Ecommerce Category Manager Cover Letter

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

Previously, I was responsible for category strategy development support for IT, Office Management, Operational Technology / Business Technology, other indirect category support as mutually agreed.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Proven success using relationship to drive results
• Effectiveness making decisions without support, all necessary facts, understanding assumptions and risks
• Clear sense of ownership, comfort with financial responsibility
• Knowledge of retail industry, dynamics, and concepts
• Content Management Systems (Preferred)
• Capable of managing a number of direct reports across categories with disparate seasonality trends, product attributes
• Proficiency with MS Office, Powerpoint, Jira and Confluence management tools
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with all assigned levels with the customer and within and outside the company

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the ecommerce category manager position.

Previously, I was responsible for category Management support for the total Tesco account, working closely with the Tesco Senior Category Manager.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Professional qualification/certification from related professional organizations (CPM, CPSM, APICS) would be advantageous
• Prior experience with Category Leadership in brick& mortar retail also beneficial
• Amazon Vendor Central
• Story Telling - taking large data sets and distilling them to salient insights and actions
• Interaction with retailers (customers) and customer managers/buyers
• Experienced in market analysis – market share, competitor dynamics, trends
• Understanding of Ecommerce market dynamics and key players’ interconnectivity
• Feeling comfortable with ambiguity and working in a fast-paced environment

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

In my previous role, I was responsible for category knowledge based upon professional qualifications and/or experience in Category Management in the development of Category Plans within span of control.

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:

• Work independently and in a team environment in order to achieve personal and team goals and complete assignments within established time frames
• Demonstrated excellence in time management skills and follow up to ensure meeting on time deliverables
• Positive, solution oriented and Can-Do attitude!
• Preferably with some Digital/ Ecommerce experience
• Excellent written, numerical and Communication Skills
• Flexible and willing to adjust to a very fast-paced work environment
• ECommerce & Amazon knowledge
• Comfortable with data & forecasting

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

In the previous role, I was responsible for ad-hoc Category Management support to assigned regional accounts of influence that do not have dedicated full-time Category Management personnel (new/expansion item decks, joint-business planning, merchandising strategies, Category Management selling stories).

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:

• Knowledge of eCommerce product flow and web store performance optimization
• Influence/build the best in class Revenue Growth Management programs to win in eCommerce
• Create a sustainable growth platform for the company across our European markets
• Role is balanced between managerial capabilities and technical expertise
• Has in-depth knowledge of Strategic Sourcing and interacts with business partners to attain results or solve problems
• Previous management experience leading small to large teams preferred
• Strong level project management and analytical skills
• Demonstrated highly developed experience in negotiation and best in class practices

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

Previously, I was responsible for support for regional category managers by intervening when necessary to obtain sponsorship and senior business management sign-off and buy-in for key category strategies.

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:

• Knowledge of Google Analytics and other analytical tools
• Develop a point of view for GP brand performance utilizing shopper data and use to uncover consumer centric opportunities based on Amazon’s data across all relevant eCommerce platforms
• Share best practices within the Georgia-Pacific Consumer Business organization to guide development of best in class strategies and tactics
• Enhance Georgia-Pacific’s Trading Partner relationship with customers and be viewed as an objective category first thought leader
• Align with customers on key category growth initiatives and partner on strategic, shopper-focused solutions and programs that leverage our organizational capabilities to create maximum value
• Drive improvements in the business through promotion and pricing analysis, shelving and assortment optimization to enhance strategies and tactics
• Drive transformation by applying relevant fundamentals of category management to eCommerce and combining them with new principles for the channel
• Experience with data mining and aggregation to assess, interpret and translate from multiple data sources into actionable customer/shopper insights