Associate Manager, Commercial Strategy – Salty

🕒 August 4

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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🟡 Mid-level

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The Hershey Company

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1894

🏭 Manufacturing

🛍️ eCommerce

🍽️ Food & Beverage

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2023-04

Manufacturing • eCommerce • Food & Beverage

The Hershey Company is an industry-leading snacks company headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania, recognized for bringing goodness to the world through its iconic brands and extraordinary commitment to helping children succeed. Hershey is well-known for its wide range of chocolate and confectionery products, driven by a culture that values inclusion, employee development, and sustainable practices to ensure a positive impact on the community and the planet.

📋 Description

• Analyze sales, market share, category, consumer, and retailer performance data to identify trends, risks, and growth opportunities. • Develop actionable insights and recommendations supporting annual planning, customer business reviews, and strategic growth initiatives. • Create reporting tools, scorecards, dashboards, and presentations translating complex data into clear business actions. • Support assortment, pricing, promotion, shelving, and merchandising analyses to optimize commercial performance. • Partner with Sales, Category Management, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, and Revenue Management teams to develop fact-based recommendations and drive business results. • Monitor competitive activity and industry trends within the salty snacks category. • Conduct ad hoc analyses evaluating business performance drivers and answering strategic business questions. • Measure the effectiveness of promotions, innovation launches, assortment changes, and customer initiatives. • Prepare executive-ready presentations and communicate recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant experience in commercial strategy, category management, sales analytics, consumer insights, revenue management, or related disciplines. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, synthesizing multiple data sources into actionable business recommendations. • Experience utilizing syndicated data, retailer point-of-sale data, consumer insights, and business performance metrics to influence decision-making. • Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualization tools. • Experience with Circana/IRI, NielsenIQ, retailer data sources, or similar analytics platforms preferred. • Excellent communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills. • Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Statistics, or a related field required.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage • Wellness programs supporting physical and mental health • Annual incentive opportunities • 401(k) with company match • Paid time off • Company holidays • Flexible ways of working where applicable • Career development programs • Learning opportunities • Internal mobility