PROPOSAL RESUME EXAMPLE

Published: Nov 25, 2025 - The Proposal Professional is responsible for developing, managing, and submitting high-quality proposals in response to client requests, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and client requirements. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to gather technical and commercial input, writing compelling content, and adhering to strict deadlines and formatting guidelines. The individual also reviews proposal documents for accuracy and compliance, maintains proposal content libraries, and supports continuous improvement of proposal processes and strategies.

Tips for Proposal Skills and Responsibilities on a Resume

1. Proposal Analyst, Horizon Integrated Solutions, Dayton, OH

Job Summary: 

  • Identify and confirm response team members.
  • Build a response team collaboration space online.
  • Build out a response plan, including an internal timeline and assignments.
  • Build a content plan, including win themes, value propositions, discriminators, and content mapping.
  • Set up team status call series and stakeholder review meetings.
  • Manage the process for asking questions of the client.
  • Build response shell documents that align with RFP layout requirements and corporate styles and standards.
  • Answer corporate-related RFP questions.
  • Ensure other response team members are providing relevant, quality content following the internal timeline.
  • Lead proposal team members in the consistent use of processes and procedures.
  • Manage version control of technical/narrative response documents.
  • Prep materials for internal reviews and lead these reviews.
  • Copyedit a variety of content.
  • Prepare final responses in compliance with RFP requirements.


Skills on Resume:

  • Team Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Collaboration Setup (Hard Skills)
  • Proposal Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Content Strategy (Hard Skills)
  • Stakeholder Communication (Soft Skills)
  • RFP Compliance (Hard Skills)
  • Version Control (Hard Skills)
  • Content Editing (Hard Skills)

2. Proposal Analyst, Crestline Technical Services, Plano, TX

Job Summary: 

  • Provide support to Proposal and Supply Chain Managers in proposal development and pricing analysis.
  • Conduct financial analysis reports supporting proposal activity (past, current, and future projections).
  • Plan, schedule, and compile pricing documents into the proposal package for submittal.
  • Assist in proposal reviews and evaluation of estimate inputs for adequacy, completeness, accuracy, and reasonableness.
  • Review proposals/Bills of Material (BOMs) for adequacy against the DFARS Proposal Adequacy Checklist.
  • Conduct price analyses on the Bills of Material (BOMs).
  • Maintain and update the Bills of Material (BOMs) from receipt to submittal.
  • Support the team in internal audits and analysis during negotiations.
  • Provide guidance on price escalations.
  • Utilize Oracle ERP to support quote releases.
  • Utilize OBIEE to create reports and extract data to support pricing and analysis requests.


Skills on Resume:

  • Proposal Support (Soft Skills)
  • Financial Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Pricing Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Adequacy Review (Hard Skills)
  • Price Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • BOM Management (Hard Skills)
  • Audit Support (Soft Skills)
  • Data Reporting (Hard Skills)

3. Proposal Coordinator, BlueRiver Analytics Group, Winston-Salem, NC

Job Summary: 

  • Review job take-offs and scope with sales representatives, fully understanding the requirements.
  • Coordinate with procurement to gather pricing information.
  • Calculate correct job costs and market-based pricing for solutions.
  • Generate quotes from pricing out labor, materials, and equipment involved in complex construction and break-fix service jobs.
  • Generate proposals and review with sales representatives before finalization and client receipt.
  • Enter project data into Salesforce CRM and generate relevant purchase orders and work orders, coordinating with appropriate branch service coordinators or service managers.
  • Assemble bid packages and bill of materials for small and large new construction projects.
  • Identify sales opportunities by reviewing mechanical and architectural drawings.
  • Maintain various Excel spreadsheets and data information entry.
  • Attend company training programs and accompany other associates or managers during ride-alongs to learn job skills.


Skills on Resume:

  • Job Review (Hard Skills)
  • Pricing Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Cost Calculation (Hard Skills)
  • Quote Generation (Hard Skills)
  • Proposal Prep (Hard Skills)
  • CRM Management (Hard Skills)
  • Bid Assembly (Hard Skills)
  • Opportunity Identification (Soft Skills)

4. Senior Proposal Analyst, Meridian Contract Support LLC, Albany, NY

Job Summary: 

  • Collaborate with Rho operational team members and Business Development to develop high-quality proposals, including budgets, assumptions, and scope of work text, in response to commercial sponsors' Request for Proposals (RFPs).
  • Prepare RFPs for services from 3rd party vendors (e.g., electronic data capture, laboratory services, ePRO, or IP Management), including outlining the scope of services, responsibilities, and other project-specific requirements to ensure alignment with project and client needs.
  • Prepare project and program-specific contract documents, which accurately reflect the scope of services and agreed-upon budget.
  • Provide account support and budget analysis for project teams with ongoing projects, including budget review, scope change estimates, updates to payment schedules and timelines.
  • Conduct quality control reviews of any outgoing deliverables, including proposals, budgets, contracts, and changes in scope.
  • Respond to requests for information (RFI) from commercial sponsors.
  • Represent Rho in a professional and positive manner when interacting with external stakeholders.


