Assistant Marketing Manager-Foodservice (National Accounts)

About Us

The Marzetti Company (Nasdaq: MZTI) manufactures and sells specialty food products. Our retail brands include Marzetti dressings and dips, New York Bakery garlic breads, and Sister Schubert's dinner rolls, in addition to exclusive license agreements for Olive Garden dressings, Chick-fil-A sauces and dressings, Buffalo Wild Wings sauces, Arby's sauces, Subway sauces, and Texas Roadhouse steak sauces and frozen rolls. 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 through high-quality, flavorful food. Led by our purpose, to nourish growth with all that we do, our team members are dedicated to creating great tasting food and cultivating deep and lasting relationships.

Overview

We kindly request that recruitment agencies and staffing firms refrain from submitting unsolicited resumes to our company. Any resumes sent without a prior agreement and access to proper submittal into the ATS will be considered the property of T. Marzetti, and we reserve the right to contact those candidates without any obligation to pay a fee.

The Assistant Marketing Manager-Foodservice (National Accounts) is critical in managing customer portfolio of products and internal management of customer plans and initiatives. This highly organized individual will collaborate effectively cross-functionally to harness resources to enhance customer success and business growth.

Responsibilities

• Forecasting and Sales Performance Reporting:

• Accountable for monthly sales forecast. Responsible for providing input to Demand Planner leveraging sales and customer input, market analysis, historical data, and industry trends. (Demand Planner generates the forecast)

• Regularly analyze and report on AOP (Annual Operating Plan) progress, identifying risks and opportunities for improvement.

• Manage LTO (Limited Time Offer) and promotional initiatives, overseeing execution from conception to launch.

• Product Portfolio Management (Customer Portfolio)

• Track performance of product lines through daily reporting (sales, inventory, service) and monthly financial performance

• Submit pricing requests and briefing based on market dynamics to pricing team.

• External Customer Support:

• Serve as the primary internal liaison for customer portfolio and marketing needs, partnering with Sales, Finance, Pricing, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, PCMs, Customer Service, R&D, Culinary & Innovation.

• Conduct thorough market research to understand foodservice industry trends and customer preferences, translating insights into actionable recommendations to customer and internal team.

• Complete customer-specific reports and lead business reviews, ensuring alignment on inventory, forecasting, and promotions.

• Create impactful marketing materials and maintain a calendar of customer events and conferences.

• Product Innovation and Management:

• Develop & present the business case at Stagegate meetings, ensuring alignment on key deliverables.

• Plan, coordinate, and execute product launch strategies, acting as the main point of contact for customer projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in marketing, product management, or financial analysis, with a focus on product management, product launches and planning.
• CPG/food experience highly preferred
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data
• Proven project management skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, presentation skills an asset
• Experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Familiarity with key industry insights tools a plus.

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