Retail Supervisor Resume Sample

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Yusra Ahmed

Retail Supervisor

Leading the floor, hitting targets, looking after the team

+44 121 555 0562
linkedin.com/in/yusra-ahmed-retail

Retail supervisor with eight years on the shop floor in Birmingham, the last four leading teams in a busy high-street store. Runs the floor day to day — supervising and motivating staff, managing rotas, opening and closing, and keeping service and sales on track through peak trading. Drove the store's customer-satisfaction scores to the top of the region by coaching the team on service. Handles cash and reconciliation, stock and visual merchandising, deals with escalated customer issues, and steps up as duty manager. Calm under pressure, good with people on both sides of the counter, and focused on hitting targets without losing the team. Looking for a retail-supervisor or assistant-manager role with a retailer that backs its frontline people.

Professional Summary

Bullring Department Store, Birmingham - Birmingham, UK

Retail Supervisor April 2019 to Present 7 years & 3 months

Run the shop floor day to day, supervising and motivating a team through busy trading.
Drove the store's customer-satisfaction scores to the very top of the region by coaching service.
Manage the rotas, the opening and the closing, and act as duty manager when needed.
Handle all the cash handling, the reconciliation, the stock control and the visual merchandising standards.
Resolve the escalated customer issues calmly and keep both the service and sales on target.
Train all the new starters and develop the whole team's product and service skills well.

Birmingham Retail Group - Birmingham, UK

Sales Assistant / Senior Sales August 2016 to March 2019 2 years & 8 months

Served customers and hit individual sales targets on a busy floor.
Took on key-holder and senior-sales responsibilities across a busy retail floor.
Learned the cash handling, the stock control and basic team leadership there.
Gained the team-leading certification and then moved into a supervisor role.

Birmingham Retail Group - Birmingham, UK

Retail Sales Assistant June 2014 to July 2016 2 years & 2 months

Worked part-time in retail, serving customers and running the till daily.
Kept the whole shop floor stocked, tidy and well presented throughout.
Learned customer service, cash handling and teamwork properly on the job.
Then moved up into a full-time retail sales role from there.
Qualification

Birmingham Metropolitan College

BTEC Level 3 in Retail Business (September 2014 to June 2016)

BTEC in retail business covering customer service, merchandising and store operations, with part-time retail work. The job alongside study built real floor experience. Established the foundation for supervising a store.

City & Guilds

Team Leading & Customer Service Certification (January 2019 to May 2019)

Team-leading and customer-service certification covering supervision, coaching and service standards. It formalised the leadership side of the role. Applied directly to coaching the team and lifting service scores.
Highlights

Top customer scores

Drove the store's customer-satisfaction scores to the top of the region by coaching the team on service. Lifting scores through people, not gimmicks, is the supervisor's real job.

Trusted as duty manager

Steps up to run the whole store as duty manager during busy and unsocial hours. Being trusted with the keys and the takings reflects proven reliability on the floor.
Continued Development

Retail Management & KPIs

Retail Skills Institute (May 2020 to Present)

Course in retail management covering scheduling, KPIs and shrinkage control. It builds on her supervisory experience toward running a store, beyond leading shifts as duty manager.

Visual Merchandising & Customer Experience

Retail Skills Institute (June 2021 to Present)

Training in visual merchandising and customer-experience standards for retail. It supports the floor presentation and service quality behind the store's strong customer-satisfaction scores.
Activities & Interests
Certifications

Team Leading & Customer Service

City & Guilds (May 2019 to Present)

Team-leading and customer-service certification covering supervision, coaching and service standards. It formalised the leadership side of the role. Applied directly to coaching the team and lifting service scores.

Retail Operations & Loss Prevention

Birmingham Retail Group (April 2019 to Present)

Certification in retail operations, stock control and loss prevention. It supports the cash, reconciliation and shrinkage control handled while running the shop floor each day.
Technical Skills
  • Floor Supervision
  • Team Leadership
  • Customer Service
  • Rota & Scheduling
  • Cash & Reconciliation
  • Stock Control
  • Visual Merchandising
  • Sales Targets
  • Complaint Handling
  • Staff Training
Langauges

English (UK)

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

Urdu

Professional Working Proficiency
Personal Info

Location

Birmingham, UK

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Availability

2 weeks

Date of Birth

1994-09-12
Personal Skills

Leadership

Composure

People Skills

Reliability

Energy

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