Skills on Resume:

  • Proposal Development (Hard Skills)
  • Vendor RFP Prep (Hard Skills)
  • Contract Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Budget Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Quality Control (Hard Skills)
  • RFI Response (Hard Skills)
  • Stakeholder Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Professional Representation (Soft Skills)

5. Proposal Engineer, Sterling Process Innovations, Mesa, AZ

Job Summary: 

  • Review customer inquiries, identifying needs, requirements, comments and exceptions.
  • Ensure proposals are commercially viable and competitive while mitigating and managing Lamwork’s risk.
  • Develop standard commercial offerings for upgrades, retrofits and refurbishment and deploy these to the Market Area teams for opportunity generation.
  • Ensure the handover as-sold packages to the project management team.
  • Define the supply needs for Procurement to support the opportunities.
  • Coordinate with Operational Engineering on the engineering requirements for the project.
  • Coordinate Retrofit and Refurbishment proposals with the SVS Professional Service to add the local labor component and deliver a proposal with the most Lamwork value add.
  • Visit customers to understand their business and corresponding product needs, decision process and key drivers.
  • Provide direct sales support.
  • Ensure all related company intellectual property is controlled and protected.


Skills on Resume:

  • Customer Inquiry Review (Hard Skills)
  • Commercial Viability (Hard Skills)
  • Offering Development (Hard Skills)
  • Handover Management (Hard Skills)
  • Engineering Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Proposal Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Customer Insight (Soft Skills)
  • Sales Support (Soft Skills)

6. Proposal Engineer, Redwood Engineering Partners, Fort Collins, CO

Job Summary: 

  • Proposal lead and lead for all technical aspects, makes (initial) compressor selection and defines train configuration.
  • Lead Risk and Opportunity Assessment.
  • Responsible for the Scope of supply, commenting project requisition (RFQ).
  • Drive supply chain management (vendor quote).
  • Writes technical inquiry specification for buy-out items (e.g., driver, gearbox).
  • Evaluate and communicate with selected vendors (in close partnership with the Project Procurement Manager).
  • Acquire and drive project cost estimates and delivery, compile proposal incl. prices.
  • Responsible for cross-checking pricing strategy vs. offered scope, supports Bid and LoA decisions.
  • Responsible for TLoA/CP LoA, interface to Operations and procurement.
  • Support the Project closing with technical expertise.


Skills on Resume:

  • Technical Proposal Lead (Hard Skills)
  • Risk Assessment (Hard Skills)
  • Scope Definition (Hard Skills)
  • Vendor Management (Soft Skills)
  • Technical Specification Writing (Hard Skills)
  • Vendor Evaluation (Hard Skills)
  • Cost Estimation (Hard Skills)
  • Pricing Strategy Check (Hard Skills)

7. Proposal Manager, HarborPoint Supply Chain Systems, Tampa, FL

Job Summary: 

  • Lead Proposal Pursuit process (draft and storyboards) and work with department leads to determine objectives and requirements.
  • Manage and enforce go/no-go decisions and manage kick-off meetings.
  • Manage the interview and presentation strategy, generation and preparation.
  • Manage post-submittal activities.
  • Manage Customer Relationship Management (CRM) activity and global practice or regional office reporting.
  • Serve as a superuser of the CRM system and functionality.
  • Manage the submittal for industry awards, and local and national trade publications.
  • Collaborate with marketing teams to develop business plan, objectives and requirements, interpreting and establishing policies, procedures, and strategic goals of the organization.
  • Develop department tools and workflows to increase the efficiency of designs, specification development, and project execution.
  • Manage asset creation and graphics library.


Skills on Resume:

  • Proposal Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Go/No-Go Management (Soft Skills)
  • Presentation Strategy (Hard Skills)
  • Post-Submittal Management (Hard Skills)
  • CRM Reporting (Hard Skills)
  • CRM Superuser (Hard Skills)
  • Award Submittals (Hard Skills)
  • Workflow Development (Hard Skills)

8. Proposal Manager, SilverPeak Environmental Services, Eugene, OR

Job Summary: 

  • Manage the entire proposal process from start to finish to ensure compliance and conformance to established strategies and plans.
  • Review incoming proposals from external and internal sources.
  • Create price proposals for proposal responses.
  • Oversee vendor relationship management for third-party pricing within the proposal.
  • Coordinate cross-functionally with other teams (i.e., marketing, sales, legal, finance, customers) for proposal response.
  • Write content and work with Subject Matter and Technical Experts to gather information.
  • Write technical proposals and related business development documentation that meet specific pre-determined deadlines.
  • Create graphics (images, charts, diagrams) to illustrate concepts in proposals.
  • Provide quality assurance for formatting content, spelling, punctuation, grammar, and branding.
  • Manage production, distribution, shipping/delivery, and archiving of documents through a content management system.
  • Review, organize, and edit peer work.
  • Deliver expected documentation outcomes such as Response for a Proposal (RFP), Response for a Quote (RFQ), and Response for Information (RFI).


