Future Opportunities Supply Chain Co-op (Fall 2025)
Company: The Hershey Company
Location: Hershey
Posted on: November 4, 2024
Job Description:
Location:Hershey, PA
Supply Chain Co-Op 2025
Summary:
The Hershey Company manufactures the products you've known all your
life. We're also among the top company brands in the world and the
#1 producer of chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products
in North America. There are two co-op positions for each role in
2025. One is from January through July and the second one is from
July through December.When you apply, you will be able to indicate
your preference.Below are the potential Co-Op roles:
Transportation Operations:
Responsibilities:
- Tracking and tracing strategic customer shipments for Hershey
and Alliance partners.
- Collaborate with Hershey transportation partners to resolve any
customer delivery issues.
- Work with Logistics Operations Specialists, partnering with
Customer Service and our Carrier partners.
- Work with Hershey transportation partners on service
requirements and process improvements.
- Assist transportation planners with planning activities.
- Analyze volume and performance reporting and identify trends
and opportunity areas.
- Other duties as assigned.
Supply Planning:
Responsibilities:
- Manage/control finished goods inventories for assigned items to
support customer service goals.
- Create and monitor deployment plans from the producing plants
throughout the distribution network using SAP tools
- Manage freshness of inventory by recommending transfers when
need between facilities and provide disposition on items that have
reached a critical ship date
- Set up and maintain all JDA DRP system settings for new and
existing items and make necessary modifications to achieve desired
business results.
- Manage product flow using appropriate planning tools for
assigned facilities. Work with the third-party operators to balance
operational and shipping needs while understanding both the
customer service needs for product as well as the third party's
operational constraints. Inform the supply planners of issues and
work with distribution management and the third party to resolve
issues.
- Support the building of loads in JDA either directly or in a
backup role. Understand the load building tool, load capacities,
item attributes and how they influence load building.
Procurement:
Responsibilities:
- Work with Category Managers, Packaging Development, Packaging
Innovation, and Suppliers to provide visibility to supplier
capabilities, technologies, items, and assets.
- Act as project managers for strategic initiatives with our
supplier base. Assist in developing and executing sourcing events
for key categories.
- Support the team with detailed analytics, specific to supplier
costing models, spend, and continuous improvement opportunities.
- Match supplier capabilities with internal needs and innovation
pipeline to define highest probability of success.
Demand Planning:
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain a 104-week forecast for assigned items,
incorporating internal and external inputs.
- Generate daily reports requiring analysis of retail Point of
Sale insights and inventory levels that drive change
recommendations with focus on short term forecast, replenishment
and process improvement.
- Actively participate in Vendor Managed Inventory efforts
focused on achieving inventory and service level goals, evaluating
and recommending replenishment levels while creating efficient
truck loads.
- Ad hoc project efforts focused on performance improvement,
process enhancements and improved communication.
- Assessments of the business environment, competitors,
customers, market trends and the implications to the area of
responsibility.
Customer Supply Chain:
Responsibilities:
- Customer Analytics- Role requires strong analytical skills -
the ability to effectively mine both external customer and internal
company data. Experience with supply or demand planning will be
helpful. Some examples:
- On Time Delivery Analysis
- Tracking and tracing customer shipment data to identify key
focus areas for improvement.
- Work with Hershey transport partners and customer data to
identify root cause and action plans to improve on time delivery.
- Partner with customer service team to identify opportunities
where order patterns can be improved to reduce complexity and
improve service.
- Identify improvement areas within the current processes.
- Evaluate customers' orders and identify trend and opportunity
areas that will deliver increase rebates for them and drive
efficiency for Hershey
- Assist Customer Supply Chain Managers- Ad Hoc projects for
various top 10 customers ranging from case fill improvement,
seasonal service, reporting requirements, etc.
Manufacturing Alliances
Responsibilities:
- Leverage strong analytical skills to translate analysis on the
business into recommendations affecting overall production. This
includes tracking production performance against how closely
manufactures attain to their scheduled plan on a weekly and monthly
cadence. Ensure items are set-up quickly and correctly in SAP to
enable manufacturers to produce products for The Hershey Company.
- Possess keen view of the external environment including general
trends impacting the business, competitive assessments, and an
understanding of both consumers and customers. Generate weekly
PowerPoint summaries to drive recommendations with a focus on
production and process improvements
- Develop conclusions and act using available tools, historical
data, and internal/external insights. This includes tracking
supplier risk using the Dun & Bradstreet portal.
- Collaborate across several facets of the organization as well
as with key external customers. Keys to success include
communication and alignment of risks and expectations,
cross-functional problem solving, and the ability to consider other
perspectives. Perform ad hoc analysis as needed
Capital Planning
Responsibilities:
- Provide exposure to Capital Budget Group Owners from multiple
Hershey Facilities across the globe, including Confectionery, Salty
and International manufacturing sites by proactively reviewing,
analyzing, and assessing capital project data.
- Review and audit submissions for the quality of key
deliverables to ensure the submissions comply with Hershey's
capital stage gating process.
- Leverage Alteryx to transform and manage a Capital Engineering
Power BI dashboard that maintains up-to-date information about
capital expenditures, project approvals, resource demand, and
year-over-year performance.
- Help improve the Capital Engineering data management strategy
in support of achieving a more automated data environment.
- Support the delivery of the in-year capital plan and creation
of the following year capital plan as the primary point of contact
for one or more 'budget groups' who execute capital projects.
Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled as a sophomore or above status with a
minimum 3.2 GPA
- Supply Chain Management, Mathematics or Business majors
preferred
- Superior strategic thinking and planning
- Outstanding analytical abilities
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software such as Word, Excel,
etc.
- Ability to nurture and contribute to innovation and creative
solutions
- Strong verbal and written communicator to wide breadth of
audiences including senior management
Keywords: The Hershey Company, Philadelphia , Future Opportunities Supply Chain Co-op (Fall 2025), Professions , Hershey, Pennsylvania
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