Process Lead

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. Job Location: Memphis, TN

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?

The Process Lead will help drive the Hershey Lean program at the Plant by developing and implementing process improvements and building operator capabilities in a TPM environment.  This leader will drive process, system and operational improvements that are integral to facilitate in our vison to create a zero-loss culture. A core function of the role will be developing standards for executing tasks on the line (e.g.: changeovers) and training operators and mechanics to execute standards properly. The Process Lead will own the centerline and changeover Daily Management Systems, in addition to driving actions through the other Daily Management Systems.  He / she will own tracking and maintain the loss data on the line to ensure top losses are being addressed.  The process lead is responsible to advance the zero-loss mindset though harnessing data and communicating the losses in an unbiased manner paired with a problem-solving methodology to rid the process of the loss. The Process Lead is a member Focused Improvement pillar and line centric leadership team, works in tight collaboration across the Business Unit team. What will you do?

Drive daily problem solving and data driven planning as the problem-solving leader for the assigned Business Unit Coach operators/mechanics on executing standards Implement and sustain Hershey Lean program Develop and manage equipment centerlines as needed Improve and implement rapid changeover/Time To target Production initiatives Develop standards for executing tasks on the line Driving process efficiency on multiple production lines  Partner with project engineers/teams to ensure successful systems start-up during design and start-up Assist in financial valuation for pipeline items, capital projects, new item costing, etc. Provide visibility of top losses & Zero-Based Analysis across the site Development of data collection through OsiPi, and development of improvement projects. To be a Leader in Lean Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering