Sample job application letter in response to an advertisement

Rose Cottage
Rigg Lane
Stoneham
LN1 3NH

John Wellington
First Rate Recruiters
12 Drummond Street
Glasgow G3 4RF

24 May

Your reference XYZ 123

Dear Mr Wellington;

Re: regional manager vacancy: Evening Argus, 23 May

From a varied sales and marketing career in the automotive industry; I would like to highlight the following relevant skills and experience, with a view to pursuing the above position.

• Successful planning of the restructuring of a large UK automotive dealer network.
• An instrumental role in developing a UK growth strategy for Skoda sales.
• Planning the profitable development of Ford brands in the UK.
• Creating a new team to build a vehicle distribution process at Skoda.
• A senior role at Ford, in improving customer supply lead times and reducing vehicle inventories.
• Leading a team through TQM cascade programme supporting major Ford/Skoda programmes and later ISO 9001 accreditation programmes.

If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Yours sincerely;

Adam Smith

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