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Material handler/warehouse resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a material handler/warehouse resume

Craft a resume summary statement

A resume summary is your opening statement that highlights your strongest skills and top accomplishments. It is your chance to quickly let recruiters know who you are professionally - and why they should hire you for the material handler/warehouse role.

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

Step 2: Include your years of experience in material handler/warehouse-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.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some material handler/warehouse interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Many resumes are filtered out by hiring software before a human eye ever sees them. A robust Skills section can let recruiters (and bots) know you have the skills to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section:

  1. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description in your resume. Look at the job listing and consider which of the listed skills you have experience with, along with related skills.
  2. Include as many relevant hard skills and soft skills as possible from the listing.
  3. Use the most up to date and accurate terms. Don't forget to be specific.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some material handler/warehouse interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a material handler/warehouse resume:

  • Pallets
  • Work Ethic
  • Warehouse Environment
  • Customer Orders
  • Supply Support
  • Ladders
  • Customer Service
  • FedEx
  • Safety Procedures
  • OSHA
  • Basic Math
  • Warehouse Equipment
  • Production Schedules
  • Hand Trucks
  • Powered Industrial Trucks
  • Math
  • Industrial Trucks
  • Safety Regulations
  • Cycle Counts
  • RF Scanner
  • Shipping Receiving
  • Warehouse Inventory
  • Delivery Truck
  • Delivery Vehicle
  • Dollies
  • Load Trucks
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Hand Tools
  • WMS
  • Electric Pallet Jack

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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 material handler/warehouse experience bullet points

Effective job bullet points do more than just describe your job duties. Instead, they should be specific and measurable accomplishments. Here are some strategies to mastering job bullet points:

  • Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
  • Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
  • Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.

Here are great bullet points from material handler/warehouse resumes:

Work history example #1

Distribution Associate

Walmart

  • Utilized WMS system in order to research freight not accounted for and/or miss received by the receiving docks.
  • Participated on safety team for 12 years including implementing safety programs in compliance with all OSHA regulations and company policies.
  • Required to perform regular Inventory Inspections to ensure items were in proper location and accountability of store supply was properly maintained.
  • Adapted and helped modify existing inventory tracking to meet specific department manager needs.
  • Identified and reported possible money transfer and money laundering schemes.

Work history example #2

Material Handler/Warehouse

Central Purchasing

  • Used man power and fork-lifts to ship out company products to their own sales stores
  • Certified OSHA Lift-Truck operator Handled warehouse products Prepared end products for international and national customers Responsible for maintenance of fleet of lift-trucks
  • Operated an industrial forklift to perform material handling assignments.
  • Moved materials with pickup trucks, forklifts, and pallet jacks to deliver products and materials to their appropriate location.
  • Contributed to safety procedures resulting in zero incidents.

Work history example #3

General Warehouse Worker

Cardinal Health

  • Operated equipment such as Forklifts, Order Pickers and Stand Up Lifts.
  • Used a RFID system to track locations while pulling product from the designated stocked location that the scanner indicated.
  • Performed multiple tasks in a time-sensitive environment.
  • Worked distribution in association with several delivery companies including FedEx.
  • Picked orders and put-away boxes with cherry-pickers and RF units

Work history example #4

Tow Motor Operator

Kroger

  • Required to be able to lift up 90 pounds, sit, or stand for 90% of the.
  • Performed slot audits in their assigned section to verify accurate pallet placement.
  • Learned how to operate an Rf gun.
  • Used a RF scanner to store and find location of orders for shipping and inventory control.
  • Replenished assembly lines using various forklifts.

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Add an education section to your resume

The education section should display your highest degree first.

Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and 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 from material handler/warehouse resumes:

High School Diploma

2015 - 2015

High School Diploma

2018 - 2018

Highlight your material handler/warehouse certifications on your resume

Certifications can be a crucial part of your resume. Many jobs have required certifications.

Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your material handler/warehouse resume:

  1. Forklift Safety and Inspector
  2. OSHA Safety Certificate

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