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Sales representative and account manager resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a sales representative and account manager 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 sales representative and account manager role.

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

Step 2: Include your years of experience in sales representative and account 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 sales representative and account manager position.

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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 sales representative and account manager interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a sales representative and account manager resume:

  • Customer Service
  • Business Relationships
  • Sales Process
  • Flyers
  • Business Development
  • Product Knowledge
  • Customer Relations
  • Sales Volume
  • Local Businesses
  • Territory Sales
  • PowerPoint
  • Customer Accounts
  • Account Management
  • Cold Calls
  • Trade Shows
  • Sales Presentations
  • Sales REP
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Client Relationships
  • Outbound Calls
  • Sales Quota
  • Product Line
  • Develop Leads
  • Sales Strategies
  • Business Sales
  • Territory Development
  • Sales Growth
  • Customer Issues
  • Customer Retention
  • Inbound Calls

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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 sales representative and account manager.

How to write sales representative and account 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 sales representative and account manager resumes:

Work history example #1

Business Sales Representative

The Coca-Cola Company

  • Developed, maintained and grew On-Premise account volume and gross profit within an assigned territory.
  • Maintained communication with clientele via emails or customer visits increasing customer satisfaction and repeat sales significantly.
  • Represented Cold Drink Department at monthly safety meetings and conducted facility safety inspections.
  • Created and distributed a weekly Retail Sales Update PowerPoint that provided critical selling information for the 272 Morning Food Sales Representatives.
  • Provided problem-analysis expertise and positive customer service answering customer calls from across the country.

Work history example #2

Payroll Administrator

Integrity Staffing Solutions

  • Prepared and verified payroll reports for management review and analysis
  • Received and entered payroll information.
  • Worked extensively with EasyPay software and other payroll-based applications.
  • Processed all payroll checks internally and coordinated distribution of checks to multiple facilities.
  • Assisted business integration team with developed testing PeopleSoft GL interface, taxes and benefits

Work history example #3

Telesales Representative

The Home Depot

  • Notated messages, made announcements, properly filed paperwork and served as a back-up cashier/service desk representative when needed.
  • Scheduled installation and repair services based on customer need and crew availability.
  • Created and administered PowerPoint presentation for newly formed Paces Trading/10 Crescent Lane.
  • processed orders via phone and internet
  • Used cash registers on a daily basis along with computers using Windows XP software.

Work history example #4

Marketing/Sales Representative

ADT

  • Presented sales presentation and proposals to prospects, identifying positive features and advantages of ADT products and service
  • Generated sales appointments and insides sales opportunities through outbound telemarketing campaigns, including manual internet leads.
  • Worked with former customers to return to ADT; reactivate security system upon receipt of contract.
  • Utilized a CRM/customer relationship management tool to log sales activity, manage daily/weekly territory prospecting to gauge actual vs. plan.
  • Attended ADT University in Atlanta, Georgia.

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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 sales representative and account manager resumes:

Bachelor's Degree in business

Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO

2002 - 2005

Master's Degree in business

Strayer University, Washington, DC

2012 - 2013

Highlight your sales representative and account manager certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.

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

Here are some of the best certifications to have on sales representative and account manager resumes:

  1. Certified Sales Professional (CSP)
  2. Certified Manager Certification (CM)

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