Cover letter after redundancy example
After redundancy, a cover letter says why you are available in one plain sentence and then talks about the job you want. Give one result from your last role, mention what you have done since, and say why this employer.
Read the letter as text
Gary Hollis
Telford · [email protected] · 07700 900241
5 October 2026
Mr Tom Garvey
Production Manager
Severn Valley Bakeries
Stafford Park 9
Telford TF3 3AT
Dear Mr Garvey
Application for Production Supervisor (night shift)
I am applying for the Production Supervisor role on your night shift. I led a shift of 18 operatives on three packing lines at Marston Fields Foods for six years, until my role was made redundant when the Telford site closed in July.
On my shift we packed about 40,000 packs a shift across three lines. When line 2 kept stopping for the same faults, I started a fault log with the engineers, and repeat stoppages fell by a third within three months.
Since the closure I have completed IOSH Managing Safely. I hold Level 3 food safety and a forklift licence, and I have trained 25 new operatives, which matters as you grow your night shift.
I am available to start straight away. My CV is attached. Thank you for considering my application.
Yours sincerely
Gary Hollis
Fictional letter from Gary Hollis, the applicant in the CV after redundancy example. Every person and employer in it is invented.
Why each paragraph is there
I am applying for the Production Supervisor role on your night shift. I led a shift of 18 operatives on three packing lines at Marston Fields Foods for six years, until my role was made redundant when the Telford site closed in July.
The role, your level and the redundancy in one line.
On my shift we packed about 40,000 packs a shift across three lines. When line 2 kept stopping for the same faults, I started a fault log with the engineers, and repeat stoppages fell by a third within three months.
One result a production manager can check.
Since the closure I have completed IOSH Managing Safely. I hold Level 3 food safety and a forklift licence, and I have trained 25 new operatives, which matters as you grow your night shift.
Training since, and why it fits this employer.
I am available to start straight away. My CV is attached. Thank you for considering my application.
Availability and a polite close.