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A retail or store manager CV should lead with the size of what you run: the store's turnover or sales, the team, the budgets and the results you changed. Then show how you recruit and train, handle stock and losses, and run promotions and reports for head office.

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Gemma Hart
Store Manager
Leeds · 07700 900169 · gemma.hart@example.com · linkedin.com/in/gemma-hart-example

Profile

Store manager with nine years in fashion and homeware retail, the last four running a £3.2 million store with a team of 22. Grows sales through well-trained teams and sharp stock control, keeps shrinkage low and reports clearly to area managers. Looking for a store manager or area manager role.

Experience

Store Manager, Larkfield Home, Leeds March 2022–present

Run a £3.2 million store with 22 staff: rotas, wage budget, stock, visual standards and reporting.

Grew sales by 9% in 2025 against a regional average of 3%, mainly through weekend staffing and stronger seasonal displays.

Cut stock loss from 1.8% to 1.1% of sales with tighter delivery checks and staff training.

Recruit, train and appraise the team; promoted two sales assistants to supervisors.

Analyse weekly sales and stock reports and agree actions with the area manager.

Deputy Manager, Larkfield Home, Wakefield 2019–2022

Ran the store in the manager's absence and led the Christmas recruitment of 12 seasonal staff.

Supervisor, then Sales Assistant, Alder & Moss Fashion, Leeds 2016–2019

Education and training

Level 5 Retail Leadership Apprenticeship 2023

A levels: Business, English, Art 2016

Skills

Sales analysis and forecasting

Wage and stock budgets

Recruiting, training and appraisals

Loss prevention and delivery checks

Visual merchandising and promotions

Fictional example for a retail manager. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What retailers look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Manage and motivate a retail team to increase salesA team of 22, and sales up 9% in 2025
Organise sales promotions and in-store eventsSeasonal displays and weekend staffing that lifted sales
Analyse sales figures and forecast future trendsWeekly sales and stock reports with actions agreed with the area manager
Control budgets and provide reports to company executivesThe wage budget and reports to the area manager
Recruit, train and supervise staffRecruiting, training and appraisals, two promotions, and 12 seasonal hires
Put security measures in place to protect against fraud and theftStock loss cut from 1.8% to 1.1% of sales

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a retail manager. If the advert you are answering describes a duty in other words, use its words for work you have actually done.

Inside this example
  • Profile: 50 words here
  • Experience: 128 words here
  • Education and training: 14 words here
  • Skills: 26 words here

How to write yours

01

Lead with the size of the store

Turnover or sales, team size and budgets tell an area manager your level before anything else.

02

Give results with a comparison

“Sales up 9% against a regional average of 3%” shows your effect, not the market's.

03

Show people development

Promotions, training and recruitment are what separate a store manager from a supervisor. Give each a number.

04

Name losses and stock

Shrinkage and stock accuracy are measured in every chain. A before-and-after figure is strong evidence.

Checks and qualifications to mention

  • Routes in. Many retail managers start as sales assistants or supervisors and work up; others join a graduate management training scheme after a degree (National Careers Service). Show each step with its dates.
  • Apprenticeships. A retail leadership or team leader apprenticeship goes in with its level and year.
  • Figures you can explain. Use sales, budget and loss figures you could talk through, and say over what period.

Two pages are fine for a store manager with several roles; keep the current store and its results on page one.

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