Business Consultant - Business Organizational Capabilities Job Opportunity

Job Title:    Business Consultant - Business Organizational Capabilities
Job Ref:    56586
Job Location:    Montreal,
Employer:    Business Development Bank of Canada
Job Type:    Temporary, Full TimeAbout Us
From over 100 offices across the country, BDC promotes entrepreneurship by providing highly tailored financing, venture capital and consulting services to entrepreneurs.

A financial institution owned by the Government of Canada, BDC has been serving Canadian entrepreneurs for more than 65 years. Our team helps more than 28,000 businesses reach their full potential. As a complementary lender, we offer loans and investments that fill out or complete services available from commercial financial institutions.

We put special focus on SMEs in sectors such as manufacturing, exporting, innovation and knowledge-based industries. We pay particular attention to start-ups, innovators, fast growth companies, manufacturers and exporters. We also focus on entrepreneurs who are working to commercialize the fruits of R&D to create innovative products and globally successful companies.

Job Requirements:

•     Bachelor’s degree in Business, MBA or related professional designation preferred.
•     Minimum of ten years in a consulting firm with experience developing strategic plans and providing one/one coaching.
•     Strong understanding of how to develop pragmatic strategic plans that are relevant to an SME business environment and provide required strategic coaching support to the business as required
•     Strong client and customer service orientation with a clear focus on delivering value to the client
•     Proven ability in managing and delivering standard and custom consulting projects
•     Knowledge of Project Management methodologies and best practices in the context of delivering services to clients. Demonstrated project management skills.
•     Excellent communication and presentation skills as well as an ability to participate in outreach, promotion and business development activities
•     Teamwork, collaboration and relationship-building skills
•     Bilingualism (an asset). Requirement in some markets

Travel within limited geographic area with occasional travel to other locations across Canada if required

Job Duties:

• Deliver standard and customized consulting projects to provide a unique offering of professional services to targeted entrepreneurs from a strategic perspective including strategic analysis, planning and coaching. The focus will be on delivering professional, high quality solutions that help the entrepreneur develop their business.
• Manage project delivery by monitoring project scope, budget, schedule and objectives as well as perform quality assurance on projects and deliverables
• Provide practice expertise by being a “subject matter expert” and by staying current on market trends to support development and evolution of practice solutions and tools as well as contribute to business development
• Provide sales support by performing client need diagnostics and input for custom proposals and work in close association with client managers to support transfer of product/technical knowledge and expertise and assist with project delivery and sale of new mandates
• Contribute to practice outreach activities by developing marketing content and participating in the promotion of Business Organizational Capabilities solutions

At BDC, we value diversity in our workforce and encourage all qualified candidates to apply. We appreciate all responses and advise that only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Deadline Date: 20/02/2014

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