Regional Category Manager

Regional Category Manager - Strategic Sourcing, Retail Displays

About the role

TMS Global are a wholly owned subsidiary of DS Smith PLC, a FTSE100 listed leading global provider of corrugated packaging solutions. TMS Global specialise in the outsourcing of retail display, print and packaging for a variety of global customers and are active in 97 markets globally and we are made up of 300 people who are spread internationally across APAC, LATAM, EMEA and NA.

This role is a great opportunity for an experienced a Category Manager, who will work across all types of POP/POS/POSM to join our Strategic Sourcing team focussing on our North America region. We think being based in the Mid-West works best geographically for covering this region successfully.

As the North America Regional Category Manager for POP’s you will be the regional expert across all Displays (Permanent, 2D/3D Temp, Print etc) and will have the greatest understanding and in-depth knowledge of the supplier landscape in your region. With your expertise you will play an important part in helping define the sourcing strategies with the Global Category Leads for the Display categories and then you will be responsible for delivering it throughout the local supply chain.

You will be based in the central team within this region and will be overseeing and supporting all sourcing requirements for relevant categories, advising the local job managers in line with the spend/ supplier segmentation. You will also be collaborating with the Global category Leads, local client facing teams and category support functions to deliver commercial value by improving cost position and/or improved performance to ensure we meet and exceed our contractual requirements to our clients.

About you

This role would be a great fit for you if you have experience as a sourcing professional in Supply Chain or procurement in North America, any Central America experience is an added plus. You will need to have category management experience within POP/Print /POS ‘Point of sale’/Display categories, whether that be within supply or distribution, implementations, marketing production, operational print/stock, Point of sale: semi-permanent, promotional products, stock replenishments or studio/pre-press.

Skills and attributes for success

• Fluent English, written and spoken and any additional languages local to this region is a plus.
• Supply Chain or procurement background
• 2-5 years experience with Permanent, 2D/3D Temp, Print, Display Category’s
• Experience of delivering sourcing strategies for POP/POSM Retail Displays.

Please note this role is remote within the USA, you must already be based and hold the correct rights to work in the USA to be considered for this role.