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Experienced operations CV

A longer career in logistics across Northern Europe. Useful if you have several roles and want a calm, traditional layout.

This is a sample CV for a fictional person. It is not your CV. Starting from it creates a new copy in My CVs — you still need to replace the details.

Why this sample works

This sample is for someone who has already managed people and sites, not a first job. Elena’s page leads with a short summary, then three roles with numbers a hiring manager can check.

Key sections to notice

The look is Meridian — single column, no sidebar, no photo. That matches how most UK and European employers still read a CV: name, work, education, skills.

Adapt it carefully

Start from this sample only to steal the structure. Change the name, cities, and every bullet. Keep the habit of one result per line.

Sample
Elena Voss
Country / market
UK / Europe
Looks
Meridian

Sample CV — first page

Elena Voss

Head of Operations

Rotterdam, Netherlands · elena.voss@email.com · +31 6 12 34 56 78 · linkedin.com/in/elenavoss

Operations leader with 14 years running high-volume warehouse, transport and port-adjacent sites across Northern Europe. Known for turning chaotic, people-heavy operations into calm, measurable ones — fewer exceptions, lower cost, and supervisors who can run a shift without escalation. Comfortable in unionised environments, multi-site leadership, and the unglamorous work of making Friday look like Tuesday.

Experience

Head of Operations · Northline Logistics

Rotterdam · 2020 – Present

  • Lead 220 warehouse, transport and customer-operations staff across three Benelux sites.
  • Reduced missed-slot rate from 7.1% to 1.9% in 16 months by rebuilding exception handling and shift handovers.
  • Cut agency labour 24% while throughput rose 17%, without reducing contracted headcount.
  • Replaced four overlapping meetings with a single weekly operations review that site leads now run themselves.
  • Coached eight supervisors into site-lead roles; two now run their own locations.

Operations Manager · Port & Yard Services BV

Antwerp · 2016 – 2020

  • Ran a 24/7 yard with 90 staff serving three deep-sea terminals.
  • Introduced a simple exception board that cut same-day firefighting by half.
  • Negotiated a shift pattern that reduced overtime 18% without missing SLA windows.

Shift Supervisor · Harbour Pack

Rotterdam · 2011 – 2016

  • Supervised inbound and pick teams on nights and weekends.
  • Built the first written handover used by every incoming supervisor.

Education

BBA, Logistics Management · Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences

Rotterdam · 2007 – 2011

Skills

  • Multi-site operations
  • Shift planning
  • Exception handling
  • Warehouse KPIs
  • Coaching supervisors
  • Unionised workplaces

Languages

  • Dutch · Native
  • English · Fluent
  • German · Working

Certifications

IOSH Managing Safely · IOSH · 2019

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