Sales & Trade Analyst

Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work model

Job summary

Arbex in Cape Town is seeking a Sales & Trade Analyst to manage customer sales data and deliver insights that drive promotional planning and forecasting. You will be the SAP TPM superuser, generate TPM reports, and support the sales team with data-driven insights.

The role requires hands-on analytics across Nielsen/Rex data, large data sets, and clear presentation of findings using Excel and PowerPoint. A flexible hybrid work model is offered in Cape Town, with focus on business impact.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years in a similar role.
• A degree, diploma or equivalent is advantageous.
• Experience using Nielsen and/or Rex or equivalent data platforms.
• Ability to pull and manipulate large data sets from multiple sources.
• Analytical with attention to detail; translate data into recommendations.
• Proficient with Excel, PowerPoint, SAP and BW for presenting insights.

Responsibilities

• Manage incoming sales data from customers and provide insights for planning and forecasting.
• Serve as superuser of SAP TPM and support TPM reporting.
• Generate TPM reports and learn TPM processes.
• Deliver information quickly and accurately.
• Generate insights from sales and market data; support sales team with analytics.
• Pull and analyze Nielsen, Rex data and market share information.
• Produce regular insights and performance reports for sales leadership.
• Identify growth opportunities, distribution gaps and trends.
• Present findings using Excel and PowerPoint to stakeholders.

Skills

Data analytics

SAP

Excel & PowerPoint

Nielsen Rex

Education

Bachelor's degree or diploma

Tools

SAP

BW

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Sales & Trade Analyst Job Description Location: Cape Town

Become part of the team powering household names like Andrex®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Viva®, and WypAll®. At Arbex, everything you need is right here—innovation, growth, and the chance to leave a real mark. Settling for just any role isn't you, and it isn't us either. Being Unstoppable Together calls for a particular kind of person and teams who genuinely care about making a difference. Here, you'll channel your professional expertise, talent, and drive into building and managing a portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you'll help shape the future of tissue and hygiene for billions of people worldwide.

About You

In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the centre.

Job responsibilities include:

• Management of incoming sales data from customers to provide insights to customer managers for purposes of enabling efficient promotional planning, forecasting with customers and identifying sales trends.


• Central management and team superuser of SAP Trade Promotions Management (TPM) application.


• Supporting various processes including reports generation of the TPM system which you will be trained on.


• Deliver information with speed and accuracy.


• Generate insights and trends in sales including internal shipment data, customer sales out data from their internal systems.


• Provide Overall Administrative and Insight Support to the Sales Team.


• Pull and analyse sales and market data from Nielsen, Rex, Track market share, distribution performance, category trends.


• Produce regular insights and performance reports for the sales and leadership team.


• Identify growth opportunities, gaps in distribution, and emerging trends.


• Present finding in clear concise format using tools such as excel, and PowerPoint.

Stakeholders:

SA Leadership team; Customer Managers & Sales Operations Team; Category Team; Demand Management; RGM team; Finance business analysts; Customers – data management.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• 2 - 3 years in similar role.


• Degree, Diploma or equivalent advantageous.


• Proven experience using Nielsen and / or Rex or equivalent data platforms, supporting commercial and sales teams with data driven insights.


• Ability to pull and manipulate large data sets from multiple sources – highly analytical and detail oriented.


• Strong capability to analyse large data sets - sales and market data, including distribution and market share performance, category performance, and competitive analysis.


• Ability to extract, clean, and manipulate large data sets from multiple platforms.


• Ability to identify trends, insights and opportunities within the data and translate these into actionable recommendations.


• Comfortable working with tools such as Excel and PowerPoint, SAP, BW to confidently present insights to sales and business stakeholders.

Total Benefits

We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then ARBEX is the place for you.

Flex That Works at ARBEX

We believe great work happens when people come together with purpose. That’s why we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in-person collaboration — helping you connect, grow, and innovate while maintaining the balance you value.

When you bring your original thinking to ARBEX, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise.

We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Employment conditions

This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. ARBEX will not provide relocation support for this role.

#LI-Hybrid Primary Location Cape Town Epping Plant Additional Locations

Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time

Thank you for your interest in Arbex.

Backed by the power of over 100 years of legacy brands, we are the world’s next leading producer of consumer goods. When it comes to product development, we go beyond everyday needs to anticipate what life will require in the future—while keeping innovation, sustainability, and consumers at the core of every decision. From fibre to shelf, and beyond, we act with intention at every step of the way. Because scale isn’t measured by size, it’s determined by positive impact. And that’s how we deliver what the world needs next.