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Process Leader

Posted Date:  Sep 17, 2026
Requisition Number:  130247

Location: El Salto, Jal, MX.

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? 

You will strengthen manufacturing performance by setting, analyzing, and improving operating parameters and controls across production processes and equipment. With safety, food quality, productivity, and sustainability at the center, you will partner across Production, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, and Engineering to standardize work, reduce losses, and advance Hershey Lean and autonomous maintenance. 

 

What will you do? 

  • Analyze OEE, waste, overweight, efficiency, and labor metrics; identify trends and support root-cause analysis and action plans. 
  • Develop and maintain process specifications, centerlines, process maps, time-and-motion studies, standard work, and operating procedures. 
  • Apply continuous-improvement tools, including autonomous maintenance and SMED, to improve performance and sustain gains. 
  • Coordinate plant trials and new-item setup, align resources, validate results on the production floor, and support innovation and new equipment centerlines. 
  • Communicate line metrics and project results, conduct sustainment audits, connect departments, and help build a strong visual factory. 

Minimum Requirements 

Experience: 3+ years of relevant manufacturing, process improvement, or operations experience. Experience with Lean Six Sigma, root-cause problem solving, process mapping, and manufacturing systems is preferred. 

Education: High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Chemical, Food, or a related engineering discipline preferred. 

  • Working knowledge of HACCP, GMP, safety standards, Microsoft Office, and SAP. 
  • Effective leadership, communication, negotiation, and cross-functional problem-solving skills. 
  • English proficiency sufficient to support business and technical communication. 

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