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Fabien Lalanne

Supermalter

Head of TA & People | RPO | Start-up & Scale-up

€570/day
11 projects
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: A few days

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About Fabien

What I do

I work as a freelance Head of Talent Acquisition, integrated into your teams (RPO model), to help you scale your recruitment without burning your bandwidth.
Objective: accelerate the identification, assessment, and closing of the right profiles (Product, Tech, Sales, Ops, Support) during critical moments: fundraising, hypergrowth, team structuring, international expansion.

How I work

▪️Strategic & niche roles: I recruit A-players only
▪️Remote & multicultural: I integrate with your tools, rituals, and objectives
▪️Structuring: scorecards, salary grids, recruitment processes, onboarding
▪️Full-cycle TA: sourcing, interviews, closing - I am 100% operational from day 1
▪️Advising founders/VPs on building a coherent and scalable TA/People function

By the numbers

▪️Average time-to-hire: 3 to 4 weeks
▪️100+ recruitments finalized (C-level, Head of, senior IC)
▪️15+ successful RPO missions in France and internationally
▪>5 strategic recruitments per month, with a closing rate >90%

They trusted me

▪️Malt: 20+ recruitments during an intense scaling phase
▪️Mazars: Recruitment of consultants over 18 months (tech, advisory)
▪>Partoo: TA missions in an international environment (sales, product, ops)
▪️Singulier: 30+ recruitments (data, digital, strategy), structuring of HR processes
▪>Ouihelp: 35+ recruitments after a €30M fundraising (c-level & top management)
▪>Enky: Complete structuring of the HR function (1st People hire), 25+ key recruitments

What they say about me

"A true recruitment sniper"
"Fast, relevant, aligned with our values"
"15 key recruitments in a few months for niche profiles"
"He understands quickly, adapts well, and matches the right talent with the right needs"

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  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Nice (up to 50km), Bordeaux (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Enky | Furniture Solutions
    Head of Talent Acquisition & People
    ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING
    July 2025 - Today (11 months)
    Bruxelles, Belgium
    At Enky, we are transforming the way companies consume professional furniture through our Furniture-as-a-Service model, combining design, quality, and circularity.

    In this role, I:
    ▪️ Attract and recruit top talent to support our international growth and innovation.
    ▪️ Develop a strong company culture, aligned with our values: sustainability, collaboration, transparency, and excellence.
    ▪️ Support teams in their personal and professional development.
    ▪️ Structure HR and people processes to enable Enky to scale effectively while remaining a human and flexible company, true to our remote-first model.

    Our goal: to become the international leader in Furniture-as-a-Service while proving that rapid growth can be achieved without sacrificing our values.
    Scale-up Recruitment Talent Acquisition Talent Management and Employee Development People & Culture
  • Enky | Furniture Solutions
    1st TA | People Team Lead | France - UK - BENELUX | RPO
    ARTS AND CRAFTS
    October 2024 - June 2025 (9 months)
    Bruxelles, Belgium
    Context & Objectives

    Enky is a B2B SaaS scale-up in furniture tech, offering designer, circular, and high-end furniture on a subscription basis.
    I joined the company during a major scaling phase, with a significant volume of recruitment to manage to support business growth.
    Mission directly linked to the founders to build the foundations of the Talent Acquisition function, with an initial focus on international Sales & Ops recruitment.

    Challenges Covered
    ▪️Recruiting internationally (France, UK, BENELUX) without local HR
    ▪️Ensuring a premium candidate and manager experience
    ▪️Structuring recruitment processes to make them scalable
    ▪️Reducing time-to-hire in a high-growth context

    Stack & Methodology Used
    ▪️Tools: Notion, Slack, Google Workspace
    ▪️ATS: Zoho Recruit, Welcome to the Jungle
    ▪️Sourcing: LinkedIn Recruiter, PhantomBuster, Inbound strategy
    ▪️Methods:
    - Customized scorecards
    - Collaborative closing process
    - Centralized asynchronous feedback
    - Structured intake sessions with founders & managers

    Results & Impact
    ▪️Average time-to-hire: 3 weeks
    ▪️100% of recruitments completed on time
    ▪>90% manager satisfaction (immediate feedback after each recruitment)
    ▪️Recruitments made in 7 countries: France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, UK, Germany, Portugal
    ▪️Complete structuring of the recruitment approach for the following departments: Sales, Ops, Finance, Marketing, Tech

    Types of Profiles Recruited
    ▪️Finance: Finance & Admin Manager
    ▪️Marketing: Growth Marketing Manager
    ▪>Ops: Operations Associate, Country Launcher
    ▪>Tech: Product Manager, Bubble.io Developer
    ▪>Sales: Sales Executive (FR, ES, UK, DE), Sales Ops Specialist
    RPO Recruitment Process Scorecard Recruitment Consulting Recruitment Process
  • Partoo
    Senior Talent Acquisition Partner | France & MENA | RPO
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    January 2025 - June 2025 (5 months)
    Paris, France
    𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 & 𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬
    Strategic reinforcement within the Talent Acquisition team at Partoo, a fast-growing SaaS scale-up, focusing on high-stakes commercial recruitments.
    As a Senior TA Partner, my mission was to:
    ▪️ Lead the recruitment of senior Sales profiles in a very competitive market.
    ▪️ Enhance TA delivery capacity for historically long-to-fill positions (+6 months on average).
    ▪️ Support Sales teams in their structuring and ramp-up in France and internationally.

    𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬
    ▪️Multi-country recruitment management: France, Europe, Middle East.
    ▪>Continuous direct advice to Hiring Managers (Head of Sales, VP Sales, CEO).
    ▪>End-to-end delivery for critical Sales recruitments (BDR, Account Executive, Head of Sales).

    𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 & 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲
    ▪>End-to-end management of the recruitment funnel (intake, sourcing, assessment, closing).
    ▪>In-depth work on approach, candidate storytelling, and closing for highly sought-after profiles.
    ▪>Structuring business expectations from the intake stage (quota, segment, sales cycle, product complexity).

    𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝
    ▪>Account Executives (Mid & Senior).
    ▪>Business Development Representatives (BDR).
    ▪>Head of Sales / Commercial leadership profiles.

    𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 & 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝
    ▪>Strengthened TA ↔ Sales partnership at the executive level.
    ▪>Direct contribution to accelerating commercial growth.
    ▪>Secured historically complex and lengthy recruitments.
    ▪>Improved clarity and reliability of the process for senior Sales recruitments.
    MENA Middle East Scale-up RPO Sales

Reviews

5.0

Out of 5 ratings

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Pierre

Boomerang Agency

Reviewed on 10/6/2023

Great experience with Fabien, very responsive and he quickly understood the market's challenges and specificities to propose relevant profiles! I recommend him.
L

Leslie

Mazars SAS

Reviewed on 4/5/2023

Fabien has been part of my team since January 2023. I am extremely satisfied with his integration and his work. Fabien is a sourcing expert! Very adaptable, he quickly understood the ins and outs of the interim management market and the freelance world. Fabien has a relevant approach and quickly matches a client's need with THE right profile! @Fabien, happy to work with you until the summer!

Recommendations

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Education

  • Master's degree, Human Resources Management and Services
    ETS - European Technical School
    2016

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