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Raphaël Besson

Executive Recruiter – Management Committee | IT | Finance | HR

€600/day
Nantes, FR
3-7 years

Average response time: 24 hours

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About Raphaël

I support industrial, B2B SaaS, and growing SMEs in their recruitment of Management Committee members or high-impact profiles: Sales Director, CFO, HR Director, CEO, CTO, etc.

✅ Executive Search – targeted direct approach, discretion, rigor
✅ B2B Sales Recruitment – high-potential or experienced profiles
✅ Tailored RPO – full or partial management of your key recruitments

👤 Independent consultant for several years, I intervene at every stage: fine understanding of needs, approach strategy, selection, support until signing.

🌍 Based in Nantes, I operate throughout France.
🧠 Strong interest in AI, data & organizational transformation challenges – a subject on which I have already recruited and continue to actively explore.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Nantes (up to 50km), Rennes (up to 50km), Poitiers (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km), La Rochelle (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Iroise Recrutement
    Recruitment Consultant – Executive & Management Committee
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    August 2020 - Today (5 years and 11 months)
    Paris, France
    Recruitment Consultant – Executive & Management Committee
    📍Paris & Nantes — August 2020 to present

    I act as an independent recruiter on high-stakes assignments for industrial companies, B2B SaaS, and growing SMEs/mid-sized companies.

    👉 My scope covers all Management Committee functions: Sales Director, CFO, HR Director, CEO, CTO, etc.

    Types of assignments carried out:
    – Recruitment of key executives or managers (Executive Search)
    – Recruitment of experienced or high-potential B2B Sales profiles
    – RPO assignments (shared time / temporary) for several simultaneous recruitments

    I also support executives in organizing their recruitment processes, analyzing their employer branding, and aiding decision-making in structuring or transformation contexts.

    Sectors: Industry – B2B SaaS – Consulting – Services
    Recruitment Consulting Executive Search B2B SaaS Industry Executive Recruitment
  • Dolead
    Sales & Marketing Recruiter – Freelance
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    December 2021 - March 2022 (4 months)
    Paris, France
    Recruitment of Sales and Marketing profiles in the EMEA region for a fast-growing SaaS scale-up.
    Worked with the Head of Sales to build the European sales team: Account Executives, SDRs, Account Managers.
    Direct approach, profile qualification, funnel monitoring.

    Main challenges:
    – Rapid recruitment in a tight market
    – International targeting (multilingual profiles & SaaS culture)
    – Collaboration with internal Talent & Sales teams
    Sales Recruitment SAAS
  • Morgan Philips
    Recruitment Consultant - Generalist Firm
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    August 2019 - August 2020 (1 year and 1 month)
    Paris, France
    Full 360° consultant mission in a generalist recruitment firm focused on middle/upper management.
    I handled various recruitments (Sales, HR, Finance, IT, Production, etc.) for SMEs, mid-sized companies, and large corporations, working directly with operational or HR management.

    🎯 Main activities:
    – Client brief intake and needs definition
    – Development of search strategies
    – Sourcing and multi-channel direct approach
    – Conducting structured interviews, presenting shortlists
    – Post-recruitment follow-up and client support

    📊 In parallel, I was responsible for developing my portfolio:
    – Targeted business development (Key Accounts, SMEs)
    – Monitoring profitability and firm KPIs: margin, deadlines, satisfaction

    📌 This role allowed me to build a strong results-oriented culture, test my methods on very diverse profiles, and develop a cross-functional view of recruitment challenges in different sectors.
    Recruitment Recruitment Consulting Linkedin Recruiter

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Education

  • Master 2 Change Management
    ISM-IAE
    2019

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