Marketing Account Specialist
About the role
As a Marketing Account Specialist, you will serve as a trusted advisor to pizzeria operators, partnering with them to develop and execute customized marketing strategies that drive business growth and achieve their goals. In this highly collaborative role, you'll manage customer relationships, identify new business opportunities, oversee marketing campaign execution, and provide consultative support throughout the customer journey. Combining account management, marketing execution, and inside sales, you'll work closely with operators, sales teams, designers, and vendors to deliver exceptional customer experiences and measurable results.
The ideal candidate is a relationship builder with strong communication skills, a customer-focused mindset, and the ability to manage multiple projects while uncovering opportunities to expand services and drive program participation. If you enjoy consultative selling, strategic problem-solving, and helping customers succeed, we'd love to hear from you!
About Grande
With more than 80 years of crafting “The Finest Italian Cheeses Money Can Buy,” Grande is a leader in the industry! Whether partnering with independent pizzerias from coast-to-coast to ensure they’re delivering the very best pizza to their customers or assisting our food manufacturing partners in delivering specialty whey ingredient solutions, our commitment to quality can’t be matched. While Grande’s reputation of excellence in the market is important, we believe our commitment to our workplace and community culture is of equal merit – our Associates come first at Grande.
To complement our industry-leading benefits, Grande puts an emphasis on your career growth opportunities, while always promoting a positive work/life balance and supporting the communities in which we live and work. Learn more about our company and our state-of-the-art corporate headquarters at www.grande.com.
Benefits
- Low-cost onsite clinics
- Free onsite fitness center
- Free healthy snacks throughout facility
- Health and wellness reimbursement program
- Associate cheese purchasing program
- Two-year mentorship program
- Relaxation rooms (based on location)
- Coffee and gelato bar (based on location)
- Paid Parental Leave
Explore our state-of-the-art corporate building: https://www.grande.com/careers/#office
Location: Fond du Lac
In Fond du Lac (FDL), you get the full four-season experience – warm summers with highs reaching into the 80s and plenty of sunshine for golf, biking, camping, and live music, and brisk winters with average temps in the 20s and ample snow for snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, ice fishing, and winter festivals. The greater FDL area (population 43,000) is easy to navigate and roughly an hour’s drive from major metros in the state (Milwaukee, Madison, and Fox Cities/Green Bay). Fond du Lac has been rated “Top 100” in job growth among small U.S. metro areas. The cost of living is 4% below the national average, with housing, rent, and property taxes 21% lower than the national average.
Fond du Lac offers wonderful educational partners (public and private K-12 schools and three local colleges/universities), a plethora of things to do and see, and a vibrant business and commerce community. Learn more about calling Fond du Lac home.
Requirements
- 4-year Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, or related field required (equivalent level of experience and education may be considered)
- Minimum of three (3) years of Business to Business sales experience required
- Prior experience in sales planning, sales training, and marketing program development/execution is a plus
- Developing customer marketing plans experience required
- Customer service experience required
- Ability to work directly with independent operators to understand their needs and provide products/services that fit those needs
- Ability to think critically, communicate clearly and effectively
- Ability to multi-task while providing high-quality support to all customers and internal resources
- Proficient in Microsoft Office products
- Database experience a plus
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work closely with others and independently
- Strong attention to detail
- Experience with customer management systems a plus
Preferred Qualifications
- Printing industry knowledge
- Digital marketing knowledge
- Prior experience in the restaurant industry
- Working with project management tools and project management experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or better in Marketing