Reporting to our CFO, the Corporate Controller will be based out of our American Canyon office, located at the southern end of Napa Valley.

In close coordination with our CFO and with a high degree of autonomy, the Corporate Controller leads and owns all accounting functions across the company. This includes ensuring all financial transactions are recorded accurately and timely, and that financial statements provide clear, decision-useful insights into the financial performance of the company. The Corporate Controller is also responsible for ensuring that the accounting function scales effectively with the company’s growth.

The Corporate Controller ensures that adequate controls are designed, implemented, and enforced to protect the company against fraud and theft, leveraging existing systems and processes and continuously improving them as needed.

Responsibilities

Financial Reporting:

• Lead the month-end and year-end close process, including coordination with department managers and the executive team.
• Lead monthly reviews with department heads of financial performance and understand drivers of key variances.
• Advise CEO and CFO of significant budget variances with clear explanations and recommendations.
• Ensure consistency between financial reporting, operational metrics, and business narratives.
• Partner with CFO and functional leaders to improve forecasting accuracy.
• Drive continuous improvements in reporting processes.

Internal Controls:

• Own the design, implementation, and enforcement of accounting and payroll controls.
• Maintain and review account reconciliations monthly.
• Ensure controls protect against fraud and financial risk.
• Monitor adherence to company spending policies.

Systems and Process:

• Act as key owner of accounting systems, ensuring alignment with business needs.
• Partner with IT on ERP optimization and system improvements.
• Ensure data integrity across systems.
• Support system evolution as the company scales.

Policy Ownership:

• Own and maintain company-wide accounting policies and ensure consistent application.
• Evaluate new accounting guidance and determine company impact.
• Lead implementation of new policies across functions.
• Serve as primary authority on technical accounting matters.

Regulatory and Compliance:

• Own relationships with auditors and external advisors.
• Ensure compliance with financial and regulatory requirements.
• Manage bank covenant reporting and statutory filings.

Leadership:

• Lead and develop a high-performing accounting team.
• Set and enforce high standards of accuracy and accountability.
• Promote a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting required.
• CPA highly preferred.
• Experience in a senior accounting leadership role (Controller or equivalent).
• 7+ years of accounting experience including close and financial reporting.
• 3+ years managing teams.
• Strong problem-solving mindset focused on root causes.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience overseeing payroll and compliance.
• Strong communication skills.
• Manufacturing experience preferred.
• ERP experience (IFS or similar) preferred.

The Associate Digital Marketing Manager (Social & Growth) owns and optimizes key digital marketing channels, including social media, email marketing, and paid advertising platforms. This role plays a key role in driving customer engagement, retention and conversion through effective campaign execution, audience segmentation and performance optimization. The role will work cross-functionally with internal teams and agency partners to ensure seamless delivery of integrated marketing initiatives across all marketing channels

Responsibilities

Social Media Management: Own and execute the social content and promotional calendar across platforms, ensuring alignment with brand and business priorities. Drive audience growth through consistent, high-quality content and platform-specific strategies. Lead cross-functional coordination of campaigns, promotions and go-to-market initiatives across internal teams and external partners.

• Content Creation & Optimization: Collaborate with agency and internal teams to develop high-performing, compelling content optimized for engagement and amplification. Monitor performance and report social platform analytics to inform messaging refinement, posting cadence, and creative formats for maximum reach and impact. Ensure consistent voice, storytelling and visual language that aligns with brand guidelines.
• Audience Growth: Drive audience growth through consistent, high-quality content and platform-specific strategies
• Campaign/Calendar Ownership: Own and manage the integrated marketing calendar, ensuring alignment across email, social, paid and promotional initiatives to support business objectives.
• Paid Media: Partner with manager and media agency to execute conversion-driven paid social campaigns supporting Mezzetta.com, Amazon and omnichannel partners.
• Strategy Development Execution: Partner with internal brand management partners to ensure overall social and content strategy aligns with broader marketing, business and go-to-market goals.
• Influencer Strategy & Partnerships: Partner with social agency to identify, vet and manage influencer and ambassador relationships to expand reach and engagement. Oversee campaign execution, define
• performance goals and evaluate ROI to continuously optimize partnerships.
• Trendspotting & Innovation: Stay current on emerging trends, platform features and consumer behavior to identify opportunities to grow brand presence, with a focus on TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest and Reddit.
• Agency Management: Nurture partnership and accountability with social media agency, ensuring timely delivery on content, strategy and reporting deliverables. ·
• Reporting: Track, analyze, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) across paid and organic social media to evaluate effectiveness and ROI. Help maintain and update monthly digital marketing dashboard to visualize campaign performance and identify trends or anomalies.

