The Hershey Company · 3 days ago
Associate Manager Portfolio Operations
Hershey, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expThe Hershey Company is a leading snack manufacturer, and they are seeking an Associate Manager for Portfolio Operations. This role involves managing Commercial Governance for product development projects and enhancing Portfolio Insights and Analytics to support decision-making in the CMG and Salty Snacks businesses.
ConfectioneryFood and BeverageManufacturingService IndustrySnack Food
Responsibilities
Leads Commercial Governance Meetings and Process including confirming agendas, attendees, material readiness, and running meetings (including prioritizing topics, time management and follow-ups)
Evaluates projects, working with Business Leaders and Acting Project Leaders, to ensure project readiness for Gate reviews
Acts as Subject Matter Expert and provides stage-gate process guidance within Commercial Governance
Advises on Process needs and helps to design and implement process improvements
Supports continuous improvement of Accolade project management tool
Creates and maintains Decision-Making Analysis and process metrics for Governance meetings
Owns data gathering process; collaborate with other data owners to connect into enterprise data sources
Develop dashboards and reporting for CMG and Salty Snacks project portfolio
Generate insights on portfolio performance, trends, risks, areas for improvement, etc
Conduct Ad hoc analysis; develop hypothesis, aggregate findings, and determine recommendations
Leads data accuracy for project portfolio data in Accolade
Maintains single source of truth information for all projects
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Business or Technical area required
2-3+ years work experience in an analytical and/or strategic role involving business processes
Strong data & analytics skills. Able to collect, transform, and display data using various tools (e.g. Excel, Power BI, Alteryx, etc.)
Able to communicate with PowerPoint
Attention to detail but capable of broad strategic overview
Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
Strong ability to influence and persuade decision making at higher levels
Capable of gaining trust and buy in from peers and leaders. Mediator and conflict resolver
Knowledge of stage-gate process
Multifunctional business acumen – marketing, R&D, finance, supply chain
Preferred
Experience working across several business functions and with upper management preferred
Company
The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company is headquartered in Hershey, Pa., and is an industry-leading snacks company with a purpose to make more moments of goodness through its iconic brands.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (10)
2024 (6)
2023 (7)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.62B2025-10-21Post Ipo Debt· $1.88B
2025-02-19Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2023-05-01Post Ipo Debt· $750M
Leadership Team
Kirk Tanner
Chief Executive Officer
Michele Buck
President and Chief Executive Officer
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