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Performance manager resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a performance manager 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 performance manager-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 tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the performance manager position.

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List the right project manager skills

Your Skills section is a place to list all relevant skills and abilities. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  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 performance manager interviews.

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

  • Performance Management
  • Project Management
  • Customer Service
  • Process Improvement
  • Performance Improvement
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Business Development
  • SQL
  • Data Analysis
  • Performance Metrics
  • Sigma
  • KPIs
  • Sales Process
  • Lean Six Sigma
  • Data Collection
  • Digital Marketing
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Performance Reviews
  • PMO
  • HR
  • Prototyping
  • Corrective Action
  • Shared Services
  • Strong Analytical
  • Medicare
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Operational Performance
  • Sales Performance
  • Financial Analysis
  • Lifecycle Management

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How to structure your work experience

Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.

Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.

Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.

Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the performance manager.

How to write performance manager 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 examples from great performance manager resumes:

Work history example #1

Supply Chain Manager

IBM

  • Developed Supply Chain Management (SCM) opportunities resulting in excess of $3 M USD incremental sales.
  • Developed and implemented SWG Strategic Metrics/KPIs reporting system.
  • Supported development Technologies technologies by cost reduction, process management logistics, scheduling and quality control of new materials.
  • Managed and prioritized order execution, inventory, and shipments based on customer specifications and parts availability using ERP/MRP applications.
  • Generated RFI/RFPs/RFQs in managing the bidding process and assisted the Sourcing buyers in analysing the same and benchmarking suppliers.

Work history example #2

Supply Chain Manager

Vertis

  • Developed scorecards to communicate actionable feedback to suppliers and generate periodic reports that track progress toward achieving goals.
  • Developed Green Belt Six Sigma procedure to manage overstock inventory reducing value of overstock inventory more than $1M dollars.
  • Integrated and developed new ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system for asset management.
  • Provided procurement and ERP implementation services for construction.
  • Developed, trained and directed a staff of eleven buyers in daily operations while ensuring an on time operation.

Work history example #3

Finance Specialist

FIRST INVESTORS CONSOL

  • Conducted annual meetings with clients along with regular communication regarding their financial portfolio
  • Ensured compliance with Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), by proposing only suitable investment strategies.
  • Obtained FINRA Series 6 and Colorado Life Insurance licenses.
  • Acquired AZ Life Insurance and FINRA Series 6 License
  • Created quarterly and annual investment review presentation books on PowerPoint.

Work history example #4

Operation Supervisor

L Brands

  • IInstalled windows and doors for Sun Glass Company and did remodel.
  • Experienced in use of Visual Factory and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
  • Developed and motivated associates through a positive team building approach.
  • Developed new business offering, project manager for International Wind Energy Logistics Services.
  • Worked with USDA through HACCP programs to document and record production.Additional Background-Grandfather was row crop farmer and dad is a veterinarian.

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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 performance manager resumes:

Bachelor's Degree in business

American InterContinental University, Chandler, AZ

2006 - 2009

Bachelor's Degree in finance

Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2006 - 2009

Highlight your performance manager certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications or education-like achievements, add them to the education section.

To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.

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

  1. Six Sigma Green Belt
  2. Project Management Professional (PMP)
  3. Certified Manager Certification (CM)
  4. Master Project Manager (MPM)

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