Mgr M&A Competitive Intel & Strat Projects & Cosumer Insights
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Why Hershey
About The Hershey Company
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?
Minimum Education & Requirements
- 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.
- Bachelor's degree in Analytics, Business, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.
- Advanced degree preferred.
Benefits and Perks
- 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
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 ApplicationHelp@hersheys.com. 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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