Trade Promotion Manager

Your Job

Imagine being the driving force behind seamless operations and exceptional customer experiences. In this role, you'll be the go-to expert for managing payments, resolving issues, and ensuring everything runs smoothly. Your proactive approach and keen attention to detail will make you an invaluable asset to our team. Picture yourself influencing decisions, leading improvement projects, and seeing the tangible impact of your work every day. If you're ready to take ownership and make a difference, this is the opportunity for you!

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

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About You

•  The Trade Promotion Team Leader will receive work direction from the Associate Director – OTC KCNA, but primarily work independently with exception of escalation of issues. In total, this position will be responsible for the management, completion and oversight of promotion claims processed, and deductions taken for assigned trade customers.  

• Collaboration with the customers/functions listed above is required for problem solving, timely notification and resolution of open items. These are sensitive issues that must be handled in a manner that builds trust with external and internal customers. Confidentiality of selected information is maintained at all times. Position is required to work with relative independence other than matters of an exceptional or unusual nature.  

• Challenges of this position include:  

• External customers often have opposing views on how invoice or deduction dispute should be resolved. The incumbent will often have to align customer’s expectations with K-C requirements. 

• Perfect information/documentation is not always readily available making problem solving and research a key requirement of this role.  

• Timely clearance of trade deductions sometimes require escalation to Senior Sales leadership to clear the deductions with the expectations that continued efforts to collect are on-going. 

• This position deals heavily with auditors and SOX controls. 

Principal Accountabilities:  

• Build and maintain a collaborative relationship with KCNA Sales teams. 

• Responsible for the oversight of timely, accurate entries and maintenance of trade settlements.  

• Analyze and validate data and issue rebate payments in a timely manner.  

• Maintain Trade Promotion KPIs and SLAs 

• Processes, SOPs and SW are updated and documented  

• Monitor customer account activity so that negative trends in Trade Promotion performance are recognized and addressed with customer and business management.  

• Report to the Sr. Manager – Credit, Consumer CFS whenever corporate financial policies or instructions are not being followed, or appear inappropriate, inadequate, or out of date.  

• Contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both individual and team contributions to achieve desired business results.

Basic Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s Degree 

• 5-7 years’ experience 

• SAP and BW experience  

• Strong attention to detail, thorough, analytical mindset  

• Strong Ability to execute CI tools and problem solve  

• The candidate must be able to communicate with all functions of the organization and possess the ability to decipher and communicate financial data with key stakeholders.  The individual should be able to understand, translate, and provide useful insights of the financial implications related to decisions, actions, and team objectives. 

• Advanced Excel skills 

• Champion of change management and partnership with internal stakeholders, external customers and outsourced partners a must. 

To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our fabulous recruiting team will review your application and then get in touch with if you seem like a good fit for this role to begin the official interview process. To prepare for the interview process, you can check out the  Careers area on our website.

And finally, the fine print…
For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world.  We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers.  When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, 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. This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

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