E-Mail Marketing: Own and elevate Mezzetta’s email marketing program, including campaign strategy, execution, segmentation and performance optimization

• Campaign Strategy & Execution: Plan, design, and deploy email campaigns that nurture leads, drive engagement, support customer retention goals and expand customer list.
• Automation & Workflows: Build and manage automated email journeys (welcome sequences, re-engagement, lifecycle campaigns) to maximize the capabilities on Klaviyo.
• Segmentation & Personalization: Develop audience segments and use behavioral or demographic data to deliver targeted, relevant content.
• Testing & Optimization: Conduct A/B tests on subject lines, creative, and send times to continually improve open rates and conversions.
• Analytics & Reporting: Monitor key performance metrics (open, click-through, conversion, unsubscribe) and generate actionable insights for campaign refinement. ·
• Compliance: Ensure all email marketing adheres to brand guidelines, GDPR/CAN-SPAM compliance, and best deliverability practices.
• Reporting: Track, analyze, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) across email marketing activity to evaluate effectiveness and ROI. Help maintain and update monthly digital marketing dashboard to visualize campaign performance and identify trends or anomalies.

AI & Automation

• AI Integration: Leverage AI tools to support content creation, audience research and product insights.
• Innovation and Education: Stay current with advancements in AI marketing technologies and champion internal learning, ensuring the team leverages tools effectively and ethically.

Digital Marketing & E-Commerce Team Support

• Provide cross-functional assistance with key team initiatives and tasks as needed, including support with budget management. Support customer experience operations to ensure continuity during peak periods and team coverage.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business, Communications, or related fields (preferred)
• 4-6 years of relevant digital marketing, social media and content strategy experience, preferably CPG
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Excel, Outlook, Teams, PPT), Klaviyo, AI platforms (Open AI, Anthropic)
• Experience with Amazon Seller Central, Shopify, AI content creation, digital/social analytics
• Strong understanding of social media channels, best practices, and the evolving social media landscape along with good written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with social media content planning and publishing
• Keeps up to date with industry trends and new platform innovations.
• Creative, innovative thinker who’s not afraid to bring new ideas to the table.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in copywriting and copy editing
• Ability to work independently and exercise discretion but communicate and escalate issues appropriately.
• Detail-oriented, organized and deadline driven with ability to adapt in real time.
• History of high performance.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrates a bias toward action.
• Ability to resolve issues in a variety of complex situations.

The Sales Manager, Northwest region is responsible for delivering Mezzetta’s annual revenue, gross profit, category share, and distribution objectives across a defined portfolio of strategic accounts. This role owns the development and execution of customer-specific business plans, leveraging both direct engagement and third-party broker partners to drive results.

Success is achieved through the creation and execution of comprehensive account plans focused on Distribution, Shelf Presence, Merchandising, and Pricing (DSMPs). The Sales Manager effectively allocates and manages a trade investment budget to maximize ROI while ensuring disciplined execution against plan.  This position is based remotely in either Boise, ID; Seattle, WA or Portland, OR.

Responsibilities

• Revenue Growth: Deliver against annual revenue targets through effective planning and execution.
• Gross Profit: Achieve gross profit objectives through disciplined trade management and pricing strategies.
• Category Share: Grow and defend market share using data-driven insights (Nielsen, IRI, SPINS).
• Distribution: Expand and optimize Total Distribution Points (TDP) across all assigned accounts.
• Forecasting: Develop and maintain accurate forecasts for volume, revenue, and trade spend via internal planning systems.
• Strategic Account Development: Build and maintain strong, influential relationships with key decision-makers, including Category Managers, Directors, and Vice Presidents.
• Profitability Mindset: Continuously identify and execute opportunities to improve account-level profitability.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Finance to drive aligned business outcomes.
• Broker Leadership: Lead, develop, and hold broker partners accountable through structured training, clear objectives, and regular business reviews.
• Field Engagement: Maintain a strong market presence through retail execution checks, customer meetings, and internal collaboration (up to 40% travel).

