Sales & Trade Analyst

Sales & Trade Analyst

Job Description

Sales & Trade Analyst, International Family Care & Professional

Location: Cape Town

Closing date: 28th March 2026

Kimberly Clark's International Family Care & Professional business — an organization rooted in purpose and innovation that has built a legacy with global impact.

As Kimberly-Clark forms a strategic partnership with Suzano to create a world-class international tissue and professional products company, this role is proposed to transfer to the new venture once the transaction closes, anticipated in mid-2026, subject to consultation and other applicable legal requirements.

This is a rare opportunity to help shape a new global leader backed by two industry powerhouses.

You’ll be part of a high-potential business that combines Kimberly-Clark’s iconic brands and commercial excellence with Suzano’s industrial and sustainability leadership.

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role.

Neither are we.

Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference.

Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands.

In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU. 

The purpose of the Sales & Trade Analyst role is:


* 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

In this role, you will be responsible for the following:


* Sales & Trade TPM analytics and support:


* Accountable for weekly & monthly reporting requirements to enable Key Account Managers and sales to better inform our commercial sales across the month-to-month sales as well as the overall sales strategy:


* Nielsen reporting across share, sales, DPSM (distributions, pricing, shelving, merchandising), and competitive landscapes  


* Analytics to understand market dynamics affecting sales – i.e.

price and vol relationships between KC and competitor (this is done with insights from various customers platforms)


* Sales trends that will inform better future forecasts


* Internal sales reporting (e.g.

SAP BW)



* Tracking and reporting:
+ Accountable for weekly, monthly and quarterly tracking of key metrics and KPI’s to ...