Analyst Commercial Strategy Protein

The Hershey Company is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. The Analyst will support customer strategy and commercial planning initiatives by transforming data into actionable insights, maintaining data accuracy, and contributing to customer engagement strategies. The role partners with Sales and cross-functional teams to deliver analyses, presentations, recommendations, and tools that support business planning and growth objectives.

What you'll do:

• Gather, validate, and prepare data from established sources to support recurring reports, dashboards, and business analyses while ensuring adherence to defined quality standards
• Perform standard analyses to identify trends, opportunities, risks, and data anomalies, escalating findings and data quality concerns to senior team members as appropriate
• Apply customer segmentation frameworks, targeting criteria, and customer alignment rules to support planning activities, list development, and commercial execution
• Maintain documentation of segmentation decisions, assumptions, and exceptions while ensuring alignment with established business guidelines
• Develop draft presentations, charts, tables, dashboards, and summary reports that translate data into clear and actionable business insights using established team templates and standards
• Incorporate feedback from stakeholders and subject matter experts to improve the quality, clarity, and effectiveness of analyses and presentations
• Support enhancements to customer engagement tools, reports, and commercial materials by identifying usability gaps, process improvement opportunities, and recommendations that improve Sales execution and business outcomes
• Collaborate with Sales, Customer Strategy, Analytics, and Commercial teams to provide analytical support for customer planning and engagement initiatives
• Review reports, presentations, and communications for consistency with approved commercial positioning, business priorities, and customer messaging frameworks
• Compare materials against approved reference documents and templates to identify inconsistencies and ensure alignment with commercial objectives
• Contribute fact-based insights and recommendations that support customer-facing initiatives, business planning processes, and organizational growth objectives
• Manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously while delivering high-quality work in a fast-paced environment

What they're looking for:

• Experience in Category Management, Consumer Insights, Analytics, Sales Strategy, Revenue Growth Management, or a related commercial function
• Strong analytical skills with a solid understanding of consumer and shopper behavior, market research methodologies, and data-driven decision making
• Knowledge of consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry trends and category management principles, tools, and processes
• Proven ability to identify fact-based opportunities and translate insights into compelling business recommendations and growth strategies
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and contribute to sustainable business growth
• Effective customer-facing experience with strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Ability to operate successfully in a fast-paced, evolving, and ambiguous environment
• Strong problem-solving, project management, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Bachelor's degree required
• Hershey, PA Preferred
• Degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Consumer Insights, Statistics, Data Analytics, or a related field preferred

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus wellness programs that support your physical and mental health
• Annual incentive opportunities
• A 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Company holidays
• Flexible ways of working where applicable
• Career development programs
• Learning opportunities
• Internal mobility