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive experience in CPG sales, with direct accountability for results across national and/or major regional accounts, including Albertsons Companies and WinCo.
• 5+ years managing and developing broker partners.
• Strong analytical capabilities, with experience leveraging syndicated data (Nielsen, IRI, SPINS) to inform strategy and storytelling.
• Experience with trade management and sales forecasting systems.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Mezzetta is seeking a Director of PMO to serve as the operational backbone of our innovation and enterprise project portfolio. This role will bring structure, clarity, and decision discipline to a fast-paced, cross-functional environment—particularly within our innovation pipeline and stage gate process.

Reporting to the VP of Strategy & Execution, this leader will standardize and elevate project management practices while also acting as a critical thought partner to functional leaders—ensuring teams understand status, risks, tradeoffs, and implications of key decisions.

This role is not just about tracking projects—it is about driving alignment, enabling better decisions, and improving the success rate of innovation at Mezzetta.

Responsibilities

Innovation & Stage Gate Leadership

• Own and continuously improve Mezzetta’s innovation stage gate process
• Ensure clear entry/exit criteria, decision frameworks, and accountability at each gate
• Drive decision clarity and durability—minimizing rework and scope churn
• Partner with Innovation, Marketing, R&D, and Operations to ensure feasibility, alignment, and execution readiness
• Surface tradeoffs (cost, timing, complexity) to enable strong decision-making

Portfolio Visibility & Decision Support

• Provide a clear, consolidated view of project portfolio health across innovation, CAPEX, technology, and operations
• Translate complex project data into clear executive-level insights
• Identify risks, dependencies, and capacity constraints early
• Enable leadership to make informed prioritization and resource decisions

PMO Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead and develop a team of project managers
• Establish and enforce best practices, tools, and methodologies
• Drive consistency in project scoping, planning, and execution
• Train cross-functional teams on effective project management and stage gate discipline

Execution Excellence

• Improve predictability, speed, and quality of project delivery
• Drive accountability across teams for timelines, deliverables, and outcomes
• Lead retrospectives and continuous improvement efforts
• Optimize tools (e.g., Smartsheet) to support scalable execution

Requirements

• 10+ years of project management experience, with significant experience in CPG or food manufacturing preferred
• Demonstrated success leading innovation pipelines and stage gate processes
• Experience operating in ambiguous, fast-changing environments with shifting priorities
• Proven ability to drive cross-functional alignment and decision-making without direct authority
• Strong ability to translate complexity into clear, actionable insights for leadership
• Experience building or scaling PMO functions and improving organizational capability
• Expertise in project management tools (Smartsheet preferred)
• Lean / Continuous Improvement experience (preferred)
• Must be able to work on site 4 days per week, split between Mezzetta’s Larkspur Landing (75%) and American Canyon (25%) offices

Mezzetta is seeking a talented Brand Manager to lead the Olives & Peppers categories, our two largest and highest performing businesses. This is a high-impact role with responsibility for category-leading brands and a clear opportunity to shape their next phase of growth. This position is based in the Mezzetta Larkspur office just north of San Francisco.

This position owns the direction of the business, setting priorities that drive sustained growth and continued category leadership. The role defines how the categories compete and grow, then drives action across the organization to deliver against those priorities and move the business forward.

The scope spans the full business, from defining how the categories compete and grow to driving alignment across Sales, Insights, Finance, and Supply Chain. It requires strong judgment, a clear point of view, and the ability to align the organization behind the growth drivers that define success.

Success in this role comes from building on an already strong foundation and continuing to elevate performance through clear priorities, disciplined execution, and thoughtful brand leadership.

Responsibilities

Business Ownership & Performance

• Own business performance for the Olives & Peppers portfolio, including revenue, share, and contribution targets.
• Sustain and extend category leadership by identifying and executing against the most impactful growth opportunities.
• Translate performance data into clear actions that improve baseline velocity, mix, and trade efficiency.

Strategy & Planning

• Lead annual category and brand planning, defining the role of each segment within the portfolio.
• Translate company strategy into focused, actionable growth priorities.
• Identify opportunities to expand household penetration, increase repeat purchase, and strengthen brand equity.

Retail Execution & Commercialization

• Partner closely with Sales to deliver strong, consistent in-market execution across key retailers.
• Set clear priorities across distribution, shelving, merchandising, and pricing to drive performance.
• Support sell-in with clear, insight-driven category and brand stories.

Marketing & Demand Generation

• Develop and execute marketing programs that balance shopper marketing with targeted consumer demand building.
• Partner with Digital and Creative teams to deliver cohesive, high-impact campaigns across channels.
• Ensure marketing efforts reinforce brand positioning and drive measurable return.

