Assoc Mgr Business Strategy & Planning

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

If near office,  (Hybrid) Remote Option Available  About The Hershey Company

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 into the big picture?

The Associate Manager Modernization plays a key role in keeping Hershey’s Modernization Program moving with clarity, consistency, and high-quality execution. In this role, you will partner closely with the EMT Governance Manager and cross-functional partners across Strategy, Capital, IS, and the EMT core team to support program governance, system operations, stakeholder communications, and continuous improvement. You will help turn program data, enhancement requests, and stakeholder feedback into practical insights that enable better decisions and stronger adoption across the business.   What will you do?

Maintain the EMT project management system by supporting idea and project creation, conversion, ongoing updates, user access, issue resolution, data integrity, and timely stakeholder reporting. Partner with the EMT Governance Manager to coordinate program planning, enhancements, prioritization, testing, deployment, and rollout support.  Prepare clear, executive-ready communications and program updates that highlight milestones, risks, progress, and key decisions.  Maintain and improve the EMT knowledge repository, including business process documentation, functional and technical specifications, training guides, and videos.  Analyze system data, metrics, and stakeholder feedback to identify trends, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.  Collaborate across functions and geographies to sustain standard processes and enable consistent program execution.  Minimum Education & Requirements

Experience 3+ years of relevant experience in program coordination, governance, business analysis, project portfolio management, system administration, or a related corporate environment. Experience with enterprise systems, stakeholder communications, training materials, documentation repositories, reporting, and cross-functional partnership is strongly preferred.

Benefits and Perks At Hershey, we offer competitive pay and a comprehensive total