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Team Lead Production

Posted Date:  Sep 25, 2026
Requisition Number:  130405

Location: Planta Escobedo, NL, 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 lead production execution for assigned lines, helping deliver volume and mix commitments at standard cost while advancing safety, quality, food safety, and Hershey Lean practices. You will directly guide a unionized workforce, connect quickly with cross-functional partners, and balance immediate operating needs with people development and continuous improvement. 

 

What will you do? 

  • Lead safe, compliant operations by reinforcing environmental, health and safety programs, good manufacturing practices, HACCP requirements, operating standards, housekeeping, and timely correction of quality or food-safety deviations. 
  • Deliver the production plan by managing volume, mix conformance, efficiency, OEE2, waste, rework, and overweight through Hershey Lean methods, with emphasis on CIL, centerlines, and defect management. 
  • Ensure end-of-shift production information is complete and accurate, including finished-product LPNs, rework, waste, returns, material requirements, overweight reporting, and downtime data. 
  • Lead workforce administration and readiness by reviewing attendance and time-related incidents, maintaining standard crewing, supporting annual training plans, and reinforcing operating discipline. 
  • Partner with Warehouse, Maintenance, Sanitation, Quality, Planning, Finance, EHS, Engineering, Operational Excellence, Human Resources, corporate teams, and suppliers as applicable. 
  • Participate in improvement projects across safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity, and support execution of the Autonomous Maintenance pillar. 

Minimum Requirements

  • Experience: 3+ years of relevant experience in manufacturing or related operations, including experience supervising or leading production teams. Experience with unionized workforces and with TPM, Lean Management, Six Sigma, or comparable manufacturing systems is preferred. 
  • Education: Engineering degree or equivalent technical preparation. Intermediate English proficiency. 

 

 

 

 

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