Resume Skills and Keywords for Retail Manager

Retail Managers are in charge of overseeing all operations at the site and ensuring that the store runs efficiently while maximizing earnings. They are further restocking, floor merchandising, hiring, scheduling, and training. Further, they support with implementation and enforcing controls that protect the company's assets from internal and external shrink.

Skills required for a Retail Manager role:

  • Merchandising / Product Presentation 
  • Sales Training and Team Building 
  • Purchasing and Vendor Management 
  • Operations Analysis / Inventory Planning 
  • Budget Administration 
  • Cost Reduction and Shrink Avoidance 
  • Turnaround  Management 
  • Visual Merchandising 
  • Profit Optimization

What recruiters look for in a Retail Manager resume: 

  • Ability to support the management of inventory and order stock for the store.
  • Meet monthly and annual sales targets through a customer-centric approach in selling
  • Collaborative approach in assisting the General Manager in executing the day-to-day activities in support of the strategic planning initiatives to ensure a productive and profitable operation

What can make your Retail Manager resume stand out:

A strong summary that demonstrates your skills, experience and background in retail sales

Results-driven Retail Manager with experience directing profit-generating operations through inventive merchandising,  pricing, and discounting.  

  • Successful record of implementing customer-focused training and sales programmes.  
  • Exceptional capacity to develop strong return and referral business through establishing rapport with customers,  earning their trust, and gaining their trust.  
  • Proven track record of reducing shrink and increasing profitability by implementing efficient short and long-term tactical planning and strengthening operational processes. 

Targeted job description 

  • Plan for and lead all aspects of sales and operations - interviewing top talent, scheduling, training, setting expectations, coaching and assessing performance, monitoring for compliance, preparing reports, evaluating data, and achieving desired goals
  • Ensure the delivery of top-notch customer experience consistently a
  • Ensure all company initiatives are communicated with the team and executed as per expectations

Related academic background :

  • MBA (Marketing) | UPES 
  • BBA | Christ University 

Sample Resume of Retail Manager in Text Format

Ayan Khan 

Retail Manager 

 +989893857984 | ayankhan@gmail.com | Gurgaon, India 

SUMMARY

Results-driven Retail Manager with experience directing profit-generating operations through inventive merchandising,  pricing, and discounting.  

  • Successful record of implementing customer-focused training and sales programme.  
  • Exceptional capacity to develop strong return and referral business through establishing rapport with customers,  earning their trust, and gaining their trust.  
  • Proven track record of reducing shrink and increasing profitability by implementing efficient short and long- term tactical planning and strengthening operational processes. 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 

Lead Retail Manager

24*7, Gurgaon | 2017 - Present 

  • Collaborate, strategize, and implement the rollout of new market-wide sales initiatives. 
  • Develop, train, and mentor two sales managers responsible for sales teams of 5 associates. 
  • Create and implement a training program to train multiple personnel simultaneously. 
  • Plan and implement monthly field marketing events to promote local retail stores. 
  • Assist in the creation of an implementation plan of a market-wide point-of-sale billing system. 
  • Support out of market locations in the companywide rollout of new point of sale billing system as subject matter expert. 

Retail Manager

Stox Beds and Mattresses, Gurgaon | 2015 - 2017 

  • Oversaw the day-to-day operations of a small retail store including reconciling monthly sales journals, sales figures,  and bank deposits. 
  • Assisted customers in selecting various bedding-related products by qualifying the customer's needs, explaining features and benefits, using tools such as product cut-aways and price comparison sheets. 
  • Finalized customer purchases by writing orders, covering return policy, and giving a general overview of the  company's policies and recommendations. 
  • Ordered and controlled the flow of inventory to assure that the store's most in-demand items were in stock and available in a timely manner. 

EDUCATION 

  • MBA (Marketing) | UPES 
  • BBA | Christ University 

SKILLS 

  • Merchandising / Product Presentation 
  • Sales Training and Team Building 
  • Purchasing and Vendor Management 
  • Operations Analysis / Inventory Planning 
  • Budget Administration 
  • Cost Reduction and Shrink Avoidance 
  • Turnaround  Management 
  • Visual Merchandising 
  • Profit Optimization 

COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS 

Volunteering |  Red Cross 

Participated in relief initiatives by Red Cross In flood-prone areas around New Delhi,  

LANGUAGES 

  • English 
  • Hindi