Assoc Mgr Functional Shelf

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: Remote

The Hershey Company 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 Associate Manager Functional Shelf role independently leads analytical projects or workstreams that span multiple teams or functions. It applies intermediate practical expertise to analyze complex datasets, interpret market, consumer, and shopper trends, and translate findings into clear recommendations. The role shapes how stakeholders understand performance drivers, tradeoffs, and opportunities, balancing speed, accuracy, and interpretability while operating with limited supervision. What will you do?

Lead Analytics Workstreams That Span Multiple Teams This responsibility involves scoping, planning, and executing analyses that require input from different functions or data sources. It coordinates requirements, timelines, and outputs to keep workstreams aligned and on track. Effective leadership of these efforts improves the quality and impact of cross-functional decision-making. Design and Enhance Dashboards for Broader Business Use This responsibility focuses on creating and refining dashboards that serve multiple stakeholder groups with varying needs. It selects appropriate visualizations, builds flexible filtering, and ensures definitions are aligned across teams. Well-structured dashboards help standardize how performance is viewed and discussed. Interpret Complex Data Sets and Provide Clear Recommendations This responsibility includes applying statistical and analytical techniques to identify relationships, drivers, and opportunities in complex datasets, including consumer, shopper, and market data where relevant. It synthesizes findings into concise narratives that highlight implications and suggested actions. Clear recommendations support more decisive and targeted business responses. Collaborate Across Functions to Align on KPIs and Definitions This responsibility entails working with partners to harmonize key metrics, business rules, and reporting standards. It facilitates discussions to resolve discrepancies and documents agreed definitions. Consistent KPIs enable more accurate performance