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Operations Manager resume keywords

Cost, throughput and team size are the three facts that place you in the right band.

Skills to show

Use the exact phrase where it is true, inside a bullet and not only in a list.

  • process improvement
  • supply chain
  • budgeting
  • vendor management
  • KPI tracking
  • team leadership
  • lean
  • inventory management

Tools and software

  • Excel
  • SAP
  • NetSuite
  • Power BI
  • Slack
  • Asana

Verbs that fit operations manager work

  • led
  • streamlined
  • reduced
  • negotiated
  • scheduled
  • improved

Example bullets

The numbers are examples. Replace them with your own and round honestly.

  • Led a team of 28 across two warehouses and raised on-time shipping from 88% to 97%.
  • Renegotiated 6 vendor contracts, saving $140,000 a year.
  • Cut order errors 35% by adding a second scan at packing.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Describing responsibilities in place of improvements.
  • Omitting the size of the operation.