Assistant Manager Customer Marketing

The Marzetti Company • Columbus, OH

5h

About The Position

The Assistant Manager Customer Marketing 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 project ownership, customer execution, and cross-functional coordination to deliver against customer and business priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field.
• Experience supporting innovation or product commercialization.
• Experience managing projects and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and project-management skills.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Collaborative, curious, and action-oriented mindset with strong customer focus.

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of experience in marketing, customer marketing, brand/product marketing, or related roles.
• Foodservice experience.

Responsibilities

• 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; track priorities, timelines, and customer commitments.
• Lead assigned customer innovation and commercialization projects; manage customer briefs, white papers, and product or menu solution recommendations.
• Develop business cases for category marketing approval and lead cross-functional teams through Stage Gate, commercialization, and launch.
• 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.
• Develop customer business reviews with Sales; analyze customer and marketplace information to identify insights and opportunities; support customer meetings, innovation sessions, and follow-up.
• 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; create and maintain customer selling tools and marketing solutions.
• 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.
• Execute assigned trade shows, customer meetings, and industry events, including presentations, samples, materials, and logistics.

Benefits

• Health and life insurance plans
• Retirement savings benefits
• Paid parental leave and paid time off
• Tuition assistance
• Well-being incentives and on-site health care screenings
• Mental health benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level