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Mid-career, made redundant (office and coordination roles)

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You have 5-20 years in one field, your role was disestablished, and you need a clean two-page CV that handles it calmly.

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ALEX MORGAN

Hamilton | 021 000 0000 | alex.morgan@example.com | linkedin.com/in/alexmorgan-example

NZ citizen. Full driver's licence.

Profile

Operations coordinator with nine years in warehousing and distribution. Strong at scheduling, supplier relationships and keeping small teams on track. Cut late deliveries by a third at my last employer. Looking for a coordination or supervisor role in the Waikato.

Key skills

  • Scheduling and route planning
  • Xero and MYOB
  • Advanced Excel (pivot tables, lookups)
  • Inventory control
  • Health and safety reporting
  • Training and coaching new staff

Work history

Operations CoordinatorBay Distribution Ltd, HamiltonFeb 2019 - Aug 2026

Role disestablished in a company restructure.

  • Scheduled 40+ deliveries a day across three depots; cut late deliveries from 12% to 8% in one year.
  • Managed weekly ordering of $18,000 of stock and reduced waste by 12% through better reorder levels.
  • Trained and supported a team of six drivers and pickers; two were promoted to team leader.
  • Led the move to a shared scheduling spreadsheet, saving about five hours of admin a week.

Dispatch OfficerWaikato Freight Services, HamiltonMar 2015 - Jan 2019

  • Dispatched 60+ jobs a day and resolved customer queries by phone and email.
  • Reduced misrouted freight by 20% by introducing a two-person check on high-value loads.

Earlier rolesStoreperson (Cambridge), Courier driver (Hamilton)2010 - 2015

Current activity

  • Completing a short course in supply chain fundamentals, Wintec (due November 2026).
  • Volunteer driver, Meals on Wheels Hamilton, one morning a week.

Education and training

  • NZ Certificate in Logistics (Level 4), 2014
  • Site Safe Foundation, current
  • Forklift licence (F endorsement), current

Referees

Available on request. Two recent managers, contact details supplied once we have spoken.

Why it is laid out this way

  • A four-line profile comes first so a reader knows who you are before they reach the dates.
  • Skills are listed under a short heading, using the tool and system names that automated screening looks for.
  • Redundancy is a single neutral line under the role it applies to, then the bullets get on with results.
  • Older roles collapse to one line each so the CV stays at two pages.

Making it yours

  • Keep the profile to what the job ad asks for. Rewrite its first line for every application.
  • Only list tools you could use tomorrow. Interviewers test this.
  • If you have been out of work for a while, add a one-line 'Current activity' under your latest role (a course, volunteering, contracting).

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