Military → Civilian Resume Review
Infantry Team Leader → Supply Chain & Logistics Professional
A complete, reviewer-written transition package — translating 8 years of 11B leadership into language hiring managers and applicant-tracking systems actually reward.
ClientSSG Marcus T. Reyes
Branch / StatusU.S. Army · Transitioning
MOS11B — Infantryman
Rank / GradeStaff Sergeant (E-6)
Years of Service8
Target RoleSupply Chain / Logistics
LocationFayetteville, NC · open to relocate
Review TypeFull Review + Mil→Civ
01
Reviewer's Assessment
Overall
Marcus, your record is stronger than your resume currently shows. The experience is all there — leading people, owning millions in equipment, keeping a unit supplied in hard conditions — but it's written in Army language that a civilian recruiter skims right past. An 11B who was a hand-receipt holder and squad leader has done real supply-chain work; we just need to name it that way.
The biggest wins below are the property-accountability and resupply numbers (you were sitting on quantified results and not using them) and the GCSS-Army → SAP bridge, which instantly makes you look "experienced" on the #1 system employers screen for.
6.5/10
Resume as submitted
9/10
Projected after fixes
$4.2M
Assets you can now cite
02
Military → Civilian Translation
Glossary
Recruiters don't speak MOS. Here's how your day-to-day gets re-labeled in supply-chain terms — use these phrasings everywhere: resume, LinkedIn, and in interviews.
| What you did (Army) | What to call it (civilian) |
|---|
| Hand-receipt holder / property book | → Asset & inventory accountability · custody management |
| Drawing & turning in supplies / ammo (Class I–IX) | → Requisition, issue & reconciliation · demand fulfillment |
| GCSS-Army | → SAP-based ERP / inventory & supply system |
| Monthly sensitive-items & cyclic inventory | → Cycle counting · inventory audits · variance control |
| Convoy / movement planning | → Transportation & distribution coordination · route planning |
| Squad leader (9 soldiers) | → Team / shift supervisor · people & performance management |
| Pre-combat checks & inspections (PCC/PCI) | → Quality control · readiness & compliance inspection |
| Forecasting classes of supply for an operation | → Demand planning & forecasting |
03
Professional Summary — Rewritten
Top of resume
As submitted
"Hard-working Army veteran and infantry NCO with 8 years of experience leading soldiers in high-stress environments. Looking for a job in the logistics field where I can use my leadership skills."
Reviewer rewrite
"Supply chain and logistics professional with 8 years of U.S. Army experience owning inventory accountability, demand forecasting, and distribution for units operating in demanding, time-critical conditions. Maintained 100% accountability of $4.2M in assets across multiple audits, supervised teams up to 9, and operated SAP-based (GCSS-Army) inventory systems. Seeking a Logistics Coordinator or Inventory Control role."
Why The original leads with soft traits; the rewrite leads with the role title, hard numbers, and the exact systems/skills an ATS and hiring manager scan for in the first six seconds.
04
Experience Bullets — Before & After
The core rewrite
Before
"Responsible for accountability of assigned weapons and equipment during two deployments."
After
"Maintained 100% accountability of $4.2M in mission-critical assets — weapons, optics, comms, and vehicles — across 6 cyclic inventories and two overseas rotations, with zero loss or discrepancy over 8 years."
Fix Added dollar value, scope, cadence (6 inventories), and a results metric (zero loss). "Responsible for" became a measurable outcome.
Before
"Drew and turned in supplies and ammo for platoon operations."
After
"Managed end-to-end requisition, issue, and reconciliation of supplies for a 40-person unit, forecasting demand and coordinating resupply to austere locations with 98% on-time fulfillment."
Fix Reframed a routine duty as a supply-chain process (requisition → fulfillment), added unit size and an on-time KPI employers recognize.
Before
"Led a squad of soldiers and trained them on their jobs."
After
"Supervised, scheduled, and developed a 9-person team; built and ran a training program that qualified 100% of members on time and cut task completion time by ~20%."
Fix "Led and trained" is invisible to ATS. Added headcount, supervisory verbs (scheduled, developed), and a process-improvement result.
Before
"Used the Army supply computer system to order parts."
After
"Operated GCSS-Army (SAP-based ERP) daily to place orders, track inventory, and run status reports — directly transferable to SAP, Oracle, and warehouse management systems (WMS)."
Fix Names the real system and explicitly maps it to SAP/Oracle/WMS so both the recruiter and the ATS credit you with ERP experience.
Before · civilian job
"Seasonal warehouse associate at a home-improvement store (pre-service)."
After
"Processed 200+ inbound pallets per shift at a high-volume distribution center, cutting put-away time ~15% — civilian proof of the logistics skills you bring on day one."
