Chief Executive Officer
Tla’amin Management Services
Location: Powell River, BC
Tla’amin Management Services Limited Partnership (TMSLP) is the business management enterprise of the Tla’amin Nation whose Treaty agreement includes one of the largest coastal land settlements in Canada. TMSLP has a robust forestry business, active aquaculture operations, a recently acquired sand and gravel quarry/crushing operation, an inactive hotel/tourism holding and an active marina and accompanying retail store. The Board sees opportunities to revitalize the hotel/restaurant/pub operations, expand its tourism offerings, and further develop these highly valuable Treaty Settlement land holdings.
Reporting to the Operating Board (the “Board”), the CEO will lead TMSLP to deliver upon a shared vision for economic development and realize overarching economic development goals. The CEO will be responsible for strategic planning and business operations, providing executive leadership and mentoring to a dedicated team. Balancing time between ensuring existing business operations continue to run smoothly and generate profits, while assessing and closing on new business acquisitions and opportunities, the CEO’s mandate will be to grow the enterprise and generate dividends for the Nation.
In the long-term, the CEO’s objective is to create stability, sustainable, measurable and profitable businesses. In the short-term the CEO will ensure that existing businesses are run effectively and appropriately and will work to significantly increase the profitability of Tla’amin Nation’s economic development entities. The CEO will seize existing economic opportunities, create new opportunities, and represent Tla’amin Nation’s best interests during all business activities and partnerships. The CEO will play an integral role on behalf of TMSLP, in the development of a bold vision to make Tla’amin Nation a leading economic development body in BC, the strategies to deliver on this vision, and the operational expertise to ensure subsidiary businesses run sustainably, efficiently, and profitably.
You are an exceptional leader with general management skills and business investment experience who has demonstrated success acquiring, growing and operating profitable businesses. Your experience may come from an investment/holding company, private equity firm, or growth-oriented corporate environment. You bring a demonstrated track records in running profitable business enterprises, evaluating and acquiring new businesses, and/or developing real estate, which will be core to your success as CEO. So too will your strong leadership, communication, relationship development and interpersonal skills. You will also will be keen to live in or near Powell River, BC and have an abiding interest in supporting the Tla’amin Nation to realize the potential of its lands and resources.
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