sales recruitment agency and headhunters for consulting
your consulting-firm salespeople and business managers, hired by headhunters who know how engagements get sold.
We hand your role to the headhunter with the most sales hires at consulting firms: selling engagements, the order book, the partner-client relationship.
- no setup fees, pay on hire
- guaranteed replacement
they hire their consulting-firm salespeople with muzzo
how do you hire a salesperson for a consulting firm?
Muzzo hires the salespeople of consulting firms: business managers, business engineers, client account managers who sell engagements. Each role goes to the headhunters with the most hires in this field at firms. They check the order book and engagements signed. Fee of 5 to 30%, paid on hire. Leaves within 3 months: we restart the search free.
the figures
sales hiring at consulting firms in figures
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 30 (business development) (opens a new window), 2025 data
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 30 (business development) (opens a new window), 2025 data
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 30 (business development) (opens a new window), 2025 data
how it works
you only pay if you hire
01
you describe the role
Using the form above: the role, your firm, your practice. The rest is scoped in your first conversation with the Muzzo team.
02
the right headhunters get started
Those who have already sold this kind of engagement, at a consulting, audit or strategy firm.
03
you meet the profiles
Approached and screened by the headhunter. You choose who you meet.
04
you hire, then you pay
Not before. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, we restart the search at no cost.
they hired with muzzo
Muzzo's strength is the diversity of its recruiters: there is always someone listening to our needs.
With Muzzo, I get the reactivity of a marketplace and the quality of a search firm.
let's talk about your role
Antoine and the Muzzo team help you scope your role and choose the right headhunters. Describe your role in the form: we'll call you back to discuss it.
Antoine GigomasCEO and co-founder of Muzzo
one last question?
You set the fee for each role, between 5 and 30%, and you only pay it on hire. No deposit, no fixed fees. A junior account manager and a head of business development do not call for the same search effort: the fee follows that difference.
You get a double guarantee. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, for example because the client portfolio or the practice were not what was planned, we restart the search at no cost. If no replacement is found within 4 months, we refund 50% of the fees. On average, 94% of Muzzo hires are still in post after 3 months.
our consulting-sales headhunters are ready to start
A hire signed in under 26 days. You only pay when you hire.
the reality
selling an engagement isn't selling a product
a service, not a catalogue product
A firm's business manager sells an engagement that is priced and negotiated case by case. The headhunter checks for this kind of sale, not just the job title.
the order book depends on the partners
At a firm, selling an engagement often means relying on the reputation of the partners and consultants already in post. A good product salesperson isn't always comfortable with that.
retention matters as much as closing
A firm's client renews from one engagement to the next: the business manager has to sell the next engagement as much as open new accounts.
the roles
the sales profiles our headhunters go after for a consulting firm
From selling the first engagement to leading business development, each role goes to a headhunter who knows how intellectual services get sold.
business manager and business engineer
They sell the firm's engagements and staff consultants with clients. At a firm, they're the one who fills the order book.
sales performance analyst
They support the sale of engagements, prepare proposals and track the firm's sales performance. We hired a sales performance analyst for KPMG.
already hired at firms
account manager
They develop a client portfolio across a sector or practice, often working directly with the partners.
head of business development
They structure the firm's sales function, set targets by practice and hire the next salespeople.
the method
a headhunter who knows how consulting engagements get sold
Selling a product and selling a consulting engagement are not the same job. The method starts from the type of engagement and the practice.
the brief starts from the practice and the type of engagement
Audit, strategy, ERP, transformation: the practice and the size of engagements matter more than the job title.
a headhunter who specialises in sales at firms
Among more than 2,500 selected headhunters, your role goes to those with the most hires in this field at consulting firms.
an order book checked
The headhunter checks the engagements sold and the client portfolio managed, not just the name of the previous firm.
hiring a salesperson for a consulting firm
why use a sales recruitment agency for consulting?
A firm's business manager or account manager sells an intellectual service, not a catalogue product. Every engagement is priced and negotiated case by case, often by relying on the reputation of the partners and consultants already in post.
A sales recruitment agency specialising in consulting knows this exercise: it knows what an order book carried at a firm is worth, and approaches profiles already in post at a competing firm, the ones who never answer job ads.
are consulting firms still hiring salespeople in 2026?
According to the France Travail BMO 2026 survey, 6,690 recruitment projects for managerial sales, buying and marketing roles are planned nationally, 32% of them rated difficult, close to the all-roles average (43.8%).
For a consulting firm, this salesperson weighs directly on the consultants' activity: no engagement sold means no staffing. Every hire counts double.
business manager, account manager, head of business development: whom should you hire?
The business manager sells engagements and staffs consultants with clients: at a firm, they're the one who fills the order book. The account manager develops a portfolio across a sector or practice, often working directly with the partners.
The head of business development structures the firm's sales function and sets targets by practice. These three profiles are neither found in the same networks nor judged on the same criteria.
your questions about sales recruitment at consulting firms
According to Apec, managerial business development roles employed in the consulting and business management sector earn a median €55k gross a year, and 80% between €33k and €92k (2025 edition).
Yes. According to Apec, managerial business development roles earn a median €58k gross a year at firms with fewer than 250 staff, against €67k at larger firms (2025 edition).
Yes, partly. According to the France Travail BMO 2026 survey, 32% of the 6,690 recruitment projects for managerial sales, buying and marketing roles are rated difficult, close to the all-roles average (43.8%).
Our consulting page covers every job at a firm: auditors, consultants, developers. This page is for sales profiles only: business managers, business engineers, account managers.
Our sales page covers every sector, from retail to construction. This page is for salespeople who sell consulting engagements, a job that calls for selling an intellectual service and relying on the partners' reputation.