Jobs at DS Smith

Lead end-to-end delivery of complex global IT, infrastructure and security programmes. Manage multi-stream plans, governance, risks, budgets, vendors and senior stakeholders. Mentor project managers, drive delivery excellence, support compliance and implement IAM tooling (notably CyberArk) while aligning outcomes to strategic business objectives.

Lead pricing strategy, market insight, forecasting and financial analysis for paper, recycling and packaging. Own pricing governance, transfer pricing, margin reporting, budgeting and integrated business planning. Partner with commercial teams to model scenarios, benchmark buying performance, and develop the finance team's commercial capability.

Lead commercial deployment and scaled adoption of packaging innovations across UK&I. Drive revenue budgets and sales plans, localise market strategies, run customer engagement (workshops, trade fairs, pitches), support product portfolio planning, and influence cross-functional stakeholders. Manage financial KPIs, stage-gate development frameworks, and sales training to translate retailer and customer needs into commercial packaging solutions.

Manage client relationships and oversee prefilled display packaging projects from concept to deployment. Drive project management, reporting, profitability, value-delivery initiatives, and cross-functional improvements in quality, supply chain, and logistics. Maintain client dashboards, conduct site visits, and coordinate internal teams and suppliers to deliver multi-campaign print and POS display solutions.

The Tax Technology Manager will lead strategic tax technology projects, build data pipelines, maintain dashboards, and support compliance across global tax functions.

The UK Corporate Tax Manager will oversee tax compliance, reporting, and process transformation for DS Smith, ensuring accurate tax management across entities and supporting global tax strategies.

Design and govern enterprise infrastructure and network solutions across multi-site international environments. Produce HLDs/LLDs and roadmaps, define LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, cloud connectivity, datacentre and identity patterns. Embed security-by-design (ISO27001/NIS2), provide architecture governance, support project delivery, improve resilience and scalability, and partner with vendors and stakeholders on hybrid on-prem/cloud/manufacturing infrastructure.

The Head of International Tax will lead and execute the global tax strategy, providing expert advice, managing due diligence, and mentoring the tax team.

Serve as a liaison between Recycling business stakeholders and IT to gather and prioritise requirements, map and optimise processes, design fit-for-purpose SAP/ERP solutions, support vendor selection, coordinate UAT, and drive change management and delivery across EMEA.

Lead the strategic direction, operations, and performance of DS Smith's EMEA websites. Build roadmaps, centralise governance, run A/B testing/experimentation, drive SEO and analytics, ensure compliance (GDPR), manage budget and a small central team, and collaborate with stakeholders to improve UX, conversion, and localisation across markets.

Proactively generate new business across FMCG markets (drinks, snacks), build customer relationships, manage pipelines and sales reporting, negotiate deals, deliver presentations, and travel nationally to meet customers and site teams.

Lead regional strategic marketing and category planning, embed ABM, develop segment-specific value propositions, co-lead customer research, provide category insights for sales enablement, and guide innovation desirability through to product development to drive commercial growth across EMEA.

The Insights Manager will gather market data, identify trends, guide business strategy, and lead market analysis for marketing campaigns and commercial strategy.

Lead the data solutions strategy for PR&C PSP division, managing data initiatives, teams, and collaborating on analytics projects. Ensure compliance, governance, and optimize data services while communicating technical solutions to stakeholders.

Lead and develop regional account teams to ensure consistent service delivery, profitability, governance compliance and KPI performance. Drive margin improvement, stakeholder alignment, escalation management, continuous improvement and client relationship management across Europe.