Regional Sourcing Lead

DS Smith

Regional Sourcing Lead responsible for multimillion dollar spend and leading a global sourcing team at TMS Global. Collaborating with suppliers and global procurement for effective sourcing strategies.

Posted 4/18/2026full-timeRemote • New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work remotely with travel to existing suppliers
Responsible for multimillion level spend across all packaging categories
Lead a team of 2 direct reports
Define & deploy the regional sourcing strategy through team
Utilize strategic sourcing methodologies and supplier stakeholder management principles
Collaborate with the Global Procurement team on compliance and strategies
Communicate with stakeholders to gain commitment to the category plan
Identify continuous improvement opportunities
Run significant value delivery projects and competitive sourcing processes
Support client facing teams to maximize gross profit margins
Ensure contractual compliance with suppliers

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience of direct management and leadership of a team
Experience leading a team through transformation to success
Comfortable managing a multimillion, multi country spend portfolio
Experience of either direct or in-direct sourcing and procurement operations
Great understanding of the supplier landscape for the European region
Recent achievements of TCO/total cost ownership initiatives

Benefits

Comp & perks

Travel requirement for existing suppliers
Supportive global team culture

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Hard Skills & Tools

strategic sourcingsupplier managementprocurement operationstotal cost ownershipvalue delivery projectscompetitive sourcing processes

Soft Skills

leadershipteam managementstakeholder communicationcollaborationcontinuous improvement