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Capacity Manager

Hybrid in Nieuwegein·Full-time·Added 23 days ago

Still open when we checked on 8 Oct

Sopra Steria

124 open roles

Overview

Job details

  • Full-time

    Per the ad.

  • Hybrid

    Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

  • Dutch

    The ad asks for Dutch, or counts it in your favour.

  • Be near Nieuwegein for hybrid days

    No relocation package mentioned.

Skills

This job advert was originally written in Dutch.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in a similar role (e.g., Resource Manager, Service Delivery Manager, Project Manager, or Program Manager).
  • Excellent command of the Dutch and English languages.
  • You have a sense for commercial opportunities and know how to translate this into appropriate actions.
  • Effective collaborator with the ability to manage conflicting interests.
  • Combines operational excellence with a data-driven mindset.
  • Excellent relationship management and communication skills.
  • You are analytical, flexible, and stress-resistant.
  • You are organizationally sensitive and empathetic.
  • Detail-oriented and able to maintain an overview in complex situations.
  • You dare to provide clear direction and manage colleagues and management when necessary.
  • You are experienced in using PowerPoint, Excel, and functionalities such as pivot tables and dashboarding.
  • Proactive attitude: seeing what is needed to keep operations running smoothly (setting priorities)

Nice to have

  • Experience with numbers & finance and/or willingness to learn
  • Experience with Data & Data analysis (e.g., PowerBI) and/or willingness to learn

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

At Sopra Steria, we ensure that you can do your work with pleasure and in balance. Therefore, we offer an attractive and flexible package of employment terms:

  • A permanent contract and a gross monthly salary between €4,000 and €5,000 based on full-time employment (40 hours per week);
  • At Sopra Steria, we believe equal pay for equal work is important. Scaling within this salary range is therefore determined based on objective criteria such as experience, knowledge, competencies, and responsibilities;
  • Holiday allowance of 8%;
  • A variable compensation scheme with a target bonus, upon achieving pre-determined objectives;
  • A mobility scheme with a choice between an electric lease car or an alternative transport arrangement, suited to your situation;
  • 27 vacation days;
  • Flexible hybrid working conditions, at home or in the office, depending on the role and business needs;
  • A home office package including a laptop, phone, and a monthly internet allowance;
  • Plenty of opportunities for professional and personal development through training, certifications, knowledge-sharing sessions, and inspiring events;
  • Various social activities with colleagues, from informal drinks to sporty and substantive events;
  • Opportunities for tax-friendly repayment of your student debt;
  • An extensive range of benefits via our cafeteria model, including a bicycle scheme, sports subscriptions, solar panels, and collective insurance;
  • A pension scheme with an employer contribution and the possibility to realize voluntary additional pension accrual.

The role

Sopra Steria offers tailor-made end-to-end corporate technology and software solutions that help organizations make bold choices and achieve results. And successfully! With more than 51,000 colleagues in nearly 30 countries, we are among the top European digital solutions providers. Successful organizations in Europe rely on our technology because we continue to strive for innovation, collaboration, and business development.

The world is how we shape it.
Let’s shape it together

Do you have an eye for detail and the ability to create impact on both short- and long-term objectives? As a Capacity Manager, you will play a crucial role in optimizing the deployment of our people and resources and ensuring internal operations run optimally (Operational Excellence). You have a helicopter view and maintain oversight, thereby keeping focus on the right priorities for yourself and your colleagues.

What you'll do

1. Resource management and sourcing 
Making daily decisions regarding resourcing for projects and assignments, including collaboration with the Sourcing Hub and Sales as SPOC

2. Quality monitoring and process optimization 
Performing audits and implementing improvement actions for CV quality, margins, and operational processes

3. Reporting and performance analysis 
Preparing essential reports (rates, productivity) and performing analyses to increase gross margins

4. Billability and productivity improvement 
Driving the improvement of billability to improve TC ratios, reduce absences, and minimize productivity loss

5. Strategic employability of employees 
Promoting sustainable employability by linking employees to challenging and strategic assignments

6. Coordinator of internal organization and operational reporting 

Objectives

  • Optimize resource capacity through accurate planning and forecasting.
  • Efficiently monitor resource processes and intervene proactively where necessary.
  • Ensure up-to-date, high-quality CVs for all team members.
  • Direct, safeguard, and ensure compliance with operational requirements, including: hours, rates, margins, and resourcing.
  • Achieve a sustainable balance between resource supply and demand.
  • Promote operational excellence and the "house-in-order" principle by continuously monitoring and improving them.

Your top 6 most important responsibilities

  • Organization of birthday dinners and Consulting Connect Day
  • Preparation of various governance meetings
  • Management of mailing lists
  • Setting up and sending newsletters
  • Operational reports according to governance agreements

Key results and KPIs

  • Effective follow-up and execution of actions within the resource process.
  • Mastery of bench management with timely interventions.
  • Accurate, timely, and complete time registrations.
  • High-quality, up-to-date CVs for all resources.
  • Improved productivity and billability ratios.
  • Optimized gross margins and TC ratios.

Hiring process

3 steps2 interviewsa task to do
  1. Application review

  2. Preliminary call

    With a recruiter · Phone call

    A first call about your career plan, availability and mobility to check expectations match on both sides.

  3. First formal interview

    A discussion of your motivation with details of the project context.

  4. Technical and personality tests

    Not every role

    Offered depending on your profile.

  • Published by the Luxembourg entity; the Spanish careers site only gives interview tips.
  • The Spanish recruiting team reviews applications weekly and informs candidates of progress.
  • Feedback is shared after the interview stage.

About Sopra Steria

Industry
IT Consulting
Founded
1968
Employees
50,000+
Headquarters
Paris, France

In their own words

About the company & team

You will become part of the leadership team of the Business Line Consulting. The team consists of a Business Line Director, Area Directors, Consulting Directors, Capacity Managers, a Financial Controller, and an HR Business Partner. A total of ~400 colleagues work within Business Line Consulting. Consultants with various expertise and focus in the fields of Data Science & AI, Data, Architecture & Governance, or Business Transformation.

In this role, you will collaborate intensively on a daily basis with Leads from the various areas within the business line, but also with various internal colleagues and departments at Sopra Steria. Think of: Finance, Operations, HR, the Sourcing hub, and Sales & Account management. You are a central figure connecting the various departments and stakeholders. You report to the Transformation Lead Next, with whom you will also have frequent bilats.

Additional information

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Sopra Steria is an employer that offers equal opportunities. All qualified applicants will be considered for a job without regard to age, origin, nationality, skin color, leave for family or medical care, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political preference, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations, and ordinances. We cherish a work environment that is inclusive and respects all differences.

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