical and Agentic AI at our manufacturing clients
• Coach and develop consultants and senior consultants, building capability across manufacturing transformation, leadership and client engagement.
• Build and strengthen executive-level client relationships, identifying opportunities to expand engagements and create long-term partnerships.
• Lead complex stakeholder environments, aligning business, operational and technology leaders around a common transformation vision.
• Act as a thought leader internally and externally, contributing to propositions, market insights, industry research, innovation and practice development in Life Sciences and Consumer Products manufacturing.

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:

• Significant experience in manufacturing, quality, supply chain or operational transformation wi…