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Req ID:  96576
Function:  Human Resources
Posted:  Oct 15, 2025
Location: 

Paris, J, FR, 75002

Senior Manager Executive Search

THE ROLE

 

What You Will Do

The Senior Manager Executive Search will support several of COTY stakeholders and be responsible for designing and conducting research and execute searches for senior leadership roles.


You will not only personally execute the searches across the designated business groups, but also partner closely with the business and HR to ensure that we have the leadership bench strength to drive effective and efficient succession management.

The Senior Manager Executive Search will be responsible for the identification, assessment, and delivery of professional talents mainly in EMEA, but also in other regions that will provide COTY with a competitive advantage.

You will bring deep expertise and market knowledge while staying on top of trends, market changes, while delivering outstanding candidate experience through the engagement and connection of critical and diverse talent pools.

 

You will report to the Director Talent Acquisition Global Brands and R&D.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Building and developing strong professional network with external candidates. Supporting COTY’s employer brand
  • Leading proactive external mappings to make sure we have strong pool of candidates for business-critical and hard-to-fill roles
  • Serving as a strategic Talent Advisor by actively establishing a collaborative relationship with business leaders by providing recommendations and talent insights using deep technical acuity, market knowledge, and a strong network
  • Representing the company as a trusted professional in the market among the senior executive community by showing technical expertise and remaining largely connected
  • Promoting agile thinking through a fast, adaptive, and iterative recruiting approach
  • Working on the complete end-to-end recruitment process for internal clients
  • Using business data, technology, and other operational metrics to recommend a diverse pool of candidates to the hiring managers and engaging with passive and active talent
  • Driving a best-in-class candidate experience, cultivating long-term relationships and building a sustainable candidate pipeline.

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS

 

  • A minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience in sourcing and recruiting international executives in either a retained search firm, agency or in-house 
  • Experience in recruiting international Beauty profiles, strong understanding of the Beauty industry.
  • Expertise in sourcing, market mapping and candidate assessment. 
  • Exceptional relationship-building and networking ability at senior levels. Proven experience building and maintaining long-term executive talent pools.
  • Excellent understanding around executive compensation plans, strategies and industry benchmarks.
  • Organizational agility including strong aptitude for working in a matrixed and global changing environment. 
  • Data-driven, structured, and critical thinking skills with thorough attention to detail. 
  • Excellent communications skills (both written and verbal) and influencing skills in French and English

 

WHAT WE OFFER

 

This is a unique opportunity to make a difference in a diverse environment with a team of professionals who are passionate about their work and know how to have fun along the way.

 

Coty’s global omni-working policy provides the option to work up to 50% of your month remotely. We believe that a flexible philosophy of remote working gives everyone the freedom to choose what works for their individual circumstances and empowers them to always perform at their best.

 

 

ABOUT US

 

Our people make us who we are. They are the brightest minds bringing the boldest ideas to life every day. If you’re the kind of person who refuses to settle, if you want to think bigger, learn faster and go further than you ever thought possible – we’d love to hear from you.

 

Coty is deeply committed to Changing the Conversation around Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to create a more open, inclusive, and diverse workplace where all employees can be their authentic self.

 

 

Country/Region:  FR
City:  Paris