Advisor, Investment Attraction

External and internal applicants are now being considered.

Position Duties

Reporting to the Manager, Investment Attraction, The Economic Development Investment Attraction Advisor is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to attract domestic and foreign direct investment (FDI), facilitate business expansion, and support economic growth. The role involves building relationships with businesses, site selectors, industry stakeholders and government agencies to promote Brampton’s competitive advantages, generate quality leads and secure current investment.

The primary focus of the role is to generate high quality investment leads and close deals. This will be accomplished by providing prospective investors with a consultative service, including following through on client requests, facilitating key introductions, anticipating and responding to client needs, and providing end-to-end advice and guidance throughout the investment lifecycle.

Investment Attraction

- Develop and execute targeted plans and tactics to proactively generate leads
- Responsible for building and nurturing positive and productive client relationships in order to accelerate and maximize investment opportunities for the City of Brampton;
- Generate, implement and evaluate strategies to attract Investment in Brampton;
- Plans, coordinates and develops detailed research, analysis and planning to attract Investment and trade.
- Build and sustain credible, long-term relationships with clients, industry associations, cluster and sector groups, public/private sector organizations, service providers and other stakeholders including, but not limited to, the ICI (Industrial,



Commercial and Institutional) Community, Site Selectors, Trade Commissioner Services and Business Councils to enhance lead generation and client servicing;
- Ensure information regarding market strategies and planned missions are current and shared with the Manager, Investment Attraction and the Economic Development teams;
- Regularly review processes and approaches to improve lead generation and the client services experience; take responsibility for ensuring that improvements are actioned and increase the awareness of Brampton’s value proposition with investors;
- Regularly participate in events and activities that will help raise Brampton’s profile globally as a major centre of innovation and growth for international business investors;
- Constantly updateknowledge of the Brampton’s assets and continuously build understanding of the city’s value propositions for businesses looking to locate in Brampton.

Operational Support

- Conduct comprehensive research and analysis and provide meaningful insights, perspectives and solutions that meet the needs of clients and prospective investors
- Provide support to business mission planning and client files as required, including preparing background documents, scheduling meetings, producing briefing notes, coordinating tours, etc.




- Conducts financial analysis to determine value proposition for prospective investors
- Conducts investment meetings with clients locally and globally to present Brampton’s value proposition and influence the investor’s final location decision;
- Prepares proposals and other documents as part of the deal-closing process;
- Provide organized and proactive coordination of administrative initiatives including correspondence, documentation and answering enquiries to meet operational needs and corporate service standards.

Customer Service

- Respond and handle business enquiries; prioritize requests and elevate for resolution as required to meet corporate service standards;
- Build and maintain a relationship with cross-functional departments, team, management and externally, to foster and support coordination while carrying out accountabilities;
- Demonstrate corporate values at all times.

Communication and Reporting

- Develops and collects program key performance indicators; monitors and reports on KPIs; makes recommendations based on analysis of KPIs and other trends.
- Track all leads in CRM, update and manage sales pipeline to provide monthly updates to Senior Management
- Ability to format and create visually compelling and professional documents, in alignment with established visual identity guidelines;
- Prepare reports, presentations, data and other relevant materials as required accurately by established timelines;
- Ability to speak and present customized presentations to internal and external stakeholders, including Senior level officials, CEOs a

📌 Advisor, Investment Attraction (Canada)
🏢 City of Brampton
📍 Canada