Resume template · Updated October 2026
Operations manager resume template
Short answer
Catalyst fits an operations manager with a track record: it opens on your current job and prints no summary, so branches, headcount, budget and the measures you moved are read first. The fictional sample runs three HVAC and plumbing branches with 85 technicians after five years supervising facility services crews, and holds ASQ's Six Sigma Green Belt, named in the headline because certifications print near the end.
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Why Catalyst suits an operations manager resume
Catalyst starts with work experience and prints no summary, which suits an operations manager whose current scope (sites, people, budget, measures) is the strongest argument. The large left-aligned name with the headline under it carries the Green Belt early, and teal headings over full-width rules keep a page dense with numbers easy to scan.
Second choice: Henrietta. Henrietta keeps a summary and a conventional business look, better for a business operations manager who needs a sentence to explain a cross-functional role.
What goes in each section, in Catalyst's order
Catalyst prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.
- Work Experience. Scope first: sites, headcount, budget and what the operation delivers. Then the measures you own (on-time rate, cost per job, utilization, overtime, safety incidents) and how you moved them. Without numbers, an operations manager reads like a supervisor.
- Skills. Management methods on the Technical row (planning, KPI design, budgeting, process improvement, scheduling) and systems on the Tools row: your field service, ERP or warehouse platform, plus BI and spreadsheets. Catalyst prints these labelled rows after the jobs.
- Projects. One or two improvement projects with a method, a baseline and a result. A Green Belt project written as problem, change and measured effect shows the certificate was put to work.
- Education. Degree and year. If you rose from the floor without a degree, list management or operations coursework instead and let the jobs carry the page.
- Certifications. Process or safety credentials with issuer and year, such as ASQ's Certified Six Sigma Green Belt. Catalyst prints them near the bottom, so the sample also names the credential in its headline.
The sample resume as text
The same content as the files above, so you can copy a line or compare it with your own.
Andre Whitfield
Operations Manager, Field Services, Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB)
Kansas City, MO | andre.whitfield@example.com | (816) 555-0157 | linkedin.com/in/sample-andre-whitfield
Experience
Operations Manager, Heartland Comfort Services, Kansas City, MO (02/2021 to Present)
- Run daily operations for three HVAC and plumbing branches with 85 field technicians, 14 dispatch and support staff and an operating budget of about $9M.
- Redrew dispatch zones and scheduling rules in ServiceTitan; first-visit completion rose from 78% to 86% over 12 months.
- Started a weekly operations review with branch leads on five measures: response time, first-visit completion, callbacks, overtime and truck stock accuracy.
- Consolidated parts buying with two distributors and set truck stock lists by job type, cutting emergency parts runs.
- Hired and developed three branch supervisors, two of them promoted from the technician ranks.
Operations Supervisor, Prairie Line Facility Services, Overland Park, KS (06/2016 to 01/2021)
- Supervised 40 janitorial and maintenance staff across 22 commercial buildings on day and night shifts.
- Moved inspection checklists from paper to a mobile app, so clients received same-day reports.
- Built shift schedules and kept overtime within a monthly labor budget.
- Kept the team's safety training current and investigated every incident with the site manager.
Projects
Warranty callback reduction (DMAIC): Green Belt project on repeat visits for recently installed systems.
- Traced most callbacks to three installation steps and added a photo checklist at job close.
- Repeat visits within 30 days of install fell by about a fifth over two quarters.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Operations Management, Missouri River State University (05/2016)
Certifications
- Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB), ASQ (2022)
Skills
Operations planning, KPI design, Budget management, Process improvement (DMAIC), Workforce scheduling, Vendor negotiation, ServiceTitan, Power BI, Excel, NetSuite, Coaching supervisors, Plain reporting to owners
How to make the sample yours
Swap field service for your operation
Warehouse, plant, clinic network, restaurant group or software company: change the measures to the ones your operation runs on, such as units per hour, cost per order, patient wait time or ticket resolution time.
For business operations roles
If you run operations inside a company rather than at a site, show the planning cycles, cross-team processes, tools and reporting you own, and the decisions they fed.
Give every big claim a before and after
Each major bullet should carry a starting figure, an end figure and the time it took, like the sample's first-visit completion rate.
Show the people you built
Supervisors hired, promoted or coached, turnover in your teams, training you started. Operations leaders are judged on teams as well as metrics.
Name the system you ran it on
ServiceTitan, SAP, NetSuite, Oracle, Power BI: postings often name one, and it shows you can read the operation from its data.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- operations management
- multi-site operations
- KPI dashboards
- P&L responsibility
- budget management
- process improvement
- Lean Six Sigma
- workforce scheduling
- dispatch optimization
- vendor management
- safety compliance
- team leadership
- continuous improvement
- cross-functional coordination
Mistakes to avoid
- Bullets about "overseeing operations" with no site count, headcount, budget or measure.
- Listing Six Sigma training without a project and its measured result.
- Taking credit for company growth you did not drive; say which part of the result came from your change.
- Leaving safety out of a field, warehouse or plant role where it is part of the job.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 5 of 5 | 11 of 11 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 5 of 5 | 11 of 11 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 5 of 5 | 11 of 11 |
Frequently asked questions
Does an operations manager resume need a summary?
Not when your current job makes the case. Catalyst prints none and lets the headline and first bullets set your level. If you are switching industries, choose a template that prints a summary and use it to translate your measures.
What metrics should an operations manager include?
The few your operation is run on: cost per unit or job, on-time or first-time completion, utilization, overtime, quality or callbacks, safety incidents. Give a starting point, an end point and the time it took.
How is a business operations manager resume different?
It shows planning, processes and tools across departments rather than a site: budget cycles, vendor and software rollouts, reporting, internal process redesign. The structure stays; the measures shift to cycle times, cost and adoption.
Is a Six Sigma Green Belt worth listing?
If you hold one, yes, with the issuer, the year and a project that used it. ASQ's Certified Six Sigma Green Belt asks for three years of paid work experience in areas of its body of knowledge, so it signals practice as well as training.
How do I move from operations supervisor to operations manager?
Show the work above your shift: budgets you tracked, a process you changed across teams, supervisors you trained, measures you reported to leadership. Lead your supervisor bullets with those.
Will applicant tracking systems read this Catalyst PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 5 section headings and all 11 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.
Guides and templates for this resume
Sources, checked 29 October 2026
We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.
- ASQ: Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (CSSGB) (credential name and abbreviation CSSGB; requirement of 3 years of on-the-job experience in one or more areas of the Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge, in a full-time, paid role)
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