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Retail sales assistant CV example
Store managers want people who sell, not only people who pack shelves. Here's how to show it, even early in your career.
Retail numbers to show
- Personal sales vs target
- Average sale / basket size
- Items per sale
- Store accounts or credit sign-ups
- Add-ons and warranties sold
- Ranking in the store
- Mystery shopper scores
- Stock-take accuracy
- Shifts as till or floor supervisor
Example retail sales lines
Sales Assistant, (Store), Gateway, 2023 to present
- Achieved 110% of my personal monthly sales target for 10 of the last 12 months.
- Highest number of store account sign-ups in the store for Q2 2025 (38 accounts).
- Raised my average sale by 22% by recommending matching items and care products.
- Mystery shopper score of 95%; trusted to supervise the floor on weekends.
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Build my sales CVSkills for retail CVs
- Customer service
- Upselling and cross-selling
- Point of sale (till) systems
- Cash handling
- Visual merchandising
- Stock control and stock-takes
- Store accounts and credit applications
- Opening and closing the store
- Teamwork under pressure
Moving from retail into sales?
Retail is a common way into sales repping and call-centre sales. Lead with your targets and rankings, and use the job title from the advert in your profile, e.g. "Retail sales assistant moving into field sales".
Questions people ask
- What should I write on a retail CV with no experience?
- Matric, any part-time or holiday work, volunteer work, your availability for weekends and public holidays, and skills like cash handling and customer service.
- Is a retail sales job good experience for a sales career?
- Yes. Targets, upselling and account sign-ups are real sales results; put them on your CV with numbers.
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The examples on this page are made up to show the format. Use your own real numbers: a sales manager will ask about every figure on your CV.