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Senior Executive Search

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Senior Executive Search
Location: Leeds City centre
Base Salary: Dependant on experience, including a desirable bonus structure (OTE £70k - £100k, 1st year)
Raw Selection is a genuine executive search firm, one of only two in Leeds. We work exclusively with Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies across Europe and North America. We partner with our clients to secure investment and back-office professionals, then our portfolio division introduces the CEO, CFO and COO profiles into the companies they acquire.
Since 2017 we have enjoyed continuous growth and are excited to announce that we are expanding our team again due to our successes. Raw Selections Founder, Alex Rawlings, wanted to build a business that offers its recruiters more than just a phone and a laptop. His goal is to grow into the top executive search firm in the Private Equity industry. We know that in order to do this, we have to hire high-performing, career-focused individuals like you.
Our goal is to empower you to reach your full potential and smash all your career goals.
Life at Raw Selection and what makes us different?
We're committed to creating a positive environment that encourages all our employees to grow personally and professionally. Why? Because we know successful people are happy at home and work. That’s why we’ll push you to set, achieve and surpass your goals both professionally and personally.
At Raw Selection we -
Invest in ourselves
Work hard and stay humble
Are resilient
Win as a team and we lose as a team
Are prepared to make mistakes in order to get better

  • Dedicated team to complete your admin, from research to formatting CV’s and writing job specs, you’ll never spend your time on admin again
  • Not thrown in at the deep end in the hope you’ll earn your swim recruitment badge in the first week, we have an open-door team culture, every firm claims it, but when you ask for help the whole team wants to be the one to solve your challenge
  • No silly KPI’s or unrealistic targets, we measure to improve, not to keep the boss happy
  • Genuine flexibility and freedom: take your lunch, holidays, appointments when you want. Need to work from home that day? No problem, you don’t need to tell us 2 weeks in advance. Whatever works for you, works for us
  • Average fees of circa £70k+ with our largest fee of £220k. Don’t waste your time doing more searches for less money
  • Place genuine executives and collaborate with industry experts, stop recruiting against the generic recruitment firms in Leeds, play against the big executive search firms. Test yourself against the best and win.
    About the Opportunity
    You’ll work on searches in the industrial sector, partnering exclusively with Private Equity firms and their Portfolio Companies across Europe and North America.
    With placement fees ranging from £60k to £220k, this division has a huge amount of potential for growth and we are looking for someone to take ownership of this area and significantly expand the client base. You’ll be responsible for securing and maintaining long-lasting client relationships whilst delivering on searches, closing and negotiation.
    This division has several established client relationships across Europe and North America.
  • 80% of our work is in the US with salaries being 15% to 20% higher than in the UK, coupled with our average placement fee percentages at 30% to 35%
  • Private Equity invests in every industry in the world a sector that offers tremendous growth opportunities and provides exposure to prestigious clients and impactful project
    This position has a clear career pathway
  • Management/Leadership role to progress to taking over the management of current team members or building your own as we aim to grow this division to 15+ recruiters in the next 3 years. Utilising our in-house management development programme and external coaches to make you one of the best leaders in our industry
  • Top Biller utilising our platform to realise our goal of creating as many million-pound billers as we can.
    What you’ll get from us
    We know that people are our greatest asset. We want to see you succeed, and we’ll equip you with all the right tools to help you achieve your personal and professional goals.
  • Personal Development: We know that top performers are always looking to refine their skills. That’s why we’re serious about your personal development – it’s good for you and it enables us to grow the business faster. Our investment in you is second to none, you are about to be brought into a culture of self-development
  • Grow with the company: Raw Selection has ambitious growth plans, including opening new offices and expanding abroad. We are hiring the future leaders, advisors and big billers of tomorrow, joining a business that has opportunities to be at the top of the company.
  • Social Events: We like to celebrate when things go right, so come with restaurant suggestions for our next meal out, axe throwing or join us on our next city break or abroad trip.
  • Investment: In both you, your team and your sector to accelerate your career and ensure you are maximising your potential. Everyone who joins the business has a clear and transparent career path providing you with a roadmap to become a senior manager within our organisation
  • Our Resources: We are incredibly proud of how our CRM enables our recruiters to increase their billing, you don’t build data, you don’t research client lists and the CRM works for you to identify candidates and win you, clients
  • Rewards: Revenue and actions-based pay rise incentives, competitive basic salary, weekly, monthly, half year, and yearly incentives
    Would you describe yourself as someone who is:
  • Wanting to develop their career and manage more senior-level appointments
  • Passionate about sales, business development and progressing their career
  • Resilient, personable and dedicated
  • An experienced Permanent Recruiter with previous billings of £120k+
  • Driven by a desire to achieve and has a strong purpose as to why you want to be a top performer
  • Interested genuinely in the recruitment/executive search industry
    Do you demonstrate any of these attributes? If so, then here are the next steps to joining our team.
    Great talent is what Raw Selection is built on, if you feel like we could be a great fit for you please send your details to us and we can set up an informal call.
    Compensation:
    Basic Salary: Negotiable
    Realistic OTE: £70,000 to £100,000
    Exceptional commission structure

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