Planning Business Analyst Cover Letter

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the planning business analyst position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for management with accurate, relevant business analysis to support monthly operational reviews and ad-hoc requests on revenues, cost centers, customers, product and sales channels, Management Cash Flow, Profit and Loss (P&L) by area and shared service cost allocations;.

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:

• Exposure to Manufacturing Planning and Control systems / concepts highly desirable
• Persuade regions/affiliates and international distributors to ensure forecast submission timeliness and accuracy
• Create, maintain and analyze new product tracking reports (launch recaps/side by side) and present to global marketing
• Self-starter who is eager to participate and contribute to teams
• Implement strategies to help with the visualization of data
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office, SQL, Visual Basic, database design and creation
• Exposure to Manufacturing, Manufacturing Planning and Control systems and concepts highly desirable
• Self-starter, motivated, able to work with periodic direct supervision

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

In my previous role, I was responsible for technical support and leadership to the development of relevant tools and methodology that leverages cross-institute capabilities across practice areas;.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Develop improved processes and tools to manage DBA / DSA programs
• Demonstrated experience with using Access or other Database tools using SQL
• Experience with Six Sigma management processes
• Problem solver, able to bring structured approach to ambiguous issue/task
• Experience with Micro strategy and AS400 an asset
• Able to summarize large volumes of data and extract opportunities for improvement
• Previous experience in developing and improving internal processes
• Overall management of the project budget for ALL services (full service, not just clinical operations)

In response to your job posting for planning business analyst, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for new capabilities in the global CyberArk privileged access management platform to meet security requirements, processes, and best practices.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Influencing skills - develops relationships with stakeholders, gains trust and respect, manages conflict
• Constantly looks at how to use our processes and systems to create value for the company
• Pragmatic in the approach to resolve system usage challenges
• Supply planning experience and expertise
• Functional experience in the use of planning optimizers (eg SAP APO, Quintiq, Kinaxis)
• Understand the impact of planning processes and tools in other functional areas (eg logistics, production execution)
• Commercial and Seeds or Crop Protection knowledge is an advantage
• Trains and assigns work to Crewmembers on an occasional basis

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the planning business analyst position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for workforce management details surrounding roll-out of projects, plans and initiatives that affect the business and may audit certain workforce processes Benchmarks other call centers to ensure we are utilizing current technology and the best methodology for forecasting staffing needs.

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

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) to all levels of the organization
• Advanced application of productivity suite software
• Working knowledge and hand-on experience with planning systems
• Experience with using MS Project and SharePoint
• Solid level of working business knowledge
• Working knowledge of retail merchandising, allocation and distribution
• Work with multiple teams to deliver projects on time and within budget
• SAS, SQL, 'R', or similar knowledge of data analytic tools is desirable

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the planning business analyst position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for management and financial statement users with relevant, comparable, and accurate data on which to base decisions.

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

• Work with the Project Manager and PRM (and functional resource groups) as it relates to appropriate project resource staffing to contract (budget), plan/forecast, and actuals
• Lead and motivate staff globally in the group
• Preferred masters in Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Information Systems or related field
• Working knowledge of SQL / ETL and visualization tools like tableau
• Recent experience in project management, handling multiple priorities, and working with varied stakeholders
• Customer focus and professional demeanour
• Initiates assignments and leads integration and analysis of resource forecasts and/or Estimates at Completion (EACs) for control accounts, budgets, and functions
• Experience presenting in front of all levels of employees including executives