Associate Procurement Cover Letter

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

In the previous role, I was responsible for pTAC clients information about the government’s competition policies, contract types, procurement methods, and source selection processes.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Experience in managing a travel program such as Concur preferred
• Mid & night shift
• Support CSMs in the development and management of the category plans for assigned categories
• Deliver Market/Site category management, including the development of specific strategies for assigned categories, including the leadership and management of cross-functional teams
• Develop and maintain local supplier and market intelligence to support the development of Market strategies and contribute to Global and Regional Category Strategies
• Apply appropriate strategic sourcing elements and associated tools for all projects and educated cross-functional teams in best practice
• Deliver the operational requirements related to assigned categories to ensure the business needs are satisfied
• Identify ways of improving the Procurement processes, tools, policies and procedures, to drive efficiency and proactive engagement in opportunities

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

In my previous role, I was responsible for functional leadership to broader procurement initiatives within the organization, contributing to and formulating key initiatives to advance the procurement function.

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

• Assist clients in resolving any issues related to materials and services
• Negotiation skill/Analytical skill/coordination skill
• Knowledge of retail operations at petrol service stations will be an advantage
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of wide range of administrative policies and procedures including principles and practices of WHO procurement and logistics, rules, procedures, tools and techniques
• Knowledge of goods purchased by WHO
• Knowledge of direct, indirect taxes, particularly sales tax, excise duty, customs duty GST
• Proven skills in procurement, negotiation, basic accounting, contract analysis, and management
• Some exposure to engineering & construction

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

In my previous role, I was responsible for guidance to internal & external stakeholders on procurement processes and maintain procurement ethics in accordance with Lazada procurement policies, standards/guideline.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Support site annual budget process and ensure alignment of standard costs
• Maintain vendors master file, negotiated prices and assures accurate procurement lead time in the system
• Cross-site, cross-functional project skills and experience strongly preferred
• Strong facilitation skills in assessing technical / business issues, building effective teams to address procurement opportunities and assessing project time lines to meet objectives
• Excellent interpersonal skills and customer knowledge
• Advanced technical knowledge of Excel worksheet functionalities
• Strong analytical skills to cross examine, reconcile and present data
• Previous experience working in a corporate environment and dealing with vendors is preferred

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

In my previous role, I was responsible for support in the rollout of Procurement tools and Procurement tool enhancements (Oracle/uSurv/Coupa) including UAT activities.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Research best practices, industry trends, etc to help improve the delivery of financial analysis and decision support
• Work on ad hoc analysis and projects & activities as assigned
• Strong organizational skills, capacity to quickly identify problems and structure solutions, and to plan and prioritize multiple projects, while maintaining high quality and meeting or exceeding deadlines
• A team player who is willing to go above and beyond to meet goals and objectives
• Complete financial reporting activities, analyze data, and assure tasks are executed in quality and timely manner in support of achieving Global Procurement performance against targets
• Develop and use a fundamental and current knowledge of Procurement & Finance systems and associated Business Intelligence tools as a regular part of the role to best support reporting, financial analysis and problem solving activities
• Work with other teams such as GP Business Process & Operations, GP Sourcing colleagues, Finance, and Business Technology (BT) to understand the diverse requirements of the Sourcing and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes and systems, to complete basic investigations of data trends and outliers to determine root causes of issues and recommend and track the implementation of solutions
• Support the approval process for cost savings tracking including review and approval of forms, training and guidance to GP colleagues on how to resolve errors with their form submissions

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

In the previous role, I was responsible for leadership and direction of the Group Procurement function, with ownership and responsibility for the Group Procurement long term strategy and route to Procurement excellence.

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

• Experience working with European stakeholders is preferred
• Can operate on strategic, tactic and operational level
• Experience with working in an international company
• Strong communicator / good negotiation skills
• Analytic skills and process knowledge
• Experienced in managing multiple simultaneous and complex projects requiring frequent communication, organizing/time management and problem solving skills
• Preference in strong technical knowledge and understanding of GMP manufacturing environment, manufacturing of pharmaceutical, biologics or consumer care products, various technologies, costing, supply chain and operational management
• Direct experience in a GMP manufacturing environment and deep understanding of technology complexity vs cost