Assistant Manager Customer Marketing
The Marzetti Company
Assistant Manager Customer Marketing
The Marzetti Company
Manufactures and sells specialty food products
At The Marzetti Company, we empower our people and nourish their potential. Find community, be appreciated, experience growth and make an impact as part of our team!
We offer competitive benefits including:
A full list of benefits can be found here https://careers.marzetticompany.com/benefits
Why Marzetti?
At The Marzetti Company, we empower our people and nourish their potential. Find community, be appreciated, experience growth and make an impact as part of our team!
We offer competitive benefits including:
Role Overview:
The Assistant Customer Marketing Manager develops and executes initiatives for assigned customers and channels. The role translates Foodservice and category priorities into customer opportunities, presentations, innovation projects, selling tools and marketing solutions that drive growth and strengthen customer partnerships.
The Assistant Manager leads assigned customer projects and commercialization work, partnering across Sales, Category Marketing, R&D/Culinary, Operations, PMO and other cross-functional teams. The role combines strong project ownership, customer execution and cross-functional coordination to deliver against customer and business priorities
What you'll do:
Customer & Channel Strategy: Execute customer plans aligned with channel and category priorities; analyze customer, category and marketplace trends to identify opportunities; provide demand planning and IBP inputs, including promotions, launches and key assumptions; and track priorities, timelines and customer commitments.
Customer Innovation & Commercialization: Lead assigned customer innovation and commercialization projects; manage customer briefs, white papers and product/menu solution recommendations; develop business cases for category marketing approval; and lead cross-functional teams through Stage Gate, commercialization and launch.
Cross-Functional Project Execution: Partner with R&D/Culinary, Operations and PMO to execute projects that meet customer requirements, develop customer launch plans and coordinate cross-functional inputs and deliverables.
Customer Partnership & Business Reviews: Develop customer business reviews in partnership with Sales; analyze customer and marketplace information to identify insights and opportunities; and support customer meetings, innovation sessions and follow-up.
Customer Presentations & Selling Tools: Develop customer presentations, selling stories and marketing materials using insights and analysis; support research and preparation for current and prospective customers; coordinate category, culinary and product inputs for proposals; and create and maintain customer selling tools and marketing solutions.
Pricing, RFPs & Channel Marketing: Coordinate customer pricing requests and RFP inputs across cross-functional partners; execute assigned customer marketing programs, timelines and deliverables; support channel activations; coordinate promotions, digital activities and selling-tool development; and manage agency and internal project deliverables.
Industry & Customer Events: Execute assigned trade shows, customer meetings and industry events, including presentations, samples, materials and logistics.
The successful candidate will put our values into practice every day:
Hunger. I come ready, pay attention, and refuse to settle for getting by when getting better is possible.
Respect. I know my people by name, show up for them as humans, and never make anyone feel small.
Courage. I say the hard thing, own my mistakes, and carry my team’s voice forward.
Humility. I ask before I assume, learn from those around me, and lead with curiosity over ego.
How you’ll do it:
The successful candidate will put our values into practice every day:
Hunger. I come ready, pay attention, and refuse to settle for getting by when getting better is possible.
Respect. I know my people by name, show up for them as humans, and never make anyone feel small.
Courage. I say the hard thing, own my mistakes, and carry my team’s voice forward.
Humility. I ask before I assume, learn from those around me, and lead with curiosity over ego.
The Marzetti Company manufactures and sells specialty food products. Our retail brands include Marzetti, New York Bakery, Sister Schubert’s and Bachan’s, in addition to exclusive license agreements with Olive Garden, Chick-fil-A, Buffalo Wild Wings and Texas Roadhouse. Our foodservice business supplies sauces, dressings, breads, and pasta to many of the top restaurant chains in the United States.
At Marzetti, our mission is to Make Every Meal Better. We are a spirited blend of tradition and innovation—real people crafting real flavor. We’re not just a team; we’re a promise—a commitment to craft, care, and create a legacy.
Manufactures and sells specialty food products
The Marzetti Company makes and sells specialty foods such as dressings, dips, garlic breads, and dinner rolls, with exclusive licenses for Olive Garden, Chick-fil-A, Buffalo Wild Wings, Arby’s, Subway, and Texas Roadhouse sauces. Its products come from own-brand manufacturing for retail and licensed offerings, while its foodservice unit produces sauces, dressings, breads, and pasta at scale for major restaurant chains. The company stands out by combining retail brands, licensed restaurant products, and a large, nationwide foodservice business to reach households and restaurants alike, while prioritizing high-quality, flavorful foods and lasting relationships. Its goal is to nourish growth and make every meal better through strong products and customer connections.
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