DEPARTMENT HEAD RESUME EXAMPLE

Updated: Mar 09, 2025 - The Department Head identifies potential business opportunities and provides recommendations to top management while implementing effective sales strategies. By analyzing customer needs through market research, new business channels are developed, fostering positive relationships with clients and ensuring exceptional service. The head also supervises sales, prioritizes tasks, monitors inventory, organizes training seminars, and enforces compliance with safety and corporate policies.

Tips for Department Head Skills and Responsibilities on a Resume

1. Department Head, GreenTech Innovations, Springfield, IL

Job Summary: 

  • In charge of Preventive Maintenance and Small Projects Contracts review and monitoring.
  • Develop and implement commercial strategies, meeting company sales, revenue, and collection targets.
  • Leads the team in the acquisition and processing of Requests for Quotations and monitoring the proposal's status up to the sales booking stage.
  • Take responsibility for handling commercial negotiations
  • Manages Accounts Receivables, ensuring collection targets are met.
  • Take strategic risks, act to acquire new customers, and manage existing client relationships.
  • In charge of the consolidation, monitoring, and analysis of the Department’s financial and other relative Reports.
  • Strong working knowledge of metrics to monitor the performance of commercial activities and report results to management.
  • Use strategic development and critical thinking skills to assist in meeting financial targets and maintaining overall customer satisfaction.
  • Assists in the recruitment and hiring of staff 
  • Develop and implement data analysis processes to inform SEB practices and priorities.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Maintenance Management (Hard Skills)
  • Commercial Strategy (Hard Skills)
  • Negotiation (Soft Skills)
  • Accounts Receivable (Hard Skills)
  • Customer Relationship (Soft Skills)
  • Financial Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Performance Metrics (Hard Skills)
  • Critical Thinking (Soft Skills)

2. Department Head, Bright Future Technologies, Columbus, OH

Job Summary: 

  • Teach two courses per academic year plus advising
  • Class scheduling for the department
  • Take responsibility for faculty and staff assessment
  • Oversee curriculum development and change
  • Oversee hiring of part-time faculty, and engage with departmental hiring
  • Responsible for departmental resource allocations and budgets
  • Faculty P&T process assistance and engagement with external reviewers
  • Participation as a member of college leadership, college committees
  • Participation in university-level committees
  • Resolve student and faculty concerns
  • Relationship building with stakeholders, advisory board members and organizations hiring CBE graduates
  • Take responsibility for student recruiting and retention


Skills on Resume: 

  • Course Instruction (Hard Skills)
  • Scheduling (Hard Skills)
  • Faculty Assessment (Hard Skills)
  • Curriculum Oversight (Hard Skills)
  • Hiring Engagement (Soft Skills)
  • Budget Management (Hard Skills)
  • Stakeholder Relationship (Soft Skills)
  • Student Recruitment (Soft Skills)

3. Department Head, Apex Health Services, Richmond, VA

Job Summary: 

  • Lead the team developing Application Layer Algorithm Software for ADAS systems up to and including L3 Autonomy
  • Supervise 2 to 3 Engineering Managers, each with several Engineering Team Managers and a total of several hundred indirect reports
  • Strategic Planning and alignment of product strategy with corporate goals
  • Responsible for the software development process, toolchain and software quality enhancements
  • Lead department support of customer business pursuits on a technical and planning basis
  • Lead department budget, capex and staffing planning for ADAS product deliveries
  • Provide direction and proactively minimize risks to meet internal and customer project milestones
  • Interface with adjacent Departments including Program Management, Vehicle Systems, Software Quality, FUSA, and HR
  • Represent the department in internal and customer engineering meetings
  • Direct department initiatives for employee skill development and career growth


Skills on Resume: 

  • Algorithm Development (Hard Skills)
  • Team Supervision (Soft Skills)
  • Strategic Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Software Quality Management (Hard Skills)
  • Customer Support Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Budget Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Risk Management (Hard Skills)
  • Skill Development Initiatives (Soft Skills)

4. Department Head, Dynamic Solutions Group, Austin, TX

Job Summary: 

  • Provide leadership and guidance for the implementation of innovative measures aimed at improving student learning outcomes and attendance
  • Works alongside the leadership team to develop the school's pedagogical approaches as a key component of the Student Learning and Wellbeing Framework (SLAWF).
  • Build staff knowledge, understanding and capabilities in the implementation of Positive Behaviour for Learning Tier 1, 2 and 3 supports, Classroom Profiling, Functional Behaviour Analysis, Essential Classroom Management Skills, Restorative Conversations, Individual Behaviour Support Plans and tertiary interventions
  • Support Principal, Deputy Principals, Middle Leaders and Class Teachers in the development, management and coordination of support for challenging students requiring complex case management.
  • Monitor and analyze behavior, attendance and engagement data - whole school, year level and cohort performance and behavior data to implement intervention strategies where necessary
  • Provide instructional coaching to teachers through the school's Capability Development Framework
  • Line manage broader Student Services Team - behavior support teachers, CEC and teacher aides
  • Encourages collaboration (collegiality) within and across departments and schools.
  • Facilitates public relations to recognize students, teachers and departmental accomplishments and initiatives.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Leadership in Education (Soft Skills)
  • Pedagogical Development (Hard Skills)
  • Staff Training (Soft Skills)
  • Complex Case Management (Soft Skills)
  • Data Monitoring and Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Instructional Coaching (Soft Skills)
  • Team Management (Soft Skills)
  • Collaboration Promotion (Soft Skills)

