Associate Merchant Cover Letter

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the associate merchant position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for and analyse data points and metrics highlighting risks, volumes, and trends on a regular and ad hoc basis.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Contribute to performance through efficient and effective implementation of key business initiatives
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key business partners to improve outcomes
• Establish and maintain the Delivery Framework to streamline delivery, reduce duplication and drive business outcomes
• Lead agreed strategic projects
• Act as an advocate for change and proactively explore and propose changes to process to have positive customer/business impacts
• Drive and actively seek to implement continued improvement
• Understanding of key value drivers
• Fluency in French, Italian or Spanish desirable

In response to your job posting for associate merchant, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for support in the budgeting process providing industry trends, insights from vendors, and leveraging assortment knowledge into the budget strategy process.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Why is this role essential to hire and business implication of not filling? If we do not fill this role, we will continue to have a subpar/non-existent global merchant acquiring offering and will continue to lose opportunities to win business (i.e., Global RFPs), continue to lose other BAML business and have vulnerable clients based on our gaps
• Knowledge of multiple programming/scripting languages
• Knowledge of Network protocols and infrastructure
• Passionate, curious, driven and highly agile
• Holds themselves and others accountable to a high level of performance
• Stays ahead of trends (marketplace, product, economic, social, etc) and retail industry developments
• Prior experience as an Assistant Merchant and/ or Associate Merchant from a specialty store
• Potential travel for market knowledge / competitive landscape

I am excited to be applying for the position of associate merchant. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for and analyze data points and metrics highlighting risks, volumes, and trends on a regular and ad hoc basis.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Fluency in French , Spanish, Italian or German desirable
• Prior experience as an Associate Merchant from a specialty store
• Strong organization, communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated success in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
• Skill with process documentation applications, such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Understanding of business planning, marketing principles, project management, analysis & budgeting
• Familiarity with sales, manufacturing, and R&D
• Experience in beauty industry or keen passion for cosmetics

I would like to submit my application for the associate merchant opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for business Intelligence reporting to management, regional sales managers, and Merchandising team on trends and performance.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Experience in footwear and apparel is preferred
• Channel/partner marketing with lead generation program and customer retention experience preferred
• Payments industry experience preferred and exposure to wide array of industries is helpful
• Track record of delivering measurable marketing programs with strong results
• Experience operating in a fast-paced environment and managing competing demands
• Strong interpersonal skills - adept at building relationships
• Experience with excel, and other Microsoft applications
• How does the role fit into the business strategy of the team? Outside of our Merchant JV’s (BAMS) footprint (US/Canada/partial EU) we are unable to offer our clients global merchant acquiring in a seamless/single gateway/sufficient way

I would like to submit my application for the associate merchant opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for reporting on product trends, competitor trends with actionable data to support business development decision making processes.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Extensive knowledge of Chase Merchant Services processes, systems, and products
• Thorough knowledge of Chase Merchant Services business processes and products preferred, with strong relationships across CMS business units
• Strong oral and written communicator with focus on Quality of Service
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Salesforce.com, Titan, CST, PeopleSoft, and other internal systems
• Exposure to Retail Merchandising, Buying, Product Planning and/or Sales and the product creation process
• Excellent product aesthetic acumen
• Exposure to identifying the right product to meet the brief
• Proficient in leveraging all tools available to drive/inform product decisions