Specialist QRC

Why Hershey: At The Hershey Company, our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hershey’s enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy, we create positive impact by supporting communities, helping children thrive, and operating as a business for good. This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School, where we invest in education, workforce readiness, and hands on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom. Supported by strategic grantmaking, product donations, cross brand collaboration, and strong employee volunteerism, Hershey offers a place to work where making a difference—locally and globally—is part of how we do business every day. Location: Hershey, PA

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With a strong portfolio across chocolate, confectionery, and salty snacks, Hershey delights consumers every day. Our beloved brands include Hershey’s, Reese’s, KitKat®, Dots Pretzels, Lesser Evil, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and more.

At Hershey, we are committed to making a meaningful difference in the communities where we live, work, and do business. This commitment originated with our founder, Milton Hershey, and continues to shape who we are today.

Guided by our employee value proposition,  Lead Today. Create Tomorrow,  we empower our people to drive impact now while shaping what comes next. Our  One Hershey  mindset brings teams together across functions, geographies, and businesses, enabling us to operate with speed, collaboration, and shared purpose.

The Hershey Company is proud to be recognized as a top employer in the United States, reflecting our commitment to our people, culture, and purpose.   How will you fit in the big picture?

Join the Quality and Regulatory Compliance team in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and help strengthen the food quality and safety systems behind products enjoyed around the world. As an established subject matter expert, you will own recurring quality and food safety processes within an assigned testing, plant, line, or product area. You will coordinate verification and monitoring activities, interpret trends, communicate findings, and recommend practical improvements that support consistency, incident prevention, compliance, service, and cost objectives.     What will you do?

Lead recurring QA and testing processes:   Design schedules and coordinate QA checks and testing activities; perform complex analytical or microbiological testing and guide others on routine work. Coordinate product and process verification:   Own sampling plans, specification checks, sensory evaluations, and basic stability or shelf-life monitoring;  consolidate  results and recommend targeted adjustments. Monitor food safety programs:   Plan and execute sanitation verification, hygiene audits, allergen control checks, and environmental monitoring; identify emerging risks and support hazard analysis and follow-up verification. Support incident investigations:   Define data needs, analyze results and historical trends, summarize findings, recommend local corrective improvements, and confirm actions are effective. Maintain documentation and share insights: Keep QA, food safety, and laboratory records complete and  accurate ; prepare reports or dashboards that support cross-functional continuous improvement. Support projects and compliance:   Represent QA on projects and new product or manufacturing-line activities, develop specifications and compliance documentation, and partner with manufacturing and other functions on corrective and preventive action plans.

Minimum Education & Requirements

Experience:     1+ years of relevant experience in the food industry implementing quality and food safety