Trade Product Manager Cover Letter

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

Previously, I was responsible for expertise and support to Trade Sales and Relationship Managers in the driving and execution of complex trade transactions, cross border trade flows in OCBC's markets and network, covering both Documentary Trade and Open Account flows.

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:

• Effective team collaboration and influencing skills
• Lead a team to analyse and implement projects to improve the automation, maintenance and exception management of pricing processes for our fund administration clients, working closely with our pricing operations teams, pricing vendors and technology teams
• Apply critical thinking to understand requirements
• Knowledge of common industry data sources such as Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, MarkIT and IDC
• Lead a team to analyse and implement projects to improve the automation, maintenance and exception management of Securities, Trades, Pricing, Corporate action and Reconciliation streams for large clients
• Knowledge of common industry data sources such as Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and IDC
• Experience leading cross team and cross discipline execution, either directly or as an organizational leader
• Experience from within the Commercial Insurance industry

I would like to submit my application for the trade product manager opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for specific focus in support of the Poland market to achieve all trade compliance objectives and ensure the Poland market has all trade related processes and procedures in place to allow successful business execution via import or export transactions.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Execute on the identification, development and implementation of new Trade Finance/International Payment products, additional services, applications or operational efficiencies geared at increasing revenue and decreasing expenses
• Fulfill role of Business subject matter expert for projects / initiatives in accordance with project management methodologies, having comfort in making Business decisions, challenging issues and providing timely escalations
• Facilitate problem solving sessions with partners and vendors
• Develop strong working relationships with Operations, enterprise partners and Sales origination for the purpose of delivering optimal customer service
• Global Trade Finance Products, Operations
• International Payment Products, Operations
• Payment Product Regulatory and Industry experience
• Client facing roles

I would like to submit my application for the trade product manager opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for analytics for Trade Operations to ensure Trade, Sales, Finance and Commercial Leadership have appropriate detail to inform the business across all areas of operation.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• An understanding of how packaged commercial insurance products are managed and either experience of or an appreciation for how products can be taken directly to the consumers
• Commercially aware and driven, with prior experience of managing a P&L account
• Previous experience of identifying and delivering product developments and business improvement initiatives
• Strategic thinking in the development of the overall channel strategy/budget/forecast plans
• Strong relationship management to build relationships within the Commercial business
• Clear understanding of the NIG brand strategy
• Evidence of delivering where solutions are not straightforward and overcoming objections o
• Have responsibility for providing direction of at least one category wide workstream or topic

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the trade product manager position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for strategic perspective on key market, economic and competitive factors for [head product] pricing decisions and customer offerings.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Proactively engaging with Bankers & Clients to promote and support the provision of Trade Finance and other debt products, including the crafting of robust solutions and the end-to-end delivery thereafter
• Collaborating at multiple levels across the group to maximise the use of skills and products to deliver client focussed solutions
• Previous experience with portfolio management and remediation
• Working knowledge of the tax environment of jurisdictions in which Barclays Wealth provides client service, and its impact on client financing needs
• Develop and maintain end to end understanding of each Trade Finance and International Product life cycle act as escalation point for Business Partners and Internal teams
• Develop a robust understanding of our customers' needs to drive product development, customer service enhancement and process innovation
• Understand the market and the industries within the portfolios to ensure value added service is provided to clients while mitigating risk to the Bank
• Manage data analytics to track product performance and make recommendations for improvement

In response to your job posting for trade product manager, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for market analysis and evaluation of key market statistics, customer requirements, an vendor’s new technology trends to define product plan.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Superior organizational skills (identify, understand, track, document, resolve requests on multiple requests simultaneously)
• Dedication to high quality delivery standards
• Customer focused, with an understanding of customer needs
• Forward thinking and be able to find gaps and anticipate risks
• Good understanding on Project Management methodology and demonstrated project experience
• Resilience and high level of enthusiasm to make a difference
• Typically, extensive experience in the trade finance and financial compliance markets
• Basic knowledge of product compliance processes and the interplay with global supply chains