Transport and logistics
Warehouse manager CV: example and template
This example is for warehouse managers, coordinators and shift leaders in distribution centres, wholesalers, online shop warehouses and factories, and for people promoted from warehouse work.
In this role the employer looks for results: productivity, stock accuracy, costs and safety. We show you how to describe them on your CV with numbers.
How to write a warehouse manager CV
Professional summary
Give the size of the warehouse, the number of people in your team and the industry. Add one or two results you are proud of, such as stock accuracy, productivity or lower costs. The recruiter should see the scale of your responsibility straight away.
Warehouse coordinator with 4 years of experience in an e-commerce warehouse. I lead a shift of 20 people, am responsible for shipping up to 5,000 orders a day on time and work in a WMS.
Experience: duties and achievements
For each role, say what you managed and what you improved. Numbers say more than adjectives here: square metres, number of people, trailers, orders, accuracy and cost percentages.
Weaker: Managing the warehouse.
Better: Managing an 18,000 m² warehouse and a team of 45 on three shifts.
Weaker: Introducing a new system.
Better: Introducing a WMS and scanners; stock accuracy rose from 97.5% to 99.8%.
Weaker: Improving processes.
Better: Cutting picking time by 18% with a new layout for the goods.
Skills worth listing
Combine knowledge of warehouse processes with the ability to lead people. A warehouse manager is responsible for the result of the whole shift, so show that you can plan, motivate and resolve conflicts.
Professional skills
- Receiving, storage and dispatch processes
- WMS, SAP or another ERP
- KPIs: productivity, accuracy, on-time delivery
- Planning staffing and budgets
- Stocktaking
- Warehouse health and safety
Personal skills
- Leading a team
- Making decisions under pressure
- Resolving conflicts
- Communicating with sales and transport
- Caring about people's safety
Training and licences
List management, Lean and health and safety training for managers. Keep your UDT forklift licence too, because it shows you know your team's work from the inside.
Your first management role in a warehouse
If you are being promoted from warehouse worker or shift leader, describe the tasks you have already done for the manager: assigning work, training new people, stock counts, reports.
Show one specific problem you solved, such as cutting unloading time. For the employer, that is the best proof that you can handle more responsibility.
Tailoring your CV to the job offer
An e-commerce warehouse looks for experience with many small orders and seasonal peaks, a distribution centre for work with trailers and a network of shops, and a factory for supplying the production line. Move what fits the job offer to the top.
Questions and answers
What should a warehouse manager put on a CV?
The size of the warehouse and the team, the industry, WMS and ERP systems, the KPIs you improved, stocktaking, health and safety and management training.
Which KPIs should go on a warehouse manager CV?
Usually stock accuracy, picking productivity, on-time shipping, error rates and costs, ideally with the value before and after your change.
Can a warehouse worker become a warehouse manager?
Yes, it is a common career path. On your CV, describe the tasks you have already done for the manager and specific improvements.