1. Dear recruiting team,
I am writing to apply for the Buyer Assistant position, as my goal is to pursue a successful career within the buying
department of the leading lifestyle brand working worldwide, which spreads energy, passion and dedication.
The first reason for which I applied to the role is because I feel identified with brand values and philosophy. My dream is
to work within a team formed by highly creative and effective professionals with different backgrounds and cultures,
helping each other to raise projects we all believe in. Since 2006 I live and breathe fashion every single day. I have
good eye for trend forecasting and I manage to anticipate consumer response to trends (See Rebranding to Gen Y of
consumers thesis, 2013). On the other hand, I believe, this might be the best place for me to grow with no limits,
interchanging skills and further develop my experience within the fashion industry.
Due to my fashion designer background I learned how to efficiently multitask (see ESDI - BCN, 2006 and fashion
designer 2006-2013) and became very organised, while at the same time I developed strong analytical skills due to my
marketing and Buying and Merchandising studies and experiences (LCF - UAL 2011,2013 and London 2013-2015). The
same way, I excited and I am knowledgeable about buying operations such as style, range creation and collection
development processes.
On the other hand, I feel confident with calculation of margins, mark-ups, buying prices, profits, size ratios and stock
allocations. I am also a computer literate, (from design programs to excel) and being able to interpret figures from WSSI
reports. I have also a great exposure to fashion and textile design and history, and thus I am aware of production
elements such as fabric compositions, costs, finishing techniques, sewing techniques, and other skills associated to
fashion designers, such as sketching and “moodboard-ing”.
I always try to think out of the box, to find different ways of doing and propose new ideas (See www.moorbi.com as
assistant buyer and marketing assistant, 2014). Additionally, with the time I have acquired the ability to think smart,
under pressure, and meeting deadlines within a fast-paced working environment.
The exposure I had in sales and marketing developed my empathetic personality and made me become into a great
communicator and a good “win-win” negotiator. I have experience, and love to work with and drive teams with
motivation, spreading our passion, vision and ethic values.
My petition in this letter is thus, to be given the opportunity to further develop a successful career within the buying
office. From my side, I promise dedication, compromise, motivation and an insatiable mind for learning any skills or
languages, willing to succeed together with a pioneer and leading team.
Thank you very much; I will be looking forward an opportunity to further explain why I think I am the perfect candidate for
your team.
Yours faithfully,
Paula G. Ferrer
0044 7428876534
PORTFOLIO: www.cargocollective.com/paulagferrer/
MAIL: paulgarciaferrer@gmail.com
LINKED IN: Paula G Ferrer
SKYPE: Paula.gf.