Regional Key Account Director

TMS Global, part of DS Smith, is a global leader in sustainable packaging and retail solutions. Operating in 97 markets worldwide, we partner with some of the world's best-known brands to deliver innovative print, packaging, and display solutions that drive customer engagement, brand impact and commercial success.

As our business continues to grow, we're looking for an experienced Regional Key Account Director to lead one of our most strategically important global client partnerships. In this role, you'll take full ownership of account performance across your region, driving operational excellence, commercial success, and exceptional client service. Acting as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, you'll lead a dedicated team while identifying opportunities for growth, innovation, and continuous improvement.

This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded leader who thrives in a fast-paced, global environment and is passionate about building lasting client relationships and delivering outstanding results.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery and performance of a major client account, ensuring contractual commitments and service levels are consistently achieved.
• Build and maintain strong senior-level client relationships, acting as the primary strategic partner and escalation point.
• Drive commercial performance through effective P&L management, forecasting, budgeting, profitability analysis, and cost control.
• Develop and implement account strategies that support client objectives and business growth.
• Identify and deliver continuous improvement initiatives that enhance operational efficiency, customer experience, and value creation.
• Lead, coach, and develop high-performing teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and excellence.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions and exceptional customer outcomes.
• Ensure strong governance, compliance, risk management, and performance reporting across the account.
• Leverage customer insights and performance data to drive service enhancements, innovation, and long-term growth.
• Support new business opportunities, service implementations, customer reviews, and audit activities.

About You

You are a commercially astute and strategic leader with a proven ability to build trusted client relationships, lead high-performing teams, and deliver exceptional operational results. Comfortable working in a complex global environment, you combine strong commercial judgement with a data-driven approach to drive performance, innovation, and long-term customer success.

What You'll Bring to the Role

• Significant experience in a senior account management, commercial, or operational leadership role.
• Proven leadership experience within the shopper marketing, retail display, POS, or related sector, ideally in a global environment.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including P&L ownership, budgeting, forecasting, and profitability management.
• Proven success in growing strategic accounts, delivering service excellence, and strengthening long-term client partnerships.
• A proven ability to develop and lead high-performing teams.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• A proactive, resilient, and customer-focused approach.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English are essential.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a strategically important global account, partner with senior client stakeholders, and lead a talented international team. You'll have the autonomy to influence strategy, drive innovation, and make a tangible impact on both client success and business growth.

“To achieve our aim of being among the most successful, sustainable and responsible companies in the world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.

Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.”

About Us

We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 60,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us!

As the journey continues of bringing together the strengths of both organisations, during your candidate experience you may engage with our colleagues from International Paper! You could visit an International Paper or DS Smith site or office.