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Why Hershey:
At The Hershey Company, our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hershey's enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy, we create positive impact by supporting communities, helping children thrive, and operating as a business for good. This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School, where we invest in education, workforce readiness, and hands on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom. Supported by strategic grantmaking, product donations, cross brand collaboration, and strong employee volunteerism, Hershey offers a place to work where making a difference-locally and globally-is part of how we do business every day.
Location: Hershey, PA (Remote)
About The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With a strong portfolio across chocolate, confectionery, and salty snacks, Hershey delights consumers every day. Our beloved brands include Hershey's, Reese's, KitKat®, Dots Pretzels, Lesser Evil, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and more.
At Hershey, we are committed to making a meaningful difference in the communities where we live, work, and do business. This commitment originated with our founder, Milton Hershey, and continues to shape who we are today.
Guided by our employee value proposition, Lead Today. Create Tomorrow, we empower our people to drive impact now while shaping what comes next. Our One Hershey mindset brings teams together across functions, geographies, and businesses, enabling us to operate with speed, collaboration, and shared purpose.
The Hershey Company is proud to be recognized as a top employer in the United States, reflecting our commitment to our people, culture, and purpose.
How will you fit in the big picture?
As the Manager for Design to Value, you will play a critical role in advancing our product design agenda, spearheading initiatives that enhance formulation optimization and overall product excellence. This position demands a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of consumer packaged goods, capable of translating market insights and technical data into actionable design choices.
You will lead cross-functional collaborations that challenge assumptions and prioritize initiatives based on rigorous analysis, ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals. Moreover, this role requires the ability to influence senior leadership by delivering structured, data-driven recommendations that guide medium- to long-term strategic planning.
The ideal candidate thrives in environments that blend analytical rigor with creative problem-solving, embracing the opportunity to innovate business models and navigate complex governance processes. Your contributions will directly impact divisional growth and competitive positioning through the intelligent application of commercial intelligence and stakeholder engagement.
What will you do?

• Take ownership of product design initiatives program, including organizing workshops, managing projects, defining scopes, developing business cases, and maintaining comprehensive roadmaps.
• Critically evaluate and prioritize product design decisions in collaboration with cross-functional teams, with a focus on formulation, consumer sensory experience, and manufacturability.
• Collaborate with initiative owners to refine value propositions, assess underlying assumptions, identify risks, and establish clear success metrics.
• Guide and coordinate cross-disciplinary teams through enterprise stage-gate reviews and governance frameworks to ensure timely and effective execution.
• Prepare and present concise, decision-ready reports for executive leadership that distill complex trade-offs and strategic recommendations.
• Manage and facilitate collaboration across multiple business units involved in strategic initiatives to ensure cohesive execution and alignment.

Minimum Education & Requirements
Experience

• At least 5-7 years of experience in R&D, engineering, and packaging within consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies or consulting firms.
• Demonstrated experience working within matrix organizations and leading cross-functional teams through complex project lifecycles is highly advantageous.
• Strong communication skills to effectively engage diverse stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• Exceptional capability to synthesize complex information and influence senior stakeholders with executive-ready presentations that clarify decisions, risks, and next steps.
• Strong analytical skills to maintain comprehensive data on SKU volumes, change management, and capacity constraints essential for project sequencing and resource allocation.
• Proficiency in product design fundamentals, enabling translation of consumer insights into innovative, cost-effective, and manufacturable solutions that enhance consumer experience.

Education

• A Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Food Science, Engineering, or a related discipline is required.

Benefits and Perks
At Hershey, we offer competitive pay and a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, financial security, and life outside of work.

• Health & Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus wellness programs that support your physical and mental health
• Financial Security: Competitive pay, annual incentive opportunities, and a 401(k) with company match
• Time Off & Flexibility: Paid time off, company holidays, and flexible ways of working where applicable
• Growth & Development: Career development programs, learning opportunities, and internal mobility

Benefits may vary based on role, location, and eligibility.
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The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veterans.
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