Salty Network: Quality & Regulatory Lead

Hershey Company; Hershey (PA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Career development

Job summary

The Hershey Company is seeking a seasoned quality leader to oversee the Salty Snacks network, ensuring food safety, regulatory compliance, and robust quality systems across plants and distribution. You will guide capital and process initiatives, drive risk assessment, and mentor a high-performing team to sustain excellence in product quality.

You will lead quality integration for innovation and commercialization, align with regulatory standards, and establish readiness for audits and launches,

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of manufacturing experience in a high-speed automated consumer goods environment (food industry preferred).
• Minimum 5 years of progressive responsibility in Quality Assurance with leadership experience and direct reports preferred.
• Knowledge of FSMA, HACCP, and USDA regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality and regulatory leadership across the Salty Snacks network by executing the Salty Quality strategy and ensuring PEP program compliance.
• Lead quality integration for innovation, commercialization, productivity, and capital initiatives by defining quality requirements and risk assessment.
• Establish quality systems including food safety plans, HACCP, audit readiness, CAPA governance, validation/verification, and startup approval processes for new projects.
• Build organizational capability by leading and developing a high-performing team of quality professionals.
• Drive enterprise quality performance through data by defining KPIs, identifying risks, and leading cross-functional initiatives.

Skills

Quality leadership

Regulatory compliance

Food safety

People management

Education

Bachelor's degree in science

SQF certification

PCQI certification

HACCP certification

Six Sigma certification

Job description

The Hershey Company is seeking a seasoned quality leader to oversee the Salty Snacks network, ensuring food safety, regulatory compliance, and robust quality systems across plants and distribution. You will guide capital and process initiatives, drive risk assessment, and mentor a high-performing team to sustain excellence in product quality.

You will lead quality integration for innovation and commercialization, align with regulatory standards, and establish readiness for audits and launches,