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E-commerce / Cross-border E-commerce Executive Search

We deliver mission-critical C-suite & technical leaders for global digital retail operation, cross-border marketplace expansion, and global e-commerce commercial ecosystem businesses.
E-commerce / Cross-border E-commerce

Domestic and cross-border e-commerce anchor global digital retail economies, covering social commerce, DTC brands, cross-border marketplaces and omnichannel ecosystems. Intensified channel competition, algorithmic retail upgrades and stricter cross-border trade compliance create critical shortages of senior operation and strategic leadership talent. Conventional recruitment fails to source passive top commercial specialists, delaying team iteration and global brand outbound expansion.

FORESTOWN delivers global senior talent consulting for E-commerce & Cross-border E-commerce, supporting international DTC brands, marketplace operators, cross-border fulfillment firms and omnichannel retail groups. Our global network of digital commerce and cross-border trade experts provides full-cycle services: commercial talent mapping, omnichannel operational appraisal, transnational compliance checks and full-process onboarding, accelerating team construction and boosting business-scenario talent matching.

As a reliable cross-border digital commerce talent partner, we leverage vertical retail channel insights and global market resources to help enterprises build elite operational and commercial teams, filling cross-border e-commerce high-end talent gaps and retaining long-term channel and traffic competitive edges. Our bespoke executive talent solutions align with clients’ global market layout and omnichannel commercial roadmaps, driving compliant, standardized growth of the global cross-border e-commerce industry.

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Industry Landscape

Booming global omnichannel ecosystem of E-commerce and Cross-border E-commerce

Rapid iteration in DTC branded retail, social commerce, cross-border logistics fulfillment and global marketplace algorithm systems

Intense competition for platform operation, global brand marketing, cross-border compliance and supply operation executives

Need for leaders with cross-border regional market governance, brand global scaling and international trade regulatory alignment

Our Expertise

Subsectors We Cover

1、Global Cross-Border Marketplace Operation (Amazon, Shopify, Temu & SHEIN Ecosystem)
2、DTC Brand E-commerce & Overseas Localized Brand Commercialization
3、Social E-commerce, Live Streaming Commerce & Short Video Retail Tracks
4、Cross-border Fulfillment, Overseas Warehousing & Global Last-mile Delivery Systems
5、E-commerce SaaS Tools, Retail Data Algorithm & Omnichannel Management Systems
6、Cross-border Trade Compliance, Customs Clearance & Global Retail Supply Distribution

Key Roles We Place

1、CEO, COO, CFO, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Chief Growth Officer (CGO)
2、VP of Platform Operations, E-commerce Algorithm & Omnichannel Product Development
3、VP of Cross-border Supply Chain, Overseas Warehouse & Fulfillment Operations
4、VP of Global Brand Marketing, Merchant Development & Strategic BD Expansion
5、Senior Director of Cross-border Compliance, Retail Data Analysis & Brand Localization
6、Overseas Regional E-commerce Center & Cross-border Market Regional Leadership

Our advantage

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74 Countries

FORESTOWN is a professional company of global high-end talent search and enterprise consulting services. It has its own strong knowledge base and global talent knowledge network, and its business covers 74 countries such as America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

5000 + Cooperative Customers

The FORESTOWN serves 5000 customers in 74 countries, and more than 1000 customers have established long-term and stable human resources strategic partnerships to help domestic enterprises introduce overseas talents, and at the same time recommend domestic talents to develop overseas.

10 Working Languages

FORESTOWN consultant team comes from different industries and high cultural backgrounds from all over the world. 45% of professional consultants can work bilingually. The language types involve: Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish 10 languages.

Exclusive Talent Pool

The FORESTOWN exclusively develops and owns the advanced Pipeline management system in China's headhunting industry. So far, it has gathered nearly 10 million people engaged in management, marketing, investment, technology, finance, human resources and other occupations, which are widely distributed in the industry's high-end elites at the level of manager-level director and general manager.

Senior Advisory Team

The FORESTOWN has a number of professional consultants who have delivered more than one million and top experts who have delivered more than ten million. Thousands of hunting cases are successfully completed every year. The consultant team comes from different industries and high cultural backgrounds from all over the world, with bachelor to doctoral degrees.

24 Hour Service

The consultant teams of the three branches of the FORESTOWN can cross time zones, and the three time zones can continuously serve customers 24 hours a day, and fully guarantee the speed and quality of service results.

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Our Executive Search Process

Brief & Industry Analysis

Target Mapping & Talent Intelligence

Assessment & Technical Validation

Shortlist & Stakeholder Alignment

Onboarding & Retention Support

Success Stories

Chief Commercial Officer Hire for a Fast-growing Global Cross-Border E-commerce Brand

Chief Commercial Officer Hire for a Fast-growing Global Cross-Border E-commerce Brand

Client Industry E-commerce / Cross-border E-commerce Challenge Client faced critical gaps in hiring a commercial executive with deep overseas marketplace operation, global brand distribution and cross-border revenue growth expertise, with intense competition for experienced end-to-end e-commerce senior leaders. Solution We executed a retained, cross-border executive search, leveraging our global e-commerce C-suite network to pinpoint and evaluate passive, high-performing commercial management candidates. Result Successfully placed the ideal candidate in 7.9 weeks, aligning with the client’s global market expansion and revenue scaling roadmap, with a retention rate of 100% post-onboarding.

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