CURTIS FOOD RECRUITERS - Key Persons
Amanda brings nearly 20 years of successful human resources and talent acquisition leadership experience, primarily within the healthcare sector where she held a variety of management roles across complex, multi-site businesses. Throughout her career, Amanda has been involved in various talent acquisition initiatives. She has recruited a wide range of roles, from individual contributor to executive and C-suite. Most recently, she expanded her expertise to include consumer-packaged goods (CPG) and food manufacturing.
Amanda brings with her a wealth of experience in relationship building, management, leadership development, and creating a positive candidate experience. Her approach is characterized by warmth and transparency, and she is dedicated to serving the needs of both clients and candidates. Amanda's skillset and qualities make her an invaluable partner in ensuring that talent is optimized within organizations.
Job Titles:
- Director of Executive Search
Eli began his career in staffing, developing skills in hiring and retaining both office and field talent in challenging markets. He quickly grew into multi-site management roles where he has had success in creating long-lasting client, candidate, and internal relationships. Joining Curtis Food Recruiters in 2022, he brings years of professional-level industrial sales, account, and recruitment management experience.
Eli's background in contract negotiation, budgeting, sales, and team-building complements his skills as an accomplished recruiter. His passion is connecting professionals with great opportunities and building long-term relationships. He identifies the unique needs of both the companies and candidates he works with to find the best fit. Eli holds a bachelor's degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead.
Julie Curtis is a savvy executive recruitment professional with seventeen plus years of food and retail industry experience. She began her food industry executive recruitment career with a boutique search firm servicing food manufacturing, grocery and retail-based Fortune 500 Companies.
In 2002, she joined Nash Finch Company, a Fortune 500 grocery retailer and wholesaler.
She led the talent acquisition function for corporate and field including; diversity recruitment, AAP/OFCCP, workforce planning, organizational development, employee relations and HR strategy.
Julie's philosophy is to match the right person to the right job by clearly understanding the organization's culture along with the specific skills, knowledge and experience required to be successful in that position.
Julie started Executive Resource Solutions, Inc. (now Curtis Food Recruiters) in 2006, combining her experience in merchandising and supply chain along with food industry executive recruitment and corporate talent acquisition. Julie earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Minnesota State University in Marketing, and completed her Professional in Human Resources certification in 2005.
Julie specializes in executive recruitment of top talent for food and retail companies. Her expertise includes sourcing, recruiting, attracting, closing, diversity recruitment, and AAP / OFCCP.
Julie's professional experience includes:
• President with Curtis Food Recruiters a division of Executive Resource Solutions
• Head of Talent Acquisition for Nash Finch Company
• VP of Recruitment Agri-Business Services
• Various Merchandising and Supply Chain positions for Nash Finch, SuperValu and US Foodservice
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Talent Strategy
Lynn Ducharme began her career in Human Resource Management, with the majority of her tenure focused on c-level/executive recruiting. She brings over 7 years of Human Resource Management and recruiting experience to our team. As a graduate of Upper Iowa University, she holds a bachelor's degree and is currently pursuing an MBA.
Lynn's passion is working with small to mid-size, privately held organizations in leadership/ownership transition. She is a brand champion for her clients and enjoys partnering with senior leadership to drive change. As a true talent partner, Lynn is dedicated to representing both her clients and candidates accurately and completely, with service that is second to none.