Manager, Compensation

Location: Hershey, PA

Department: Global Compensation

Summary of Role:

The Hershey Company is seeking a Manager, Compensation to join our Global Compensation team. This role is pivotal in shaping and maintaining consistent global compensation practices that support our business objectives and talent strategies. The Manager will lead process standardization across regions, ensure accurate market benchmarking, and deliver actionable insights through data storytelling. This position requires expertise in compensation surveys and PayFactors, strong analytical capabilities, and a passion for equitable pay practices.

Role Responsibilities:

Global Process Leadership

• Develop, roll out and maintain standardized global compensation processes to ensure consistency across all regions.  Partner to deliver technology-based solutions that ensure processes deliver accuracy through a simplified and digitized process. 
• Monitor compliance with internal policies and external regulations across global markets.
• Drive global compensation year-end program activities, partnering with HR Operations, Talent Acquisition, and others.
• Enhance our partnership and global approach to hourly manufacturing benchmarking.

Survey & PayFactors Expertise

• Serve as the subject matter expert for compensation surveys and PayFactors platform, elevating how we use data and tools to proactively manage compensation and maximize organizational impact.
• Guide survey participation, ensure accurate job matching for competitive market data, interpret survey results, and deliver actionable insights to inform market pricing strategies.

Offer Review & Governance

• Oversee compensation offers to ensure alignment with pay philosophy, internal equity, and market competitiveness.
• Independently manage complex, escalated offers requiring thorough evaluation, market pricing analysis and internal equity considerations, and strategically influence to drive alignment on final decisions.
• Provide coaching and guidance to HR Business Partners and Talent Acquisition to support informed, equitable compensation decisions.

Data Analytics & Insights

• Analyze compensation data to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities.
• Create dashboards and reports that translate complex data into clear, actionable insights.
• Build business cases and develop compelling narratives to proactively communicate findings to senior leadership, influence strategic decisions, and gain necessary approvals.

Living Wage & Pay Equity

• Champion our global living wage strategy to ensure alignment with benchmarks and maintain compliance across all locations.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure equitable pay practices across all geographies.

Incentive Program Management

• Partner with HR Operations and the business to oversee day-to-day administration of short-term incentive programs (One Hershey Incentive Program (OHIP), Sales Incentives (OHIP-Sales and SIP), and Manufacturing Incentive Program (MIP), including ensuring accurate calculations, clear communication materials, timely payouts, and adherence to incentive guidelines.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: 

• Education –
  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or related field; CCP certification preferred.
• Experience –
  • 5+ years of progressive experience in compensation, with global exposure strongly preferred.
  • Expertise in compensation surveys and PayFactors platform or similar survey warehouse.
  • Strong analytical and storytelling skills; ability to translate data into actionable insights.
  • Knowledge of living wage, FLSA and pay equity principles.
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
  • Proficiency in Excel and data visualization tools; experience with SuccessFactors preferred.

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