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Regional Category Manager
Apply remote type Remote with Travel locations Sao Paulo time type Full time posted on Posted 10 Days Ago job requisition id R-5566 Regional Category Manager POP Displays - Strategic SourcingRegional Category Manager POP Displays - Strategic Sourcing
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 LATAM region. We think being based in Brazil works best geographically for covering this region successfully, ideally in São Paolo or Rio de Janeiro but we’re open to discussing other locations within Brazil!
As the 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 Brazil or ideally multiple LATAM counties. You will need to have category management experience within POP/Print /POS ‘Point of sale’/Display categories, whether that be within distribution, e-commerce, implementations, inventory, 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
- Permanent, 2D/3D Temp, Print, Display Category experience
- Experience of delivering sourcing strategies.
About Us
DS Smith is a leading provider of sustainable fibre-based packaging worldwide, which is supported by recycling and paper making operations. We play a central role in the value chain across sectors including e-commerce, fast moving consumer goods and industrials.
Through our purpose of 'Redefining Packaging for a Changing World' and our Now and Next sustainability strategy, we are committed to leading the transition to the circular economy, while delivering more circular solutions for our customers and wider society - replacing problem plastics, taking carbon out of supply chains and providing innovative recycling solutions. Our bespoke box-to-box in 14 days model, design capabilities and innovation strategy sits at the heart of this response.
Headquartered in London and a member of the FTSE 100, DS Smith operates in 34 countries employing around 30,000 people and we are a Strategic Partner of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Our history can be traced back to the box-making businesses started in the 1940s by the Smith family.
