Retail
Store manager CV: example and template
This example is for store managers and assistant store managers in retail chains, discount stores, clothing stores and specialist shops, and for people promoted from shop assistant.
The area manager wants to know what store you run, your sales results and how you handle shrinkage and your team. We show you how to put this in numbers.
How to write a store manager CV
Professional summary
Give the type and size of the store, the number of people in your team and your main results. The area manager compares candidates by numbers, so show sales, shrinkage or another KPI you improved.
Assistant manager of a clothing store with 3 years of experience. I lead a shift of 8 people and am responsible for displays, the rota and meeting the sales plan. I want to run a store on my own.
Experience: duties and achievements
For each role, give the size of the store, the team and your results. Add management tasks: the rota, recruitment, training, orders, stocktaking. This sets a manager's CV apart from an experienced shop assistant's.
Weaker: Running the store.
Better: Managing a 1,200 m² store and a team of 28.
Weaker: Good results.
Better: Sales up 11% year on year while meeting the plan.
Weaker: Watching losses.
Better: Cutting stocktaking losses from 1.1% to 0.6% of turnover.
Skills worth listing
Show your retail and management skills. A store manager is responsible for results, people and order, so each of these should be visible.
Professional skills
- Sales planning and results analysis
- Rotas and working time
- Ordering and stock
- Stocktaking and shrinkage
- Merchandising
- Basic employment law
Personal skills
- Leading a team
- Motivating and training people
- Resolving conflicts
- Dealing with difficult customers
- Organising work
Training
List training for managers, in employment law, sales and team management. In retail chains, internal training shows that you know the standards of large companies.
Your first store manager role
If you are being promoted from shop assistant or cashier, describe the management tasks you already do: opening the store, the rota, training new people, orders.
Show one result from your shift, such as higher sales or fewer stock gaps. For an area manager, that is proof you can handle the whole store.
Tailoring your CV to the job offer
A discount store looks for efficient organisation and cost control, a clothing store for displays and sales, and a specialist shop for product knowledge and customer service. Move what fits the offer to the top.
Questions and answers
What should a store manager put on a CV?
The type and size of the store, the size of the team, sales results, shrinkage, rotas, recruitment, orders, stocktaking and training.
Which results should a store manager CV show?
Usually year-on-year sales, meeting the plan, stocktaking losses, average transaction value and staff turnover.
Can a shop assistant become a store manager?
Yes, it is a common career path. On your CV, describe the management tasks you already do and your shift's results.