Associate Manager Design to Value

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Location: Hershey, PA (Remote) 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. 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? The Associate Manager Design to Value, provides analytical support for Design to Value program, enabling fact-based decision making across teams, supporting baselining, tracking, benchmarking, and valuing. What will you do? Build and maintain product and business fact bases through analysis of product performance, cost structures, value chain drivers, market dynamics, and competitive intelligence to support fact-based decision making. Conduct cost, value, financial, and business analyses , including cost teardowns, benchmarking, trade-off assessments, and business model evaluations, to identify value creation, growth, partnership, and investment opportunities across products and portfolios. Develop decision-ready insights and recommendations by synthesizing complex data into clear business implications, risks, opportunities, and strategic options for leadership and cross-functional stakeholders. Support product roadmaps and strategic initiatives by managing project plans, milestones, dependencies, timelines, and deliverables to ensure alignment, transparency, and effective execution across multiple teams. Monitor market, industry, competitive, and technology trends to assess implications for growth, profitability, product strategy, and market positioning, and communicate actionable insights to stakeholders. Enable governance and execution excellence through performance tracking, reporting, issue identification and escalation, stakeholder coordination, and maintenance of project documentation to drive accountability and achievement of business objectives. Minimum Education & Requirements Experience At least 3-5 years commercial, digital, supply chain, or strategy experience in consumer packaged goods (CPG) or consulting preferred Strong analytical capability to integrate large data sets, create intuitive visualization, and draw insights Create executive-ready written summaries in the forms of visualizations, powerpoint slides, and written analysis Program operations discipline to track ownership, meeting/action management, and crisp written synthesis Financial and business literacy to understand P&L, CAPEX, cash flow, and cross-functional context for decisions as well as implications Education Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, or other analytical subject preferred 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. 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. You may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our online application process as a result of a disability. You can request an accommodation via phone or email. To request an accommodation via phone, please call +1 877-804-1794 and leave a voicemail with your contact information. You may also email a request for accommodation to . 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