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Operations Manager resume keywords

Core keywords are the skill list on the Operations Manager resume example. Supporting keywords are skills-catalog entries that name this role.

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Counted on 2026-10-10 from 198 public job postings whose titles match Operations Manager. Those postings came from Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, and SmartRecruiters. A posting is counted for this role when the longest published job-title phrase in its title is Operations Manager. The crawl queried Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and SmartRecruiters for 133 employers in the State of ATS 2026 dataset that use those vendors, and for 279 additional public boards from the extended coverage tier. The extended boards are not part of the 738-company statistics. 361 boards returned postings out of 412 boards attempted, and 46923 postings were scanned. HTML was stripped before counting, and each posting counts once per term. Phrases beyond the published skill list are the most common two- and three-word phrases in the matched postings. Posting text is not stored. A role page shows these percentages only when at least 30 descriptions were counted.

Core keywords

These are the terms to put on the resume when they match work you have done.

  • Process Improvement

    9% of 198 recent postings mention Process Improvement.

  • Supply Chain

    9% of 198 recent postings mention Supply Chain.

  • Lean Six Sigma

    1% of 198 recent postings mention Lean Six Sigma.

  • Budget Management

    2% of 198 recent postings mention Budget Management.

  • KPI Tracking

    0% of 198 recent postings mention KPI Tracking.

  • Vendor Management

    5% of 198 recent postings mention Vendor Management.

  • ERP

    3% of 198 recent postings mention ERP.

  • Quality Control

    2% of 198 recent postings mention Quality Control.

  • Team Leadership

    2% of 198 recent postings mention Team Leadership.

  • Logistics

    11% of 198 recent postings mention Logistics.

Supporting keywords
Phrases from recent postings

These phrases showed up often in the matched postings and are not already on the published skill list.

  • operations manager

    56% of 198 recent postings mention operations manager.

  • cross functional

    52% of 198 recent postings mention cross functional.

  • continuous improvement

    38% of 198 recent postings mention continuous improvement.

  • problem solving

    34% of 198 recent postings mention problem solving.

  • genetic information

    34% of 198 recent postings mention genetic information.

  • receive consideration

    31% of 198 recent postings mention receive consideration.

  • decision making

    30% of 198 recent postings mention decision making.

  • track record

    30% of 198 recent postings mention track record.

Where to place them

  1. 1

    Headline

    Put the target title and two core terms on the line under your name: Operations Manager | Process Improvement | Supply Chain.

  2. 2

    Skills

    List the core terms together in the skills section: Process Improvement, Supply Chain, Lean Six Sigma, Budget Management, KPI Tracking, Vendor Management, ERP, Quality Control, Team Leadership, Logistics.

  3. 3

    Experience

    Use Process Improvement, Supply Chain, Lean Six Sigma inside bullets for work you did in this role, next to the result.

  4. 4

    Supporting terms

    Add these in the skills section or a bullet when you have used them: Time Management, Business Process Improvement, OKRs, Change Management, Kanban, Budgeting, Kaizen (Continuous Improvement), Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Smartsheet, Asana, monday.com, RACI Matrix, Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Sample lines from the resume example

These lines are already published on the Operations Manager resume example. Use them as a pattern for where a keyword sits next to a result, and replace the details with your own.

  • Managed operations for $25M revenue facility with 75 direct reports across 3 shifts
  • Implemented Lean Six Sigma methodology reducing operational costs by 18% ($1.2M annual savings)
  • Improved order fulfillment rate from 87% to 98% through process redesign and automation
  • Negotiated vendor contracts resulting in 15% cost reduction across $5M annual procurement spend

Questions about Operations Manager keywords

What keywords should a Operations Manager resume include?

Core keywords for a Operations Manager resume are Process Improvement, Supply Chain, Lean Six Sigma, Budget Management, KPI Tracking, Vendor Management, ERP, Quality Control, Team Leadership, Logistics. Core keywords are the skill list on the Operations Manager resume example. Supporting keywords are skills-catalog entries that name this role. Percentages are the share of 198 public postings fetched on 2026-10-10 whose titles match this role.

Where should Operations Manager keywords go on a resume?

Headline: Put the target title and two core terms on the line under your name: Operations Manager | Process Improvement | Supply Chain. Skills: List the core terms together in the skills section: Process Improvement, Supply Chain, Lean Six Sigma, Budget Management, KPI Tracking, Vendor Management, ERP, Quality Control, Team Leadership, Logistics. Experience: Use Process Improvement, Supply Chain, Lean Six Sigma inside bullets for work you did in this role, next to the result. Supporting terms: Add these in the skills section or a bullet when you have used them: Time Management, Business Process Improvement, OKRs, Change Management, Kanban, Budgeting, Kaizen (Continuous Improvement), Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Smartsheet, Asana, monday.com, RACI Matrix, Microsoft Dynamics 365.

How do I check a Operations Manager resume?

Open the free ATS checker with Operations Manager prefilled, paste your resume, and compare it with the keyword list on this page.

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