Generalist Inventory & Process

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.

The Generalist Inventory & Process will play an important role in supporting accurate inventory, production reporting, and financial processes at the West Hershey plant, a high-speed, complex union manufacturing environment. This role helps ensure data accuracy, strong controls, and reliable reporting across inventory, production, and plant accounting activities. This position is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys solving problems, improving processes, partnering across teams, and contributing to the success of one of Hershey’s key manufacturing operations

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, Kit Kat®, 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.

• Oversee and analyze inventory processes across Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Storeroom, including raw material cycle counts, physical inventory support, rework counts, and inventory reconciliations.
• Research and resolve inventory discrepancies, including GR/IR issues, Bill of Lading reconciliation, SAP/S4 documentation accuracy, and defective packaging debit memo support.
• Support production reporting and analytics by reviewing anomalies, variances, downtime drivers, rework, waste, overweight, and line-level performance data.
• Help serve as an S4 site resource for West Hershey by troubleshooting system issues, supporting plant users, and partnering with IT and external support teams as needed.
• Support plant accounting and financial processes, including fixed assets, reconciliations, monthly reporting, budget inputs, cost center reviews, and compliance-related activities.
• Identify process gaps, support internal controls, contribute to audit readiness, and help implement improvements that strengthen accuracy, efficiency, and execution quality.
• Provide reporting, training, and cross-functional support to Manufacturing, Plant Management, QA, Logistics, and plant accounting partners.

Experience:

• 3+ years of accounting, operational, inventory control, plant finance, manufacturing reporting, or related experience required.
• Experience working with inventory controls, reconciliations, reporting, variance analysis, internal controls, or manufacturing systems preferred.
• Strong Excel/spreadsheet skills, analytical ability, attention to detail, collaboration, adaptability, and problem-solving skills required.
• Comfortable supporting…