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Head operator resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a head operator resume

Craft a resume summary statement

A well-written resume summary is basically an elevator pitch. You are summing up your skills and experience in a few sentences to wow recruiters, hiring managers, and decision makers into giving you an interview. Here are some tips to putting your best foot first with your resume summary:

Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.

Step 2: Include your years of experience in head operator-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.

Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.

Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.

Hiring managers spend under a minute reviewing resumes on average. This means your summary needs to demonstrate your value quickly and show why you are the perfect fit for the head operator position.

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List the right project manager skills

Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. Look at the job listing and skills listed. You need to include the exact keywords from the job description to get your resume in front of an actual human. Do you have those skills? Fantastic! Be sure to list them.
  2. Include as many relevant hard or technical head operator skills as possible for each job you apply to.
  3. Be specific with the skills you have and be sure you are using the most up to date and accurate terms.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some head operator interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a head operator resume:

  • Analytics
  • Customer Service
  • Project Management
  • Oversight
  • Continuous Improvement
  • KPIs
  • Infrastructure
  • Business Operations
  • Service Delivery
  • Risk Management
  • Logistics
  • Calipers
  • Direct Reports
  • Product Development
  • Human Resources
  • Strategic Direction
  • Facebook
  • Performance Management
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Business Development
  • Business Processes
  • Financial Statements
  • Senior Level Management
  • Sigma
  • FDA
  • Process Improvement
  • R
  • Vendor Management
  • Payroll
  • Management System

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How to structure your work experience

Your work experience should be structured:

  1. With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
  2. Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
  3. Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
  4. Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.

How to write head operator experience bullet points

Your resume is your chance to show your biggest accomplishments. Don't just list your job responsibilities, instead take the opportunity to show why you're really good at what you do. Here is how you do that:

  • Start with strong action verbs like managed, spearheaded, created, etc. Your goal is to show what you did and verbs will help demonstrate your contributions.
  • Use numbers to quantify your achievements. Did you save time with a new report? Increase revenue? How large was the team you managed?
  • Keep it concise. You're highlighting your achievements. Consider if all details you are sharing are relevant, or can be written more efficiently.

Here are great bullet points from head operator resumes:

Work history example #1

Operations Associate

Dick's Sporting Goods

  • Forecasted and managed monthly $8 million CRM Operations Budget.
  • Managed Loyalty Program (ScoreCard/Credit Card) contests for more than 500 stores across the US.
  • Maintained time and attendance records, prepared time sheets, and transmitted them into the Army and Air Force Payroll System.
  • Delivered superb technical support and effectively completed HR/Payroll system conversion from ADP to PeopleSoft 9.0.
  • Expanded service department into a full-time, profitable operation and developed new procedures for productivity.

Work history example #2

Head Operator

HP

  • Retained ultimate accountability for service delivery readiness for full range of storage products and solutions.
  • Ensured systems readiness for New Product Introductions (NPI), Legal or Privacy Compliance and Annual Holiday Readiness.
  • Managed Transition Services team responsible for asset recovery and logistics transactions.
  • Led Six Sigma team of worldwide manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, and field professionals to evaluate services spend.
  • Developed and introduced new investment portfolio management processes for executive staff.

Work history example #3

Personal Banker

iQor Holdings

  • Demonstrated core knowledge and customer service of Woodforest with the ability to provide Retail Sales and Marketing.
  • Prepared/audited new account kits and reconciled/balanced cash till, vault, and ATM to prevent bank loss.
  • Provided marketing techniques Referred customers to the appropriate person for the most effective cross-sell potential.
  • Maintained a National Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) registration under the terms of the S.A.F.E.
  • Established new customer deposit and financial products, recognize and refer cross-sell opportunities to customers.

Work history example #4

Head Operator

L3 Technologies

  • Maintained operational oversight, administration and training for U.S. hire and local national linguists embedded with U.S.
  • Presented program scope updates quarterly to program executives using PowerPoint.
  • Created custom training on Six Sigma and TOC in order to train front line personnel on problem identification and problem solving.
  • Developed robust rebate analytics for a pharmaceutical client, improved the estimation process by increasing level of accuracy.
  • Integrated event technology tactics which produced unique user experiences for attendees and sponsors and increased demand in business.

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Add an education section to your resume

Here is the best way to format your education section:

  • Display your highest degree first.
  • If you graduated over 5 years ago, put this section at the bottom of your resume. If you lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
  • If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education.
  • If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

Bachelor's Degree in finance

Pennsylvania State University, Main, PA

2010 - 2013

Bachelor's Degree in business

Miami Dade College, Miami, FL

1993 - 1996

Highlight your head operator certifications on your resume

Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.

Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your head operator resume:

  1. Six Sigma Green Belt
  2. Project Management Professional (PMP)
  3. Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
  4. Certified Manager Certification (CM)
  5. Program Management Professional (PgMP)
  6. Certified Professional - Human Resource (IPMA-CP)
  7. Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)
  8. Master Project Manager (MPM)

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