Innovation & Renovation

• Lead the innovation agenda for the Olives & Peppers portfolio, identifying and prioritizing opportunities grounded in consumer and market insights.
• Partner with Innovation and R&D to bring new products to market with strong alignment to category strategy and brand positioning.
• Own product renovation efforts to improve competitiveness, quality, and margin.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Operate at the center of the business, aligning Sales, Insights, Finance, Supply Chain, and R&D around clear priorities.
• Drive clarity, accountability, and momentum across cross-functional teams.
• Contribute to key company processes including AOP, S&OP, and Monthly Business Reviews.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Business, Marketing, or a related field
• MBA strongly preferred
• 5–8+ years of brand management experience in CPG
• Demonstrated experience owning and driving business performance
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills with the ability to translate data into action
• Experience working cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, and Supply Chain
• Proven ability to manage complexity and drive results in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication and storytelling skills

Mezzetta is seeking a high-impact Brand Manager to lead the Pasta Sauce category, a strategically important growth business for the company in a highly competitive market. This is an opportunity to help shape the next phase of growth for a brand with real potential and a clear opportunity to grow our position in the market. This position is based in the Mezzetta Larkspur office just north of San Francisco.

This position owns the direction of the business, setting priorities that accelerate growth and strengthen the brand’s position in category. This Brand Manager will define where to compete, how to win, and what it will take to stand out, then drive action across the organization to deliver against those priorities.

The scope spans the full business, from sharpening brand positioning and driving demand to expanding distribution and building a disciplined innovation pipeline. It requires a strategic, creative, and competitive leader who can move with speed, make sound decisions, and keep the organization focused on the growth drivers that matter most.

Success in this role comes from building momentum, increasing household penetration, and establishing the brand as a stronger and more relevant player in the category.

Responsibilities

Business Ownership & Performance

• Own overall business performance for the Pasta Sauce portfolio, including revenue growth, share, and contribution
• Identify and act on the most critical growth levers to accelerate velocity, trial, and repeat
• Translate performance data into clear actions that drive measurable improvement

Strategy & Positioning

• Define and refine brand positioning to create clear differentiation in a crowded category
• Establish a focused strategy for where to play and how to win
• Translate strategy into clear priorities that guide the organization

Marketing & Demand Generation

• Lead development of integrated marketing programs that build awareness, drive trial, and increase repeat
• Partner with Digital and Creative teams to deliver compelling, high-impact campaigns
• Ensure marketing efforts are grounded in consumer insight and deliver measurable results

Retail & Channel Expansion

• Partner closely with Sales to expand distribution and strengthen in-market presence across key retailers
• Support sell-in with strong, insight-driven stories that demonstrate category and brand opportunity
• Identify opportunities to improve competitiveness through pricing, assortment, and channel strategy

Innovation & Portfolio Development

• Lead the innovation agenda for Pasta Sauce, identifying and prioritizing opportunities grounded in consumer and market insight
• Build and manage a pipeline of products that drive both growth and differentiation
• Partner with Innovation and R&D to bring new products to market successfully

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Operate at the center of the business, aligning Sales, Insights, Finance, Supply Chain, and R&D around clear priorities
• Drive clarity, accountability, and momentum across cross-functional teams
• Contribute to key company processes including AOP, S&OP, and Monthly Business Reviews

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Business, Marketing, or a related field
• MBA preferred
• 5–8+ years of brand management experience in CPG
• Experience building or scaling a brand or category strongly preferred
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to translate ideas into action
• Demonstrated ability to operate in competitive, fast-moving environments
• Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills

Program Objective

The Continuous Improvement / Industrial Engineering Intern will develop hands-on experience in manufacturing performance analysis and process optimization by learning and applying Industrial Engineering methods focused on time study, cycle time, takt time, and line balancing.  Throughout the duration of this 16 week program, the Intern will support Mezzetta’s effort to improve packaging line performance, reduce bottlenecks, and identify opportunities for efficiency and labor optimization.

By the end of the internship, the Intern will:

• Understand and apply time study and work measurement techniques.
• Calculate and interpret cycle time, takt time, and OEE-related metrics.
• Identify bottlenecks and develop data-based process improvement proposals.
• Demonstrate practical Lean problem-solving in a real production environment.
• Present technical findings and communicate improvement ideas effectively.

