About this role
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. Job Overview This role functions as an advanced subject matter expert responsible for leading complex strategic initiatives that influence divisional outcomes and support broader planning. It manages large cross-functional workstreams, applying deep expertise in strategic analysis, business model evaluation, and long-range planning. The role identifies growth opportunities, evaluates potential innovations, and integrates commercial intelligence into medium- to long-term strategic recommendations. It collaborates across multiple functions to resolve complex challenges and ensure that strategic work aligns with organizational objectives and priorities. Accountabilities 1. Lead Large, Complex Strategic Initiatives The role independently leads strategic initiatives that span multiple functions and shape critical business outcomes within a division or function. It defines project scope, aligns partners across related areas, and builds structured workplans to guide execution. It tracks progress, removes roadblocks, and adjusts plans to maintain momentum and ensure delivery against strategic objectives. 2. Influence Functional Strategic Decision-Making The role synthesizes commercial intelligence, market insights, and financial implications to shape recommendations for functional and divisional leaders. It presents structured decision options, articulates tradeoffs, and clarifies impacts across the value chain. It supports alignment around strategic choices that prioritize long-term value creation and cross-functional implications. 3. Assess Medium- to Long-Term Business Trends and Growth Opportunities The role evaluates emerging market dynamics, competitive shifts, and technological developments that may influence growth and profitability. It uses research, benchmarking, and scenario analysis to generate actionable insights on risks and opportunities. It converts these insights into prioritized recommendations that inform functional and divisional planning. 4. Develop and Evaluate Business Model and Growth Opportunities The role conducts structured assessments of potential business model innovations and growth paths. It performs financial evaluation, scenario analysis, and feasibility assessments to determine strategic value and operational viability. It collaborates with cross-functional teams to validate assumptions and ensure proposed models align with organizational capabilities and objectives. 5. Manage Strategic Workplans and Cross-Functional Execution The role develops comprehensive workplans that outline objectives, milestones, roles, dependencies, and risk mitigations. It manages execution across multiple workstreams, coordinating deliverables and resolving issues that affect timeline, scope, or quality. It ensures project outcomes remain tightly connected to defined strategic priorities and performance targets. Minimum Education & Requirements 7+ years 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 [email protected]. Please be sure to include “Accommodation Needed” in the subject line. This will ensure that your email is routed to the appropriate contact who will handle your request.