Sales & Trade Analyst

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:

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:

• 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.

To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the fine print….

For ARBEX to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that shape the future of tissue and hygiene, which is why we seek to build a workforce that encompasses the experiences of our consumers. 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.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of local policies.

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.

Primary Location

Cape Town Epping Plant

Additional Locations

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time