Category Management Cover Letter

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

Previously, I was responsible for coaching, development and performance management for Category Development Managers assigned to the Kroger/Meijer/Shopko team.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Develop and implement Aviation Logistics sourcing strategy in support of worldwide offshore Exploration, Drilling and Production activities focusing on HSE, optimization, and standardization
• Sound understanding of oil gas industry preferred
• Loyalty card data mining (84.51 / dunnhumby preferred)
• Working knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and common email programs
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, detail oriented, and a team player
• Experience in management consulting, financial planning/business analytics or category management
• Understands "Test versus Control" analysis and different techniques to measure lift
• Able to clearly document and present solutions to Senior Management and staff at varying levels within the organization

Please consider me for the category management opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In the previous role, I was responsible for input to ICBP / MFCT Process, Innovation, I&P, Marketing, Key Accounts, 5P’s & Go-to-market strategies to enhance category performance & Kellogg’s performance within the categories.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Ensure that market engagement is planned and executed to meet project schedule, quality and cost objectives
• Manage contractor and contract performance monitoring and reporting to support the Projects Category (KPI reporting, spend analytics, contract variations, claims management, and off-contract spend)
• Establish and lead relationships with key stakeholders to become a highly valued contract expert, to lead negotiations with vendors and provide on-going contract management
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication (verbal and written) skills
• High understanding of mining industry
• Knowledge of software licensing, PaaS, IaaS
• Able to analyze vendor financials, build complex should-cost models, and optimize supply chain processes
• Change agent and self-starter, able to develop innovative solutions to business problems

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

In the previous role, I was responsible for category insights and recommendations leveraging analytics from multiple data sources to deliver recommendations to the Buyer.

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:

• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, sourcing strategy formulation and implementation
• Experience in developing and implementing business strategies and developing in- depth knowledge of category management and strategic sourcing categories
• Expertise in Commercial negotiations and mastery of key concepts and legal terms
• Experience supporting of third- party, vendor management, governance, and development preferred
• Familiarity with Operational Excellence/Lean Sigma tools & processes
• Experience with E- Sourcing Tools, Oracle preferred
• Superior communication and strategic influencing skills, including with those in senior management
• Proactive mindset that constantly challenges the status quo, makes recommendations for improvement and executes on those recommendations with cross- functional teams

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

In my previous role, I was responsible for contractor and contract performance monitoring and reporting to support the Projects Category (KPI reporting, spend analytics, contract variations incl.

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:

• Experience in managing and developing direct reports to deliver quantifiable, bottom- line results in close partnerships with stakeholders, business users, and finance/risk partners beneficial
• Driving Las Vegas city streets
• Strong strategic thought process
• Excellent management skills – planning, delegating and organizing
• Determine industry, category, shopper and consumer trends to proactively seek and recommend solutions to drive accelerated category growth
• Convert brand strategy into strategic merchandising strategies with actionable recommendations for customers
• Develop Category Management strategies providing insights and retail solutions, specifically addressing assortment, shelving, and call to action
• Develop and maintain Contracts & Procurement Strategy and Sourcing Strategies that minimise risk and maximise effective project delivery

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

Previously, I was responsible for guidance to the organization on forthcoming and actual changes to relevant legislation on Privacy and data protection that may affect the ITS systems and processes.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Exceptional learning agility
• Engineering graduate from a reputed university
• Strong passion for engaging with customers and channel partners to influence and identifying new opportunities
• Marketing skills (segmentation, customer targeting, pricing policy, launches)
• Comfortable with diving deep with R&D translating complexity to simple concepts to non-technical audience
• Entrepreneurial, collaborative and open to travel as needed
• Capable of leading teams to high performance
• Work with Category, Sales, CMI, and Brand teams to ensure growth and thought leadership objectives are met and exceeded