Sr. Manager, Customer Development

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Aspire Bakeries is a North American

baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked

goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food

portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts,

muffins and pastries from beloved brands like 

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La Brea

Bakery ®, 

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Otis

Spunkmeyer ®, and 

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Oakrun Farm

Bakery ®. With 13 bakeries in North America,

we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming

consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers’

expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity,

Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver

on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and

Collaboration.

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Aspire Bakeries

is looking for a Sr. Manager, Customer Development

to lead one of our most important strategic

accounts. In this role, you’ll own the customer relationship

end-to-end—from sales strategy and account planning to execution,

merchandising, and promotions—ensuring we deliver on key revenue

targets and drive sustainable growth. Partnering closely with

Marketing, Brand Management, and Supply Chain, you’ll align

Aspire’s objectives with the customer’s corporate strategy, manage

product performance, and provide quick, effective solutions to

quality or food safety issues. This is a highly visible role where

you’ll influence business direction, lead presentations and

negotiations, and strengthen long-term partnerships while

identifying new opportunities for distribution and innovation.

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Responsibilities :

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Manage this key strategic account to

achieve volume goals through new placements, positioning,

merchandising and promotion.

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Serve as expert with this assigned

customer, understanding the customer’s corporate strategy, and how

to align the company with the customer’s

strategy.

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Collaborate with Marketing and Brand

Management team to develop and implement plan to meet and exceed

annual budget.

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Communicate with existing Aspire customer

development to make sure we are cohesive and aligned to Aspire’s

overall strategic direction.

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Manage and drive this strategic account from end to

end, and ensuring we meet our targets.

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Works with internal stakeholders to ensure we meet

the customers’ expectations on product.

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Able to respond quickly to any quality or food

safety opportunities and provide solutions and next

steps.