ATS-FRIENDLY SALES MANAGER RESUME TEMPLATE

Replace every bracketed section with your real details. Keep the section headings simple if you plan to upload this resume to an applicant tracking system.

NAME
[Your full name]
[City, State] | [Phone] | [Email] | [LinkedIn] | [Portfolio or GitHub if relevant]

TARGET TITLE
Sales Manager

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Sales manager who leads quota-carrying teams, improves pipeline discipline, coaches reps, and builds predictable revenue processes.

Rewrite this summary with your own years of experience, strongest skills, industry context, and one or two proof points. Keep it short, specific, and aligned with the job description.

CORE SKILLS
- Sales Leadership
- Forecasting
- Pipeline Review
- Coaching
- CRM
- Hiring
- Sales Enablement
- Negotiation

ATS KEYWORDS TO CONSIDER
- sales management
- team quota
- forecasting
- pipeline management
- sales coaching

Add keywords only when they honestly match your background. Put them in skills, experience bullets, projects, certifications, or tools. Do not stuff keywords into a random list.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
[Company Name] - Sales Manager
[Month Year] - [Present or Month Year]
- Led a 9-person sales team to 108% of annual quota across mid-market and enterprise segments.
- Improved forecast accuracy from 71% to 88% by standardizing stage definitions and weekly pipeline reviews.
- Coached 4 reps into promotion-ready performance through call reviews and deal strategy sessions.
- Launched a discovery framework that increased qualified opportunity conversion by 24%.

Rewrite these bullets with your real work. Strong bullets usually include action, scope, tools, and result. If you do not have exact numbers, use honest context such as team size, frequency, project scope, customer volume, or time saved.

PROJECTS
[Project Name]
- Explain the problem, your role, the tools used, and the outcome.
- Include a link only if it is clean, current, and relevant.

EDUCATION
[Degree, Certification, Bootcamp, or Training]
[School or Provider] | [Year]

CERTIFICATIONS
- [Certification name, provider, year]

ATS CHECKLIST
- Use standard headings: Summary, Skills, Experience, Education, Projects, Certifications.
- Keep important information as selectable text.
- Use role-specific keywords truthfully.
- Avoid heavy graphics, tables, and text boxes for job portal uploads.
- Open the exported PDF before applying.