The Hershey Company · 1 day ago
Associate Manager Project Marketing
Hershey, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expThe Hershey Company is a leading confectionery manufacturer, and they are seeking an Associate Commercial Project Portfolio Manager. This role involves leading business-critical product portfolio initiatives and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support business priorities and drive project success.
ConfectioneryFood and BeverageManufacturingService IndustrySnack Food
Responsibilities
Supports commercial portfolio reviews and acts as key partner point of contact for the respective portfolio leader (Sr Mgr / Mgr), in partnership with the portfolio operations team. Provides expert analysis, mines insights, and recommends actions while delivering forward-looking project portfolio visibility and viability, financial assessment, and capacity indicators to drive prioritization and business decisions
Contributes to Stage-Gate process design across Types and Tiers for the assigned individual projects and participates in initiatives to continuously improve the Stage-Gate process, deliverables, Accolade system, and/or project portfolio management tools
Provides critical leadership role in ensuring the successful development and execution of Medium / Low complexity projects for the commercialization of new and changing products/pack types, actively leading timelines, defining scope, managing resources, holding functions responsible for deliverables, and owning the budget, while requiring considerable coaching
Accountable to deliver profitability and operational success by problem solving, removing roadblocks, elevating risks/issues, developing risk mitigation plans/contingencies, and facilitating decision making to drive projects forward through the stage gate process
Project management process expert - owns project execution and adherence to stage gate processes from project initiation (confirming correct project type & tier) through 1st delivery to the customer
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree required
2-5+ years of related work experience, preferably in CPG - Product Lifecycle Management
Portfolio and project management exposure (e.g. served as cross-functional team member or managed simple projects)
Strong resource management and planning
Exceptional organizational skills
Process excellence and orientation
Negotiation and influence
Drives objective decision-making
Strong skills in managing multiple priorities
Collaboration and teamwork
Strong oral and written communication skills
SAP experience
Intermediate to expert level Microsoft Project skills
Excellent problem-solving skills, the ability to make timely/sound decisions, and implement agreed upon solutions
Ability to work under pressure and be comfortable taking ownership of leading a team towards a quick resolution
Preferred
PMP Certified preferred
Lean Six Sigma 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)
2022 (6)
2021 (4)
2020 (11)
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
Deepak Bhatia
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
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