Jobs at DS Smith

Lead the strategic talent and organisation development agenda, partnering with CHRO, Executive Leadership and Board to shape culture, performance, leadership, DE&I, succession, talent pipelines, learning, and global OD initiatives to enable business strategy and the company spin-off.

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.

Create original, brand-compliant retail marketing, POS and display concepts. Manage briefs, timelines and studio efficiencies, support pitches and innovation days, liaise with clients and teams, and ensure print feasibility and on-time delivery while challenging briefs with creative, shopper-focused ideas.

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.

The Project Manager will oversee governance, coordinate program delivery, manage resources, track risks, and produce reports for stakeholder presentations.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.