Principal Partner

Job Title: Principal Partner Location: Leeds Company: Fynde Global Recruitment About Us: Fynde is a boutique global headhunting firm with a reputation for excellence across fashion, luxury, beauty, personal care, packaging, and the wider consumer goods industry. We partner with some of the worlds leading brands, providing management and executive-level talent through our retained search, interim, and contract solutions. Our approach is highly commercial, consultative, and designed to deliver exceptional results. Role Overview: We are seeking a Principal Partner with proven expertise in managing a 360 recruitment desk and a track record of winning and developing new business. This is a senior-level role suited to individuals who thrive in a high-performance, entrepreneurial environment and have the capability to build strong relationships with management and C-suite stakeholders across international markets. The role will also consist of managing and developing a high-performing team. Key Responsibilities: Drive end-to-end 360 recruitment processes across global markets, from client acquisition and strategy through to candidate delivery and placement. This includes mapping target markets, developing tailored headhunting campaigns, conducting high-level candidate assessments, and ensuring a seamless process from first engagement to successful placement. Proactively identify, win, and manage new business opportunities, building long-term partnerships with clients. You will focus on securing retained search mandates by leveraging your consultative approach, identifying client needs, delivering tailored recruitment solutions, and creating strategies that generate long-term value and repeat business. Act as a trusted advisor to clients, leveraging deep market knowledge within the fashion, luxury, beauty, personal care, packaging, or broader consumer goods sectors. By offering market intelligence, salary benchmarking, and strategic hiring insights, you will position yourself as a partner to senior decision-makers, shaping their talent strategies. Deliver retained management and executive search mandates, including high-value and complex leadership hires. This involves leading sophisticated executive search projects for senior and management-level positions, ensuring you attract, assess, and secure top-tier candidates aligned with client expectations. Lead high-quality candidate engagement, headhunting, and assessment activities to secure top talent globally. From crafting compelling approaches to conducting in-depth behavioural and competency-based interviews, you will ensure each candidate is thoroughly evaluated for both skills and cultural fit. Manage, mentor, and inspire a team of consultants, driving collective success and fostering a culture of excellence. You will be responsible for setting performance standards, providing hands-on coaching, and creating a collaborative environment where consultants thrive and deliver exceptional results. Contribute to the continued growth of Fynde by developing client relationships, expanding accounts, and mentoring junior consultants as required. You will work closely with leadership to build the firms presence in key markets, explore new industry verticals, and enhance overall brand reputation. Track and achieve revenue targets through strong commercial acumen and a proactive approach to business development. This includes setting realistic revenue goals, maintaining a strong pipeline of opportunities, and consistently exceeding personal and team targets. Key Requirements: Demonstrable success in managing a 360 recruitment desk with consistent billing performance. You will have a proven track record of full-cycle recruitment, from lead generation and pitching to delivery and aftercare, with strong results in competitive markets. Proven track record of winning and delivering management and senior-level assignments within relevant sectors, ideally across fashion, luxury, beauty, personal care, packaging, or consumer goods. You must be confident working on high-profile and often confidential assignments, demonstrating discretion, resilience, and persistence in challenging searches. Experience in managing or leading a team within a recruitment environment. You should be comfortable mentoring and leading consultants, with a passion for developing talent and enhancing team performance. A strong network of senior contacts and decision-makers in these industries. You will have established relationships with hiring managers, HR leaders, and C-suite executives across relevant sectors, enabling you to quickly generate opportunities. Excellent commercial acumen, negotiation skills, and the ability to structure retained agreements. You will be skilled in building compelling value propositions, securing retainers, and negotiating commercial terms to maximise profitability. Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to work autonomously while being part of a collaborative, high-performance team. You will excel in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment where you can balance independent drive with team collaboration. Global mindset with experience managing cross-border recruitment projects. Experience working with international clients, navigating different cultural expectations, and delivering global talent solutions is essential. Why Join Fynde? Opportunity to lead high-profile management and executive searches with world-renowned brands. Youll work with prestigious global companies on assignments that shape leadership teams and drive industry innovation. A boutique, consultative environment with global reach and flexibility. We operate as true consultants, allowing you to focus on quality over volume and giving you the freedom to build a market you own. A highly attractive package with a competitive base, bonus structure, and the opportunity to be enrolled in an equity share programme. We reward performance with exceptional financial incentives, long-term earning potential, and a pathway to ownership through equity participation. The chance to shape and grow your own market portfolio with support from an experienced leadership team. Your ideas, strategy, and business plans will have a direct impact on Fyndes growth and success.55b20050-bc17-4e5d-bfce-3c406318dffc

Created: 2025-08-01