5. Department Head, NextGen Manufacturing, Boise, ID

Job Summary: 

  • Contribute to the school's strategic direction through participation in the Leadership Team
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of the School's annual improvement agenda
  • Align Provision of Whole School, Year & Band Plans, Unit Plans, assessment and marking guides
  • Design assessment and marking guides aligned with the Australian Curriculum
  • Review, monitor and provide feedback on YSS Three Levels of Planning for 7-10
  • Review, lead and implement the YSS Moderation Policy with 7-10 staff
  • Capability Development of teachers and teacher aide's
  • Lead data analysis discussions to drive improvement in student performance
  • Line-manage teachers and complete the APDP process with line-managed staff to build capability
  • Manage curriculum budgets and IT to align with school priorities
  • Cooperates with the director, and serves as an adviser to the principal in all matters about the subject area.
  • Organizes the purchase of departmental books, supplies, and materials, and works with the district office to be certain those requests are forwarded in a timely fashion.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Strategic Direction (Soft Skills)
  • Improvement Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Curriculum Alignment (Hard Skills)
  • Assessment Design (Hard Skills)
  • Policy Implementation (Hard Skills)
  • Teacher Development (Soft Skills)
  • Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Budget Management (Hard Skills)

6. Department Head, Horizon Financial Services, Albany, NY

Job Summary: 

  • Manage the department in areas like resources, operations, finances, risk management and business development.
  • Responsible for Department Sales and Delivery of KPI targets.
  • Determine manpower needs and deployment of resources for the department.
  • Provide technical and management leadership for the department.
  • Review project financials, performance and issues.
  • Ensure a high level of technical and production quality standards and services are provided by employees in the department.
  • Project Management of a multi-disciplinary team of highly skilled professionals, including architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and specialists.
  • Sign off as the Registered Qualified Person for the Company for Statutory submissions.
  • Hunting and hiring of skilled candidates to join the team.
  • Responsible and committed to the development, implementation, communication and continual effectiveness of the SHEQ management system
  • Responsible for ensuring adequate resources are available to achieve this.
  • Drive and demonstrate strong leadership and commitment towards SHEQ and Zero Harm Culture.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Department Management (Soft Skills)
  • Sales Target Achievement (Hard Skills)
  • Resource Allocation (Hard Skills)
  • Technical Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Financial Review (Hard Skills)
  • Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
  • Project Management (Hard Skills)
  • SHEQ System Implementation (Hard Skills)

7. Department Head, EcoWave Energy, Nashville, TN

Job Summary: 

  • Explore and identify potential or business opportunities and provide a profound recommendation to Top Management.
  • Create, develop, and implement business and sales planning and distribution strategy.
  • Analyze customer needs through market research and develop new potential business channels.
  • Build a good and positive relationship with clients/customers/government/industry associations.
  • Ensure top-quality customer service at all times
  • Take responsibility for supervising sales activities
  • Establish priorities and lists of daily tasks for employees
  • Monitor the level of inventory to ensure that sufficient supplies are on hand for immediate and short-term needs
  • Organize training seminars (in area of expertise) for personnel and prepare presentations of seminars that involve outside contributors
  • Enforce compliance with SHEQ/Safety & Health policy, and procedures within the Department.
  • Enforce Risk Assessment, Ethics, Sustainability, and Corporate Social Responsibility values.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Business Opportunity Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Sales Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
  • Market Research (Hard Skills)
  • Client Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
  • Customer Service Excellence (Soft Skills)
  • Sales Supervision (Soft Skills)
  • Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
  • Training and Compliance (Soft Skills)

8. Department Head, Stellar Logistics, Little Rock, AR

Job Summary: 

  • Works with SEB Coaches to establish goals related to classroom instructional improvement, positive school culture, and system development and submit a written assessment related to these goals after the school year.
  • Performs all formative evaluations about the district SEB Coaches. 
  • Informal and formal observations will be pre-scheduled to be completed by the department head and the assigned principal/vice principal.
  • Provide coaching and professional learning opportunities to staff in evidence-based approaches that lead to greater teacher effectiveness, higher student achievement, and improved school climate.
  • Responsible for overseeing SEL curriculum development and will serve as the curriculum leader in all areas of the subject matter. 
  • Conduct regular meetings to facilitate district direction and refine subject area instruction
  • Collaborate with school leadership, teachers, and staff to support the implementation of SEB programming and practices. 
  • Support teachers on the curriculum through co-planning and co-teaching in classrooms across the district.
  • Align and integrate SEB practices to PBIS and other related efforts and build the capacity of staff to implement research-based SEB and PBIS practices with fidelity. 
  • Coaching cycles, co-planning, and co-teaching in classrooms across the district.
  • Provide elicit input from SEB coaches to identify departmental goals, which are congruent with district-wide and departmental goals.
  • Oversees the coaching and duty performances of SEB Coaches.
  • Plans relevant professional opportunities for SEB coaches and student support staff in the department.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Goal Setting (Soft Skills)
  • Evaluative Assessment (Hard Skills)
  • Classroom Observation (Hard Skills)
  • Professional Learning Facilitation (Soft Skills)
  • Curriculum Development (Hard Skills)
  • Collaborative Planning (Soft Skills)
  • SEB and PBIS Integration (Hard Skills)
  • Coaching Oversight (Soft Skills)