Chief Executive Officer - Confidential Search

A founder-backed CEO role at a company thats already done the hard part.

Were running a confidential search for a growth-stage business that sells shipping containers to businesses and consumers across North America - national retailers, farmers, logistics operators, anyone who needs one. They source globally from container factories, wholesalers and depots, and own everything in between: purchasing, inventory, delivery, storage, and the customer relationship.

This isnt a listings site or a broker. They buy, they own, they sell. Deals run $2,000 to $20,000+, and most close with a real conversation - because nobody spends that on a physical asset without talking to a person first.

The company scaled fast, took the full force of a market correction, and rebuilt around profitable unit economics. Its now lean, profitable, and back in growth mode. The founder took it from zero to here over seven years and has made a deliberate decision: the next chapter needs a different kind of leader.

• Accelerate US market share in the core business
• Expand into a new geography (Europe or Asia) or launch an adjacent unit like container wholesale
• Position the company for a successful exit
• Protect the profitable growth model the team fought hard to build

Run the commercial engine (the biggest part).

Own the supply side.

Own the P&L and the company.

Must-haves:

• Proven P&L ownership - a business unit, country, division or company with real accountability for the result
• A sales-led operator - youve built, run or turned around a high-performance B2B sales org,
  
  
  
  and you enjoy it
• Commercially sharp - you understand how deals get done and where margin actually comes from
• Data-driven and hands-on - decisions from numbers, and you get into the weeds
• Lean by habit - youve delivered in rapid-moving, resource-constrained environments
• B2B depth - ideally logistics, supply chain, distribution, industrial B2B, or another tech-enabled business with real physical operations behind it

Nice to have:

• A top-tier consulting background (McKinsey, Bain, BCG or similar) followed by several years in a hands-on operating role with real line responsibility
• Launching a new geography or business line from scratch
• M&A experience on either side of the table
• Already in Ontario, or Canadian and looking to come back

youre a corporate executive who sets strategy rather than drives execution, your background is pure SaaS / product-led growth with no physical operations, or youve always had a large support function to lean on.

Competitive base salary plus an aggressive performance bonus, ESOP, and a meaningful share of exit proceeds. Our client is looking for someone genuinely motivated by the bonus-equity-exit combination.

A physical moat software cant replicate. Unit economics proven under pressure. A fully supportive founder with no agenda beyond a clean handover - hell stay as long as needed. And a sector with multiple active acquirer types looking at the space. For the right person, this is a 3-4 year window to scale something that already works, and to own a meaningful share of what it becomes.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. Applications are welcomed from candidates of all backgrounds.