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The Hershey Company

Manager, Design to Value

The Hershey Company

Manager for Design to Value driving product design initiatives at The Hershey Company. Leading cross-functional collaborations to enhance product formulation and drive strategic planning.

Posted 7/23/2026full-timeRemote • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in product design and formulation optimization, with a strong ability to synthesize complex information and deliver data-driven recommendations to senior leadership. Proven track record in leading cross-functional collaborations and managing product design initiatives within consumer packaged goods.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Product Design FundamentalsCross-Functional CollaborationData-Driven RecommendationsAnalytical SkillsCommunication Skills

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Hard Skills
Formulation OptimizationProject ManagementBusiness Case DevelopmentData AnalysisConsumer Insights Translation
Soft Skills
Influencing Senior StakeholdersSynthesis of Complex Information
Industry Keywords
Consumer Packaged GoodsDigital TransformationSupply Chain ManagementStrategy DevelopmentChange Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Play a critical role in advancing our product design agenda, spearheading initiatives that enhance formulation optimization and overall product excellence.
  • Lead cross-functional collaborations that challenge assumptions and prioritize initiatives based on rigorous analysis, ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals.
  • Influence senior leadership by delivering structured, data-driven recommendations that guide medium- to long-term strategic planning.
  • 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.
  • Prepare and present concise, decision-ready reports for executive leadership that distill complex trade-offs and strategic recommendations.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline is required.
  • Preferably 5 to 7 years of experience in commercial roles, digital transformation, supply chain management, or strategy development within consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies or consulting firms.
  • 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.
  • Must have strong communication skills to effectively engage diverse stakeholders at all organizational levels.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School
  • Corporate philanthropy
  • Employee volunteerism