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Mgr M&A Competitive Intel & Strat Projects & Cosumer Insights

The Hershey Company -
Hershey, PA

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Job Details

6 days ago

Benefits

Internal mobility program
Paid holidays
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
401(k) matching

Qualifications

Performance dashboard reports
Dashboard development
Research project leadership
Data visualization software proficiency
Presentation software
Business intelligence report generation
Dashboard creation support
Data-driven problem-solving
Presentation creation
Cross-functional collaboration
Research findings presentation
Cross-functional communication
Stakeholder management

Full Job Description

Location

Remote

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.

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 in the big picture?

The Manager, M&A Competitive Intelligence & Strategic Projects serves as a strategic advisor who transforms market intelligence, consumer trends, competitive insights, and business performance data into actionable recommendations that support enterprise growth and strategic decision-making. This role partners with business leaders across the organization to evaluate opportunities, assess competitive dynamics, identify emerging risks, and uncover insights that shape key business initiatives.

As the insights leader supporting Hershey's M&A agenda, this individual owns and delivers an end-to-end, holistic insights strategy that fuels strategic growth decisions and acquisition opportunities. The role is responsible for driving deep consumer, shopper, category, and marketplace intelligence to evaluate acquisition targets, identify growth opportunities, and provide actionable implications that support investment decisions. Working closely with Strategy, Consumer Insights, Commercial, Finance, and Business Unit leadership, this individual ensures strong linkage between M&A priorities and core business strategies.

As a recognized thought partner, you will lead high-impact strategic analyses, develop insight-driven recommendations, and provide leadership teams with perspectives needed to make informed decisions. This role offers an exciting opportunity to combine strategic thinking, analytical rigor, consumer understanding, and business partnership to create meaningful impact across Hershey's growth agenda.

What will you do?

Lead complex strategic projects from opportunity identification through recommendation development, translating ambiguous business questions into clear analytical approaches and actionable recommendations.

Drive the M&A research agenda across consumer, shopper, category, and marketplace insights to ensure strategic decisions are grounded in a deep understanding of consumers, customers, category dynamics, and growth trends.

Lead end-to-end consumer, shopper, marketplace, and competitive intelligence assessments for acquisition targets, identifying opportunities, risks, growth drivers, and strategic implications.

Partner closely with Business Units, Strategy, Consumer Insights, and Corporate Development teams to connect acquisition opportunities with enterprise growth objectives and long-term business priorities.

Analyze consumer, category, competitive, market, financial, and business performance data to identify growth opportunities, emerging trends, risks, and key business drivers.

Conduct market assessments, competitive intelligence analyses, consumer evaluations, and industry research to support strategic planning, investment decisions, and enterprise priorities.

Synthesize findings from multiple information sources into clear, compelling business narratives that help leaders understand opportunities, implications, tradeoffs, and recommended actions.

Develop executive-ready presentations and strategic recommendations to support portfolio growth, innovation opportunities, capability investments, acquisition evaluations, and long-term business objectives.

Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders by providing insight-driven perspectives on strategic and operational decisions.

Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to align analytical priorities with business objectives and ensure recommendations address critical business needs.

Support opportunity sizing, scenario planning, growth assessments, competitive benchmarking, and strategic investment evaluations.

Monitor shifts in consumer behavior, industry dynamics, category trends, retailer developments, and competitive activity to identify implications for Hershey’s business.

Collaborate with Commercial, Consumer Insights, Marketing, Finance, Innovation, Category Management, Revenue Growth Management, Sales, and Strategy teams to develop aligned, insight-driven recommendations.

Apply structured problem-solving approaches to complex and ambiguous business challenges while balancing strategic objectives and organizational priorities.

Contribute to the continuous improvement of strategic intelligence, analytical frameworks, and decision-making practices across the organization.

Bring an enterprise-wide perspective by constructively challenging assumptions, elevating strategic thinking, and accelerating the movement from insight to action.

Minimum Education & Requirements

Experience:

5+ years of relevant experience in consumer insights, data analytics, business intelligence, commercial analytics, finance, strategy, consulting, or a related analytical field.
Demonstrated experience leading complex analytical projects and delivering actionable business recommendations.
Strong expertise in data analysis, visualization, dashboard development, and business intelligence solutions.
Proven ability to translate complex analytical findings into executive-ready presentations and business recommendations.
Experience influencing stakeholders and working effectively across a matrixed organization.
Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to structure and solve ambiguous business challenges.
Experience with data visualization and business intelligence platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools preferred.
Advanced Excel and PowerPoint proficiency required.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Analytics, Business, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
Advanced degree preferred.

Benefits and Perks

At Hershey, we offer competitive pay and a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, financial security, and life outside of work.

Health & Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus wellness programs that support your physical and mental health
Financial Security: Competitive pay, annual incentive opportunities, and a 401(k) with company match
Time Off & Flexibility: Paid time off, company holidays, and flexible ways of working where applicable
Growth & Development: Career development programs, learning opportunities, and internal mobility

Benefits may vary based on role, location, and eligibility.

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The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veterans.

You may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our online application process as a result of a disability.
You can request an accommodation via phone or email.

To request an accommodation via phone, please call +1 877-804-1794 and leave a voicemail with your contact information. You may also email a request for accommodation to [email protected]. Please be sure to include “Accommodation Needed” in the subject line. This will ensure that your email is routed to the appropriate contact who will handle your request.

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