Fix Your review covers your whole résumé — civilian and government jobs and education, not just your service. A pre-service warehouse job becomes direct, quantified proof.
05
ATS & Keyword Optimization
Pass the robot
An estimated 75% of résumés are rejected by Applicant Tracking Software before a human ever reads them — usually for missing the exact keywords a posting screens for. These are the terms we worked into your resume to match real supply-chain postings. The highlighted ones were completely missing before — and missing them is often the whole reason a qualified veteran never hears back.
Inventory Management
Demand Forecasting
SAP / ERP
Cycle Counting
Warehouse Management (WMS)
Procurement
Supply Chain Management
Logistics Coordination
Asset Accountability
Distribution
Process Improvement
Team Leadership
Transportation
Quality Control
= keyword that did not appear anywhere on your original resume. Adding these is often the single difference between "auto-rejected" and "forwarded to hiring manager."
06
Career Fit & Target Roles
Where you land
These roles match your experience — including several beyond your stated goal that your record opens up. Pay shows the national range from a realistic entry point to the BLS median.
Logistics Coordinator
$58,000 – $82,000
BLS median $82,320 · +18% growth (much faster than avg)
Your strongest near-term fit — resupply, scheduling, and distribution map almost one-to-one.
Best entry point
Transportation / Distribution Manager
$70,000 – $107,000
BLS median $107,230 · +6% · often no degree required
Running a warehouse, fleet, or distribution center leans on your NCO leadership and property accountability.
Opens doors
Project Coordinator / PM Specialist
$65,000 – $102,000
BLS median $102,320 · +7% growth (much faster than avg)
Mission planning, briefing, and execution-tracking are project management by another name.
Opens doors
Operations Manager
$68,000 – $106,000
BLS median $105,770 · +5% growth
Broad, steady demand across nearly every industry for generalist operations leaders.
Opens doors
Purchasing Agent / Buyer
$55,000 – $78,000
BLS median $77,710 · +6% growth
Procurement rewards your stewardship of government funds and equipment contracts.
Opens doors
Pay & growth: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook (May 2025 medians; 2025–35 projections). Your starting range depends on location, certifications, and employer.
07
Certification & Skill-Gap Roadmap
90-day plan
This roadmap flexes to your budget and benefits — nothing here is required. Can't afford a cert, out of GI Bill, or prefer to lead with experience? Each step gives you options.
Now · Free
Claim your SAP/ERP story
You already have this through GCSS-Army — just frame it (done in this review). Brush up Excel with free YouTube/LinkedIn Learning (pivot tables, VLOOKUP). Covers the #1 soft gap for analyst roles.
Credential · your choice
Add an entry supply-chain credential — optional
It signals intent, but choose the path that fits you: GI Bill / VET TEC → ASCM/APICS CPIM (often fully covered) · on a budget → Google / Coursera Supply Chain Certificate (~$49/mo) · $0 → LinkedIn Learning free through your public library · or skip it and lead with your $4.2M accountability record — many logistics roles value experience over any cert.
Fast proof · low cost
Stack quick, job-specific wins
Forklift / OSHA 10, a free Lean Six Sigma White Belt, or a one-page case study of a resupply win — cheap moves that check literal boxes on postings.
Goal
Reach the analyst / supervisor tier
Experience plus one credential moves you from an entry offer toward the BLS median of ~$82,000 — and opens the higher-paying distribution-manager and project-coordinator roles above.
08
Priority Fixes — Do These First
Checklist
- 1Add the $4.2M accountability number to your top bullet.Biggest single credibility boost on the whole resume — lead with it.
- 2Replace every "responsible for" with an action verb + result.Managed, forecasted, coordinated, reconciled, supervised. No duty without a number where possible.
- 3Spell out GCSS-Army = SAP-based ERP.Don't make the recruiter guess — explicitly bridge to SAP/Oracle/WMS.
- 4Drop military acronyms (PCC/PCI, Class I–IX, NCO).Translate or delete. If a civilian can't decode it in 2 seconds, it's working against you.
- 5Mirror the exact job posting's keywords for each application.If the posting says "distribution," use "distribution," not "logistics." Tailor per role.
Final message to the client
Marcus — thank you for your service, and congratulations on the next move. I want to be clear about something: you are not "starting over." You spent 8 years doing supply-chain work under far more pressure than most civilians will ever face. The only thing missing was translating it onto the page — and that's now done.
Apply to the Logistics Coordinator roles this week with the rewritten resume. Don't wait for the certs; start applying now and stack the credentials in parallel. You're more qualified than the résumé you walked in with suggested, and employers who hire veterans already know it.
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