Dedicated North America office
Acts as your full-time US or Canada presence — strategy, hiring, vendor management, and stakeholder coordination on the ground.
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North-America entry · embedded country managers
Your US or Canada office, on day one.
CountryManagers.org educates international brands on the role of a country manager — your dedicated US or Canada office to lead market entry and growth — and connects you to the importer, broker, distributor, and retailer network that makes it real.
2 marketsUS · Canada coverage
4 formatsEmbedded · fractional · pod · advisory
5 stagesFrom diagnosis to scaled rollout
The role of a country manager
Three responsibilities that show up in every entry.
The country manager isn't a sales role — it's the local CEO of your North America business. Three responsibilities show up across every successful entry.
Channel-by-channel entry
Owns the work of getting authorized in retail, foodservice, club, e-commerce, and natural channels — sequenced for your category.
Regulatory & compliance
Coordinates label, ingredient, FDA, USDA, CFIA, customs, and state-level compliance with specialist counsel and brokers.
Services
Six workstreams the country-manager seat owns.
Each workstream maps to a specific deliverable, partner network, and decision that the country-manager seat owns end-to-end.
Market entry strategy
Channel sequencing, pricing tiers, geographic phasing, and 24-month milestone plan tied to your global brand calendar.
Importer & broker selection
Shortlist and onboard the right import-of-record, broker, and distributor partners for your category and channel mix.
Buyer outreach
Run the calendar of category reviews, broker presentations, and distributor pitches — with localized decks and samples.
Supply chain & 3PL
Stand up warehousing, transportation, and 3PL relationships to handle US/Canada inbound, fulfillment, and reverse logistics.
Trade investment management
Build the slotting, promotion, and deduction plan with TradeSpend.org and SlottingFees.com guardrails baked in.
Local team buildout
Hire field sales, demo programs, and category management as the business scales beyond the country-manager seat.
Engagement formats
Four ways the country-manager engagement is structured.
Format depends on stage, runway, and the channels you're entering. The team helps brands match the right format to the right entry phase.
Conzumables coverage
Country-manager talent, partner network, and market-entry tooling.
CountryManagers.org sits inside the broader Conzumables team — internal and external network of importers, brokers, distributors, retailers, and trade-commission partners across North America.
Embedded country manager
Senior US- or Canada-based operator embedded with your global team — full P&L ownership for the region.
Fractional country manager
Part-time senior operator covering early-stage entry workload before your business justifies a full seat.
Country-manager pod
Country manager paired with a finance, operations, and sales analyst pod for compounded execution speed.
Advisory engagement
Audit-and-advise model for brands that already have a country manager and want a fresh execution review.
Market entry process
Five stages from diagnosis to scaled North-America rollout.
- Diagnose readiness
Audit your global brand for North America readiness — packaging, regulatory, pricing, and supply chain — before stepping into the channel.
- Pick the engagement shape
Choose between an embedded country manager, fractional engagement, country-manager pod, or advisory model based on stage and runway.
- Sequence the channels
Stage retail, e-commerce, foodservice, and natural channels with regional pilots before national rollout — protect cash and learnings.
- Stand up partner network
Onboard the importer, broker, distributor, and 3PL partners required to execute the chosen channel sequence on schedule.
- Run the calendar
Operate the buyer-meeting, trade-show, retail-review, and promotional calendars as a single execution rhythm — every quarter.
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CountryManagers.org educates international brands on the role of a country manager—acting as their dedicated U.S. or Canada office to lead market entry and growth. As part of the TradeCommissions.org and FoodImports.org ecosystem, it connects brands with importers, brokers, distributors, retailers, and strategic partners, supported by the Conzumables team’s internal and external network to successfully enter and scale in North America.
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Curriculum links
Continue the international-entry curriculum.
Trade Commissions How trade commissions support brands within their home countries and promote international commerce. Open preview → Trade Spend Plan total channel investment — slotting, promotion, deductions — before market entry. Open preview → Slotting Fees What slotting is, why retailers charge, and how to negotiate it as part of entry. Open preview → Master Brokers How master broker relationships fit alongside country-manager engagement. Open preview →
Plan your entry
Ready to brief a country-manager engagement?
Send your global brand summary, target launch market (US, Canada, or both), channel priorities, and runway. The team returns an engagement-format recommendation and a 24-month entry plan outline.
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