12 Week Program Outline

Week 1 Focus Area – Orientation & Training

• Onboarding: Safety, GMP, food manufacturing overview
• Overview of Mezzetta packaging lines
• Introduction to Lean concepts and time study methods

Week 2 Focus Area – Process Familiarization

• Observe selected packaging lines in operation
• Map process flow (from depalletizing to case pack)
• Identify key workstations and operator roles

Week 3 – Focus Area – Time Study Training & Data Collection Plan

• Learn time study methods (manual stopwatch or digital)
• Define cycle elements and observation approach
• Create a data collection sheet and sampling plan

Weeks 4 & 5 Focus Area – Execute Time Studies

• Collect detailed cycle time data for each station
• Record operator performance, idle time, micro-stops
• Validate repeatability and accuracy of measurements

Week 6 Focus Area – Data Analysis:  Cycle & Takt Time

• Calculate average cycle time per station
• Compute line takt time vs customer demand
• Identify imbalances and bottlenecks

Week 7 Focus Area – Line Balancing & Optimization Opportunities

• Use data to evaluate workload distribution
• Simulate potential line balance improvements
• Identify waste (waiting, motion, overprocessing)

Weeks 8 & 9 Focus Area – Test Improvement Hypotheses

• Work with operators and supervisors to trial small changes (layout, sequence, method, job rotation)
• Measure new cycle times and validate improvements

Week 10 Focus Area – Optimization Documentation

• Standardize improved methods
• Develop or update standard work charts and SOPs

Weeks 11 – 16 Focus Area – Sustainability & Handoff

• Train operators or leads on improved process
• Create visual management aids (takt board, KPI chart)

Week 16 Focus Area – Final Presentation

• Present “Process Optimization Findings” to CI and Operations leadership:
  – What was studied
  – Data-driven findings
  – Implemented improvements and quantified benefits
  – Future recommendations

Requirements

• Must be currently enrolled as a junior or senior in college and studying Electrical, Mechanical, Process Engineering or similarly manufacturing related discipline
• Must be able to be on site in American Canyon (flexible on hours/schedule)

Familiarity with the following is a plus:

• Stopwatch or digital time study tools (Zebra, MODAPTS, etc.)
• Excel for data analysis and charts
• Line balancing diagrams
• Standard Work Sheet and Takt Board templates

The Associate Food Technologist role will support the development of new products and processes, evaluate and improve the quality of existing products and review their current processes for optimization. The Associate Food Technologist will support R&D, quality, operations, procurement and technical services with projects related to product and process improvement. This entry level position is an amazing opportunity to work in a newly built test kitchen with lots of room for growth. 

The R&D department’s internal customers are Sales, Marketing, Procurement & Manufacturing. Marketing and R&D work together in the development of Mezzetta’s food products. Both departments often work hand in hand to develop a product that will be predictive of its success in the market. Manufacturing is the department’s most important customer. R&D, in this regard, seeks to refine and improve existing manufacturing processes, or to develop new and better ways of making the product. With input from manufacturing, R&D has the potential to reduce costs and increase production efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Develop new products and existing product reformulations, from initial concepts to commercialization.
• Complete supplemental product analytical and sensory testing.
• Provide technical support to R&D on product improvements and collaborate with operations on test runs in production to emulate approved kitchen samples.
• Maintain accuracy of formulations, processes, BOM’s and product specifications.
• Approve new ingredients and suppliers by collaborating with procurement, R&D and QA.
• Conduct research to evaluate the shelf life of new or existing products or test new materials.
• Conduct routine product cuttings and competitive cuttings per schedule with sensory panel.
• Create and ensure accuracy of nutrition facts panels and ingredient declarations for new and/or reformulated products.
• Assess production processes and make recommendations for improvements that are looking to reduce waste or cost or increase quality or profitability.
• Plan and conduct research activities that evaluate new or revised products, ingredients, or formulations for taste, texture, and shelf stability.
• Adjust formulations based on product specifications for production.
• Create and ensure accuracy of nutrition facts panels and ingredient declarations for new and/or reformulated products.
• File for certifications such as Non-GMO, Kosher, Gluten-free, Vegan, etc.
• SQF support.
• Bills of Material Management, maintaining accuracy of formulations, processes and product specifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or related sciences
• Minimum 1-2 years experience in the food industry or related field
• Proficient in Excel, Word, and statistical analysis
• Excellent communicator both written and verbal
• Project leader
• Analyzing information
• Product Improvement
• Multitasking/Dealing with complexity
• Reporting research results
• Promoting Process improvement
• Problem solving
• Technical understanding