Executive Search · Country Manager
For international vehicle brands, importers, suppliers and mobility companies appointing a Country Manager or Managing Director in Sweden or the Nordic region.
A Country Manager in the Nordics often runs a small organisation with a large mandate: dealer or partner network, fleet business, aftersales, marketing and the relationship with headquarters — sometimes all at once.
The right person combines local market credibility with the ability to operate inside an international group's reporting, processes and culture.
A new brand establishing in Sweden or the Nordics, often with a lean start-up organisation.
Moving from an importer to an own subsidiary, an agency model or direct sales.
Replacing an established Country Manager when the market needs a different trajectory.
Combining Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish operations under one leader.
Relationships with dealers, fleet buyers, leasing companies and partners in the Nordic market.
Experience of recruiting a team and setting up processes, not only running an existing one.
Comfort with matrix reporting, global targets and negotiating local adaptations.
Understanding of sales, aftersales and marketing when the organisation is small.
Yes. We support international companies establishing or developing their organisation in Sweden and the Nordics, with offices in Stockholm and Malmö.
Yes. Mandates can cover a single country or a Nordic leadership role.
Tell us about the market, the mandate and the organisation. We will outline how the search would be structured.
Discuss the appointment