Sarah Wilson, Fractional COO and founder of Brightpoint Operations
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Sarah Wilson, Canadian Women in Food member — Brightpoint Operations

Sarah Wilson

Founder & Fractional COO, Brightpoint Operations

I founded Brightpoint to bring 20 years of enterprise operations leadership to founder-led businesses, with one question at the center of the work: where is profit being lost, and what has to change to keep it.
My background spans complex B2B and B2C environments, including ERP Enhancements, enterprise systems integrations, and large-scale operational transformation.

Businesses I work with are not short on demand. The complexity and rework that happen behind the scenes are what limit the mechanics of scaling.
I build the operating systems that hold it as the business grows.

Two fractional COOs. Decades of real-world experience. Practical insight for operators and leaders who are actually running the business, not just talking about it. Co-hosted with Penny Cook — turning strategy into execution, one episode at a time.

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Where I Focus

Margin & cost-to-serve

What each customer, product, and delivery motion actually costs to run and a cold look at how things are priced.

Capacity & throughput

Getting more out of the team and the systems already in place before adding either.

Systems that earn their cost

ERP and platform work scoped to an ROI, not the latest shiny thing.

Operating rhythm

The numbers, meetings, and ownership that keep eroding gains.

How I Work

Three principles that keep the work tied to the bottom line.

Margin Before Growth

Scaling a business that loses money on the work only scales the loss. We fix the economics first.

Profit Is Operational

Handoffs, rework, and idle capacity are financial problems. I trace them to the source and fix the root cause.

Gains That Hold

A result only counts if it survives me leaving. Your team owns the system and the numbers behind it.

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