Compensation Manager
The Hershey Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Hershey • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Develop, roll out and maintain standardized global compensation processes to ensure consistency across all regions.
- Partner to deliver technology-based solutions that ensure processes deliver accuracy through a simplified and digitized process.
- Monitor compliance with internal policies and external regulations across global markets.
- Drive global compensation year-end program activities, partnering with HR Operations, Talent Acquisition, and others.
- Enhance our partnership and global approach to hourly manufacturing benchmarking.
- Serve as the subject matter expert for compensation surveys and PayFactors platform, elevating how we use data and tools to proactively manage compensation and maximize organizational impact.
- Guide survey participation, ensure accurate job matching for competitive market data, interpret survey results, and deliver actionable insights to inform market pricing strategies.
- Oversee compensation offers to ensure alignment with pay philosophy, internal equity, and market competitiveness.
- Independently manage complex, escalated offers requiring thorough evaluation, market pricing analysis and internal equity considerations, and strategically influence to drive alignment on final decisions.
- Provide coaching and guidance to HR Business Partners and Talent Acquisition to support informed, equitable compensation decisions.
- Analyze compensation data to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities.
- Create dashboards and reports that translate complex data into clear, actionable insights.
- Build business cases and develop compelling narratives to proactively communicate findings to senior leadership, influence strategic decisions, and gain necessary approvals.
- Champion our global living wage strategy to ensure alignment with benchmarks and maintain compliance across all locations.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure equitable pay practices across all geographies.
- Partner with HR Operations and the business to oversee day-to-day administration of short-term incentive programs (One Hershey Incentive Program (OHIP), Sales Incentives (OHIP-Sales and SIP), and Manufacturing Incentive Program (MIP), including ensuring accurate calculations, clear communication materials, timely payouts, and adherence to incentive guidelines.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or related field; CCP certification preferred.
- 5+ years of progressive experience in compensation, with global exposure strongly preferred.
- Expertise in compensation surveys and PayFactors platform or similar survey warehouse.
- Strong analytical and storytelling skills; ability to translate data into actionable insights.
- Knowledge of living wage, FLSA and pay equity principles.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in Excel and data visualization tools; experience with SuccessFactors preferred.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
compensation analysisdata analysismarket pricing analysisjob matchingdashboard creationreportingdata visualizationpay equity analysiscompliance monitoringbenchmarking
Soft skills
analytical skillsstorytellingcommunicationstakeholder managementproblem-solvingcoachingguidanceinfluencingstrategic thinkingcollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Human ResourcesBachelor’s degree in BusinessBachelor’s degree in FinanceCCP certification