Skills on Resume:

  • Proposal Management (Hard Skills)
  • Proposal Review (Hard Skills)
  • Pricing Creation (Hard Skills)
  • Vendor Management (Soft Skills)
  • Content Writing (Hard Skills)
  • Technical Writing (Hard Skills)
  • Graphic Creation (Hard Skills)
  • Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)

9. Proposal Specialist, NovaBridge Consulting Group, Madison, WI

Job Summary: 

  • Lead task orders or standalone opportunities of various sizes with a primary focus on federal proposals and a secondary emphasis on state and local government bids.
  • Support Proposal Managers with large ID/IQ efforts as volume lead or writer.
  • Take end-to-end ownership of proposal development and related support processes.
  • Develop and maintain proposal management tools such as compliance matrices, schedules, outlines, storyboards, win themes, and action items.
  • Conceptualize and develop strategic win themes and discriminators.
  • Lead a team of writers, graphic artists, schedulers, estimators, procurement, contracts, and other key proposal staff from kickoff through proposal delivery.
  • Write and edit a proposal/marketing narrative.
  • Perform quality and compliance checks of all proposal sections and volumes.
  • Participate in the development of oral presentation slide concepts and scripting.
  • Interview technical and program staff to extract critical information.
  • Track all solicitation amendments and modifications.
  • Closely interacting with capture managers, program and project managers, strategic business unit leaders, and technical professionals.


Skills on Resume:

  • Proposal Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Proposal Ownership (Hard Skills)
  • Tool Development (Hard Skills)
  • Win Theme Strategy (Hard Skills)
  • Team Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Narrative Writing (Hard Skills)
  • Quality Compliance (Hard Skills)
  • Technical Interviewing (Soft Skills)

10. Proposal Specialist, TerraNova Project Solutions, Bozeman, MT

Job Summary: 

  • Create a proposal presentation and documentation.
  • Create quotes with proper margin calculation.
  • Create and package a response to the RFP.
  • Lead sales presentation remotely and in person.
  • Maintain product catalog/pricing.
  • Produce written content for proposals, awards, and media outreach, press and media communications.
  • Update website with latest achievements/success stories.
  • Ensure brand strength and alignment across multiple channels and all touch points.
  • Identify new markets and business opportunities, and manage RFP/RFQ pursuits.
  • Leverage existing archived proposal information.


Skills on Resume:

  • Proposal Creation (Hard Skills)
  • Quote Calculation (Hard Skills)
  • RFP Response (Hard Skills)
  • Sales Presentation (Soft Skills)
  • Catalog Management (Hard Skills)
  • Content Production (Hard Skills)
  • Website Updates (Hard Skills)
  • Brand Management (Soft Skills)

11. Proposal Writer, SummitLine Business Resources, Knoxville, TN

Job Summary: 

  • Write winning responses to RFPs, TOPRs, and RFIs using IIA’s branding guidelines and templates.
  • Manage writing assignments to deliver responses on tight schedules.
  • Build compliance matrices and develop compliant outlines.
  • Coordinate internal and teammate data calls and graphics work.
  • Facilitate the development of solution concepts using storyboards or similar techniques.
  • Manage and track multiple opportunities to ensure no amendments or modifications are missed.
  • Schedule and facilitate team meetings and color reviews.
  • Work for a proposal manager or independently, depending upon the assignment.
  • Develop templates for staffing, data collection, resumes, past performance, and decision gate reviews.
  • Manage proposal documents in the SharePoint site.


Skills on Resume:

  • Proposal Writing (Hard Skills)
  • Schedule Management (Soft Skills)
  • Compliance Structuring (Hard Skills)
  • Data Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Solution Storyboarding (Hard Skills)
  • Opportunity Tracking (Hard Skills)
  • Team Facilitation (Soft Skills)
  • Template Development (Hard Skills)

12. Proposal Grant Writer, Clearview Operations & Planning LLC, Spokane, WA

Job Summary: 

  • Research, compare and submit proposals for federal, state, and school district RFP’s.
  • Be in charge of identifying funding sources.
  • Demonstrate excellent proposal writing skills, including editing and revision skills.
  • Understand the “request for proposal” process.
  • Clear communication with both internal and external customers.
  • Understand the company’s products and services.
  • Collaborate with other department personnel.
  • Create and maintain action steps, status reports and timelines.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues that arise with respect to on-time deliverables.
  • Work with education specialists for advanced content knowledge.
  • Improve proposal-writing results by evaluating and redesigning processes, approach, coordination, and common language/descriptions used.


Skills on Resume:

  • Proposal Research (Hard Skills)
  • Funding Identification (Hard Skills)
  • Proposal Writing (Hard Skills)
  • RFP Knowledge (Hard Skills)
  • Clear Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Product Understanding (Hard Skills)
  • Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Timeline Management (Hard Skills)