Masentó Group

I have worked with Richard Blackburn for both his consulting and executive search services throughout my career. I was presented a unique candidate whereby we developed the opportunity to integrate the valuable skillset which had been presented to our organisation, creating the much needed position of Chief Analytics Officer. Richard has the requisite seniority to manage the expectations and integration of such a hire.

CHRO – Global Retailer– EURO 48bn turnover, 315k employees, HQ Germany

Within 8 months of working in close partnership Masentó D&A have rapidly proven themselves to become the supplier of choice for Data, Analytics and AI across the DACH region. We have a strong relationship with the team which is due to the clear expertise of a very experienced account management team who are all recruitment experts but more importantly have work exclusively within Data and Analytics. They are able to interview candidates and make a good assessment and gain the confidence to the candidates, we are making multiple hires each month for what is a fast growing part of our business.

Talent Lead DACH – Global Systems Integrator, turnover 17bn, 289,500 employees, HQ USA

We have worked successfully with the Masentó Data & Analytics team for over 2 years, we find the account management to be on point and always going the extra mile to ensure the best candidates are presented and the process is managed efficiently. We are at a stage where we can immediately invite presented candidates to interview with the business. We consider Masentó to be an extension of our talent team and cannot recommend them as a professional partner highly enough.

Head of Talent Acquisition – Big 4 Consultancy, turnover $48bn, 335,000 employees, HQ UK

We began working with Masentó D&AI for a number of technical positions that we had tried to source internally but we were unable to find the right calibre of candidate. From the very first engagement, the Masentó D&AI team were professional and kept us informed at every stage of the search and understood what candidates a match for a start would be up. With in a matter of weeks we had a shortlist of candidates that met the specifications we provided them and with in four weeks we had three offers accepted from great candidates who are still with the company today. We now rely on Masentó D&A to help us keep scaling our teams as we grow and could not recommend a better recruitment partner.

CEO – AI Start Up, Germany, turnover 11million, 45 employees, HQ Germany

Having worked with Masentó SAP for the past two years, I have always been impressed by their ability to find S/4 Transformation experts in particular those with languages such as German or French. As an organisation we recognise we have demanding budgets and specific requirements. The team at Masentó have really understood our demand and delivered the right SAP experts. I very much see them as a key partner to delivering my projects, wherever they may be located.

EAME Business Execution Manager – Multinational Chemical Manufacturere, CHF6bn, 16,000 employee’s, HQ Switzerland

Masentó SAP have been a great support to me on numerous SAP initiatives over the past 4 years, supporting on some of our key manufacturing and automotive clients in Europe and deploying around the World. They have always provided excellent SAP consultants with in-depth knowledge of their techology and industry which have enabled us to execute some complex SAP transformations. In particular we had great support on a 2yr programme for an American Agricultural equipment manufacturer who were building and deploying an SAP template across the USA and Europe. The provision of local based SAP experts was critical to the successful deployment of the programme.

Partner – Management Consultancy, turnover $4.6bn, 6,100 employees, HQ Switzerland

I have worked closely with Masento Search for the last 12 months as our sole supplier of external leadership resource, we have executed searches for leaders for our EMEA operation as well as several Director positions in the US. Roles such as EMEA Head, Global head of alliances, Leader Customer Success, Account Executives and many more. As a fast-growing software company who are time poor we need to rely on a partner who can quickly understand exactly what we need and deliver results. We also appreciated the flexible approach during the challenge of COVID 19 where we had to put numerous positions on hold. This was completely understood and had no commercial impact on our business, this is a true partnership.

Chief Revenue Office Global Data Software Vendor, USD 30m turnover, 60 employees, HQ USA

Our Group have utilised the expertise of Richard Blackburn and his search team for over a decade. Richard has immersed himself in our business and industry, to understand the complexity of our organisation and the specialist changing market and the demands this translates to our technology and data. We have completed successful leadership and executive hires throughout this period, with a focus in technology, notably CISO, CDO, digital and ecommerce leaders in addition to non-technical leaders in HR, marketing and supply chain etc

CHRO – Global luxury Group – EURO 11bn turnover, 36k employees, HQ Switzerland.

I have worked closely with Masentó Search for the last 12 months, as our sole supplier of external leadership resource. We have executed searches for leaders for our EMEA operation, as well as several Director positions in the US. Roles such as EMEA Head, Global Head of Alliances, Leader Customer Success, Account Executives and many more. As a fast-growing software company that is time poor, we need to rely on a partner who can quickly understand exactly what we need and deliver results. We also appreciated the flexible approach during the challenge of COVID 19, where we had to put numerous positions on hold. This was completely understood and had no commercial impact on our business, this is a true partnership.

Chief Revenue Office  – Global Data Software Vendor, USD 30m turnover, 60 employees, HQ USA

I have worked with Richard Blackburn for both his consulting and executive search services throughout my career. I was presented a unique candidate whereby we developed the opportunity to integrate the valuable skillset which had been presented to our organisation, creating the much needed position of Chief Analytics Officer. Richard has the requisite seniority to manage the expectations and integration of such a hire.

CHRO – Global Retailer– EURO 48bn turnover, 315k employees, HQ Germany