Production Supervisor

Pretzels, Inc; Hershey (PA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hershey Company is seeking a Production Supervisor at the Reese Plant in Hershey, PA.

You will lead a safety-conscious team, ensure product quality, and comply with regulatory and plant policies. Shifts include 2nd and 3rd.

Candidates should have at least 3 years manufacturing experience, a bachelor’s preferred, SAP and MS Office familiarity, and strong leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; 3+ years manufacturing or high-speed environment experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in manufacturing.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite.
• SAP experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Propose, plan, and execute root cause elimination projects with minimal direction.
• Execute high-complexity projects impacting current/future business interests involving people, procedures, policies, finances, equipment, processes, or products.
• Participate in annual budget preparation and maintain strong budgetary control of direct and indirect costs.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Change management

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Note: If you apply for a role at Hershey through our career’s website, we may use technologies that use automation to filter your candidacy based on objective criteria. We also use AI-enabled tools that help us facilitate the selection of our future Hershey talent. These tools may help with activities such as matching and scoring candidates to roles based on requirements and scheduling interviews. These systems process only the information you provide in your application, including your resume, work history, education, and responses to screening questions. While these technologies assist with certain steps in our recruitment process and may provide recommendations, all final decisions, including those affecting whether candidates advance to subsequent stages in the applicant process, are made by our talent acquisition teams with meaningful human review and independent judgment. Depending on your location and the specific role you apply for, additional disclosures about our use of AI in recruitment may be provided to you separately.

Production Supervisor

Posted Date: Aug 15, 2026

Requisition Number: 128617

Location: Hershey, PA - Reese Plant

Please note that there is a 2nd shift and 3rd Shift Position open

Summary

As a Production Supervisor, you will be responsible for providing Leadership to coach, direct, and develop your team to work together in a safe manner while maintaining product quality. You are responsible for complying with regulatory requirements, company and plant policies, procedures, and rules in your area of responsibility. To be considered, you must also be flexible for all shifts, and weekend work.

In Addition, The Production Supervisor Will

• With minimal direction and input from senior leadership, propose, plan, and execute projects to eliminate the root cause of manufacturing problems.
• Independently execute projects of high complexity which have a large impact on the on the company's current and/or future business interests. Projects may relate to people, procedures, policies, finances, equipment, processes and/or products.
• Participate in annual budget preparation and maintain strong budgetary control of direct, and indirect costs.

Responsibilities And Skills

• Ensure that the area of responsibility supports all campus goals daily and weekly, reviewing results with staff.
• Coordinate and administer daily interaction between the assigned area of responsibility and all other departments in the plant. This would include peers across shifts.
• Ensure that personnel have proper qualifications, are properly trained, and motivated to work productively both as part of a team and individually.
• Ensure compliance with established standards in the areas of food quality & safety and employee safety. Identify and implement opportunities for improvement.
• Coordinate labor staffing daily in coherence with budgeted staffing.
• Document notification requests in SAP PM. Follow-up and prioritize with maintenance and other shifts.
• Input data into SAP, check QA documentation, and verify employee timecards.
• Foster a continuous improvement mindset, elevating new ideas (both your own and those of your employees), and executing plans to positively impact the plant operations and goals.
• Excellent people and leadership skills
• Strong change management skills, driving and implementing change to optimize the business focusing on safety, quality, and costs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Problem solving and decision-making abilities
• Ability to work with and relate to all levels of personnel
• Ability to read/interpret production performance reports

Minimum Requirements And Education

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in manufacturing or in a high speed, complex environment required.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite required.
• Minimum of 1 year in a supervisory capacity preferred.
• Food manufacturing experience preferred.
• SAP experience preferred.

The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veterans.

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Nearest Major Market: Harrisburg