For four generations, our family-owned company has brought the best of the Mediterranean to the USA. From our Napa Valley headquarters, we take family recipes and the world’s finest ingredients and turn them into something truly special, and we’re proud to be the country’s leading brand of specialty olives and peppers.
As we write our next chapter, we’re looking for bright, qualified candidates to join the Mezzetta family. Our team is passionate about flavor, quality, and fun, and we think food made with love tastes better. From sales and marketing to operations and maintenance, every day is an adventure, and we’d love to have you join us.
We are seeking a seasoned Brand Manager who will be based out of our dedicated Marketing office in Larkspur, CA, with flexibility for remote work. The Brand Manager will serve as a Portfolio Business Lead for their assigned categories at Mezzetta. This involves overall P&L leadership for the categories, including sales growth and profit delivery. The Brand Manager plays an integral role in partnering with key COEs (Sales, Shopper Marketing, R&D, Category Management, Finance, Operations, Creative, and external agencies) to successfully drive business growth and achievement of corporate financial goals.
Ideal candidates will have a passion for, and demonstrated experience, in managing growth in market share and profitability of core product lines. They will need to have classical CPG marketing experience at the Manager level and can translate brand building fundamentals into retail activation. They will also need to have demonstrated relevant experience growing smaller businesses, an ability to manage a portfolio of brands/initiatives and demonstrated successful people leadership.
The ideal candidate will have an immediate connection to our Company Mission and Core Ingredients:
- Crunchy Crunchy: We are hungry for excellence.
- Own It: We think and act as an owner – with appetite, initiative, and responsibility.
- Connection: We build authentic relationships that foster trust and open communications.
- Vibrance: We come to work eager and passionate about fulfilling our vision. When we share our work, we share a part of who we are.
Responsibilities:
- The Business Lead for a portfolio of categories: responsible for sales growth, profit delivery and P&L management
- Lead the development and execution of multi-year marketing plans including:
- Conduct situation assessment and establish business unit objectives and goals in partnership with Sales leadership
- Lead development and execution of business unit marketing plans including: communication strategy and marketing tactics
- Lead the development of national DSMP (Distribution, Shelf, Merchandising, Pricing) guidelines
- Lead the commercialization of New Product launches including go-to market targets, category-centric selling story, tracking
- Integrate shopper marketing programs to amplify the plan in partnership with SM COE
- Monitor base business and new product performance to deliver actionable recommendations to achieve business unit objectives and goals
- Business partner with sales teams in joint business planning with retail partners to achieve business unit growth goals (BU and Mezzetta Corp goals)
- Lead digital marketing as part of brand planning, development of creative assets, execution in market, and results measurement and assessment
- Collaborate and engage with cross functional teams (sales, creative, category management, finance, operations, COE’s) to achieve growth goals
Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of CPG brand management experience, which includes P&L management
- BS/BA degree required; MBA preferred
- Strong analytical skills. Must have demonstrated experience with pricing analysis, share analysis, category and competitive reviews.
- Self-starter with the ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment and meet changing deadlines and priorities
- Strategic thinker with the ability to connect long-term vision to short-term goals and initiatives
- Ability to influence internally and externally to drive compelling Marketing plans and consumer and engagements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Familiar with Nielson and other marketing databases and tools.
- Ability to manage marketing and trade budgets; make needed adjustments to hit targets.
- Experience managing direct reports and developing their skillsets.
About Mezzetta:
Since 1935, we’ve been on a mission to bring a little extra happiness to everyday life and inspire connections over food. We select the finest ingredients the world has to offer, craft premium products made with love, and never settle for shortcuts. We believe that when we share our food, we share a part of ourselves — and that’s the only way we’d put our name on it.
Today, our small family company has grown into a national leader in specialty olives, peppers, and sauces under the leadership of CEO Jeff Mezzetta, and our commitment to quality has never wavered. With an 80-year legacy behind us and a bright future ahead, we’re seeking passionate, driven candidates to help us bring our cherished family traditions to a new generation.
At Mezzetta, we embrace diversity and strive to create an inclusive environment where you know you belong. Part of that commitment includes a zero-tolerance policy and being an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at Mezzetta are solely based on merit, qualifications, abilities and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, marital status, national origin, disability, military or veteran status, family or parental status, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law. All of us share in the responsibility of fulfilling this commitment and creating a culture where our team can thrive.
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