Jennifer Britton, Versique Search & Consulting
Title: Managing director, consumer packaged goods division
Age: 37
Consumer products industry veteran Jennifer Britton is leading the newly launched consumer packaged goods (CPG) recruiting division at Versique Search & Consulting, a talent acquisition firm based in St. Louis Park.
Britton has more than 16 years of consumer products experience, calling on Target, Best Buy and Supervalu and other retailers while working for Colgate-Palmolive, Crayola and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
"The point of differentiation I have is I've been in the industry. I can use that knowledge to make sure that people are being put in the right spots whether for the candidate, the client or both," said Britton, who's held vice president of business development and national account manager titles. "I can use that knowledge to make sure that everyone's getting what they want."
Britton said she foresees building a three- or four-person team in Versique's consumer packaged goods recruiting division. "With the manufacturers and the retailers that we have in the marketplace, we have a very strong consumer product growth opportunity, so the need exists." Britton said.
Britton, a graduate of Western Michigan University, said her interest in consumer products goes back to her food marketing studies in college.
