Manager, Enterprise Transformation
The Hershey Company
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Supports the design and delivery of enterprise business capabilities aligned to Hershey’s enterprise strategy and long-term value priorities
- Translates strategic priorities into clearly defined initiatives, roadmaps, and execution plans
- Ensures initiatives are structured to deliver measurable financial and operational outcomes
- Partners with initiative owners to develop and refine value cases, assumptions, risks, and success metrics
- Leads cross-functional teams through enterprise stage gate and governance processes
- Prepares clear, decision-ready materials for senior leaders, synthesizing complex tradeoffs and recommendations
- Owns day-to-day leadership of assigned modernization initiatives and capability builds
- Coordinates workstreams across business and technology teams, managing dependencies and delivery risks
- Drives initiatives from pilot → scale → sustain, with a focus on enterprise adoption and embedded ways of working
- Acts as a connective leader across Strategy, Commercial, Supply Chain, Finance, HR, and Technology
- Influences outcomes without direct authority by aligning stakeholders around enterprise value and priorities
- Builds trusted relationships with functional leaders and execution teams
- Partners with Finance and Strategy to track benefits realization, productivity gains, and performance vs. plan
- Identifies risks to value delivery and drives corrective actions
- Drives governance and reporting (e.g., scorecards, Steering Committee materials)
- Serves as a practitioner and coach of enterprise modernization tools, governance, and ways of working
- Supports training, enablement, and change efforts
- Captures lessons learned to continuously improve how Hershey designs and scales capabilities
Requirements
- Experience leading enterprise modernization or capability building initiatives
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills; ability to translate strategy into execution
- Demonstrated success leading initiatives in complex, matrixed environments
- Proven ability to influence without authority and manage senior stakeholders
- Min. 5-7 years commercial, digital, supply chain, or strategy experience in consumer packaged goods (CPG) or consulting preferred
Benefits
- Equal Opportunity Employer
- Accommodation for applicants with disabilities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
enterprise modernizationcapability buildingfinancial outcomesoperational outcomesrisk managementperformance trackinggovernanceanalyticsproblem solvingchange management
Soft Skills
leadershipinfluencing without authoritystakeholder managementrelationship buildingcross-functional collaborationcommunicationstrategic thinkingdecision makingsynthesis of complex informationcoaching