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Sales and receiving associate resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a sales and receiving associate resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Your resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:

Step 1: Start with your professional title, or the one you aspire to.

Step 2: Detail your years of experience in sales and receiving associate-related roles and your industry experience.

Step 3: What are your biggest professional wins? Here is your opportunity to highlight your strongest accomplishments by placing them at the start of your resume.

Step 4: Don't forget, your goal is to summarize your experience. Keep it short and sweet, so it's easy for recruiters to quickly understand why you're a great hire.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some sales and receiving associate interviews.

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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. 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 sales and receiving associate 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 sales and receiving associate interviews.

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

  • Customer Service
  • Sales Floor
  • Electric Pallet Jack
  • Load Trucks
  • Product Knowledge
  • Delivery Truck
  • Stock Room
  • Inventory Control
  • POS
  • Stock Shelves
  • Sales Associates
  • Customer Orders
  • Floor Stock
  • Customer Complaints
  • Loss Prevention
  • Computer System
  • Cycle Counts
  • Inventory Management
  • Customer Inquiries
  • Stock Merchandise
  • Quality Customer Service
  • Store Merchandise
  • Customer Care
  • Credit Card Transactions
  • Retail Sales
  • Process Merchandise
  • Cash Drawers
  • Customer Assistance
  • FedEx
  • Customer Relations

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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 sales and receiving associate 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 sales and receiving associate resumes:

Work history example #1

Mcdonalds Crew Member

McDonald's

  • Self-motivated, hard-working and highly trainable.
  • interacted with customers at cashier, ran drive-thru window, cooked fries, cleaned lobby
  • Worked great with costumers, operated the cash register, ran the drive-thru, and cleaning.
  • Cleaned and prepped kitchen Washed dishes Cooked food using grill and deep fryer Assembled sandwiches
  • Assembled ingredients such as buns, lettuce and tomatoes, and cooked meats for hamburger sandwiches.

Work history example #2

Sales Assoc

J. C. Penney

  • Worked specifically behind jewelry counter assisting customers.
  • Promoted to hold dual-positions, Personnel/HR Office Associate and Fine Jewelry Sales Support during this time.
  • Demonstrated expertise and enthusiasm while building relationships with fine jewelry clientele.
  • Processed daily shipmentsreceived for catalog orders through Catalog Point of Sale (CPOS) System.
  • Opened and closed jewelry department and completed deposits.

Work history example #3

Sales And Receiving Associate

Walmart

  • Required to perform regular Inventory Inspections to ensure items were in proper location and accountability of store supply was properly maintained.
  • Greeted customers as they arrived at Walmart and ensure that they are being serviced by a customer service representative.
  • Communicated positively with supervisors, sales staff, fellow workers and customers to coordinate efficiency.
  • Maintained records of daily cash transfers and daily deposits.
  • Maintained communication with procurement officer to provide them with information on required items.

Work history example #4

Technician/Sales Associate

Target

  • Initiated opportunities of more training for higher positions and capitalized on responsibility given.
  • Performed Inter-company communications to maintain real time product inventory.
  • Collaborated with AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint representatives to better communicate their services with their clients.
  • Provided excellent customer service while maintaining a professional appearance.
  • Fast-paced sales position with a quick changing environment while maintain a healthy, safe, and friendly workplace for all.

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Add an education section to your resume

Employers are looking for a few things when looking at the Education section of your resume:
  • The highest degree you have achieved.
  • TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
  • TField of study
  • TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities

Here are some examples of good education entries from sales and receiving associate resumes:

High School Diploma

2011 - 2011

High School Diploma

2011 - 2011

Highlight your sales and receiving associate certifications on your resume

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

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 sales and receiving associate resume:

  1. Automotive Sales Professional

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