Inventory Manager Cover Letter Example

Stock record accuracy across our two warehouses rose from 91% to 98.5% after I started weekly cycle counts of the 500 fastest moving items. I am applying for the Inventory Manager role at Prairie Gate Hardware Distribution.

At Foothills Building Supply I manage about 11,000 items worth $9 million with a team of five. Reorder points set from twelve months of sales lowered stockouts on top selling items from 7% to 2%. A monthly slow stock review with supplier returns has reduced slow moving stock by $640,000 over two years, and our yearly count with finance finishes with a variance under 0.4%. I also hold the CPIM certification from ASCM, which covers the planning side of the job as well as the counting.

Prairie Gate's move to one system for both warehouses is the work I most want to do next. I already manage stock across more than one warehouse with a single counting plan, and I introduced barcode scanning on the receiving dock at Bow River Hardware before I became a manager there. Hardware taught me what a missing top seller costs an independent dealer on a busy Saturday, which is why availability matters to me as much as accuracy. I train staff in counting and receiving and review the receiving error rate with them each week.

My weekly count list and the rule I use to choose its items would make a practical starting point for a first conversation. A call any weekday afternoon works for me, and I would like to hear which of your two warehouses you expect to move onto the new system first.