Job Purpose The Business Consultant requires a deep understanding of business operations to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation. Folks with a background in warehouse, manufacturing, and distribution tend to thrive. They understand the flow of inventory and cash across a business.
The role is based in Vancouver or GTA, leads cross-functional teams, manages complex client engagements, and drives measurable business outcomes by providing high-impact solutions that enhance organizational efficiency, profitability, and growth.
You will act as a trusted advisor to C-suite executives and senior management, working collaboratively to solve complex business problems, implement change, and deliver sustainable results. Your ability to blend strategic insights with operational execution will be critical in helping clients meet their goals.
This position is full-time permanent.
Interested?
Note: Only those who follow the above instruction will be considered.
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Accountabilities
- Happy Client
- Healthy Project
- Everyone looks valuable
- Client has Matured
Responsibilities
Project Management
- Delivery of client project work for a broad group of industries and technologies
- Keeping the project organized, on time, on budget, and on scope
- Ensuring the end goal is clear, documented, and everyone is moving in the same direction
- Working closely with Meira team members and client stakeholders to deliver project scope
- Motivating and inspiring people to get things done
Process Improvement
- Uncovering, clarifying, and documenting current state
- Analyzing for waste, risk, and redundancy to improve the flow of a business
- Identifying solutions, systems, and tools that will create positive change
- Detailing the future state of operations, workflows, and procedures
Technology Transformation
- Analyzing the technology landscape for opportunities
- Identifying solutions that will help make better,
faster business decisions (through data) and transform a business’ ability to make their customers exceptionally happy
Client Support
- Building strong, trusted relationships with clients
- Guiding and supporting clients in difficult decisions
- Making the experience enjoyable and fun
Other
- Researching new practices, concepts, and technologies, bringing them forward to the team, and implementing the ideas that bring value to our clients
- Duties and responsibilities as assigned from time to time by Meira management.
Salaried Position
This is a full time permanent position with an annual salary range of $100,000-$120,000.
Key Requirements
Meira team members have wide and varied backgrounds, ranging from procurement to medical, manufacturing to warehouse. We’re keen to find people with varied experience who can bring a fresh perspective and increase our collective knowledge base.
This role requires
- 5+ years of experience in an operational role
- Manufacturing / assembly
- Warehouse / inventory management
- Distribution / supply chain management
- Strong business acumen across functional areas: MBA an asset
- Experience in process design and process mapping: Lean certification an asset
- Experience in project execution / project management: PMP, Agile, or Waterfall certification an asset
- Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, in English
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
- Critical thinking and sound judgement
- Proven experience directly managing direct reports
Why we exist
Meira helps organizations reach their business goals by aligning people, process, and technology.
We do this by clarifying and understanding the client’s long-term business goals, developing a roadmap to transform their current state into their future vision, and providing support every step of the way.
We are improvement driven. We leave things better than we found them and are inspired by others who feel the same way.
Who we are
Meira is made up of a team of helpful, passionate, resourceful people who love all things business. We help clients select the best technologies for their business and ensure it goes live as intended. We help cut through the fog and help clients get where they want to be faster and with fewer headaches and restless nights along the way. We’re there to make it easy and fun, even when things are rough.
To keep this true, we look for people who share our values.
We leave our ego at the door
- We recognize that our clients are the expert in their business
- Our job is to provide ideas, methodologies, concepts, and guidance to help the client succeed
- We bring positive vibes, energy, and make the process fun
We are avid learners
- We seek out and create cutting edge business knowledge, concepts, and methodologies and bring them to our clients
- We stay on top of technology trends and advancements
We teach
- We are there to make things better for people and businesses, to craft workable, permanent solutions, and teach them what we know
We measure our integrity by our behavior
- We recommend what is best for the client, not Meira or ourselves
- We are with our clients to provide value, not bill hours
- We are accountable for the quality of our work
Why working here is great
We’re a fun, happy team of smart, driven people.
Some perks
- Three weeks' vacation; two weeks at your discretion and a week off for us all between Xmas and new years
- Work-life balance; 40-hour work week, seriously
- Home office setup
- Occasional travel to Vancouver HQ and client sites across North America
- Awesome clients across a broad range of industries
- A focus on professional development
Who we work with
Our clients span across North America, with some global. They range from enterprise to private equity to public sector. These companies know things aren’t working as they should and need a guide to know what changes to make, how to go about it, or how to get something unstuck and over the finish line.
📌 Business Consultant (Vancouver)
🏢 Meira Consulting
📍 Vancouver