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Receiving coordinator resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a receiving coordinator 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 receiving coordinator-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 receiving coordinator interviews.

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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. 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 receiving coordinator interviews.

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

  • Hand Tools
  • Data Entry
  • Purchase Orders
  • Customer Service
  • Inventory Control
  • Cycle Counts
  • ISO
  • Computer System
  • Sales Floor
  • ERP
  • Inbound Shipments
  • Inbound Freight
  • Inbound Materials
  • QA
  • Fifo
  • POS
  • Inventory Management
  • Logistics
  • Part Numbers
  • RF
  • AS400
  • Inventory Counts
  • Pallet Jack
  • GMP
  • WMS
  • RMA
  • LTL
  • BOL
  • Physical Inventory
  • Fed-Ex

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How to structure your work experience

A work experience section is a vital part of your resume because it shows you have the experience to succeed in your next job.

  1. Put your most recent experience first. Prospective employers care about your most recent accomplishments the most.
  2. Put the job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
  3. Include only recent, relevant jobs. This means if you're a fairly experienced worker, you might need to leave off that first internship or other positions in favor of highlighting more pertinent positions.

How to write receiving coordinator 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 examples from great receiving coordinator resumes:

Work history example #1

Inventory Control/Shipping-Receiving

Briggs & Stratton

  • Interpreted specifications and job orders to workers.
  • Non-Commissioned Officer responsible for the loading, transportation and the logistics of transportation for all ammunition and hazardous materials.
  • Promoted to Database Analyst utilizing spreadsheet for data cost analyst, P&L statements, productivity rates, MRP.
  • Improved order processing and inventory logistics by adding labels to bin locations for easier identification and determination of equipment on hand.
  • Negotiated long-term agreements and Kanban programs with key vendors, generating project savings of $40K.

Work history example #2

Shipping Specialist

Amazon

  • Operated Amazon logistics/Roadrunner shipping system efficiently and accurately.
  • Signed all BOL's for incoming loads.
  • Performed labor tasks including labeling, picking/packing orders, shipping/receiving, manually loading trailers and replenishing inventory.
  • Packed and shipped prescriptions through various couriers daily (FedEx, UPS, USPS).
  • Motivated a successful team to meet and exceed daily quotas meeting and exceeding business goals in a sales driven environment.

Work history example #3

Receiving Coordinator

Walmart

  • Performed forklift and equipment maintenance to ensure proper operation of equipment.
  • Performed inventory control counts and reconciliation.
  • Adapted and helped modify existing inventory tracking to meet specific department manager needs.
  • Appointed to serve as interim Department Manager in the absence of the Merchandise Supervisor.
  • Trained new associates regarding corporate policies and procedures

Work history example #4

Receiving Coordinator

Bed Bath & Beyond

  • Processed (RTV) merchandise according to company policy.
  • Prepared and examined contents and verified accuracy of shipments.
  • Trained and mentored new employees and encouraged development of new cashiers with positive reinforcement.
  • Processed RTV's, reviewed and filled all vendor responses.
  • Executed data entry, inventory control and account recovery.

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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 from receiving coordinator resumes:

High School Diploma

2018 - 2018

Highlight your receiving coordinator certifications on your resume

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

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.

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