Sustainability PMO Lead - Global Manufacturing & ESG

Hershey Company; Hershey (PA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hershey Company in Hershey, PA is seeking a Sustainability Pillar Manager to lead energy and water management across manufacturing facilities and to build the Sustainability Pillar within the Hershey Lean Production System, turning sustainability ambitions into standardized, measurable results.

You will drive standards, capability building, and governance for energy, water, waste, and emissions while aligning with ESG leadership and cross-functional partners to scale impact globally.

Responsibilities

• Define & deploy Sustainability Pillar System
• Establish global standards, playbooks and minimum HLPS requirement for the Sustainability Pillar
• Define Pillar maturity model, roadmap, and deployment strategy
• Ensure alignment with other Pillars (FI, AM, PM, Leadership) and with corporate ESG team
• Build capability across Manufacturing Sites
• Design and lead capability building programs for Plant Leadership Teams (PLT), Site Sustainability, and Energy Champions
• Coach site pillar leaders to: Translate standards into execution, Build sustainable routines and governance, Create sustainability culture at the site
• Benchmark across industry to understand trends and best practices, and bring them to the company
• Drive performance & KPI governance
• In collaboration with ESG department, provide leadership support in setting energy targets, ensuring alignment with Science-Based Targets (SBT)
• Define and standardize core KPI’s (energy, water, gas, waste, emissions)
• Build routines to: Track performance vs targets, Explain variances and identify drivers. Provide regular visibility to the organization thru Dashboards
• Ensure data integrity and reporting consistency across all sites
• Integrate Sustainability into Lean System
• Embed Sustainability into: Loss Elimination (FI), Daily Management Systems (DMS), Continuous improvement processes
• Drive a shift from project-based activity to system-based performance
• Partner across functions
• Act as a key interface between: Manufacturing plants, Corporate sustainability (ESG), Finance and Engineering to prioritize and resource initiatives as

Job description

The Hershey Company in Hershey, PA is seeking a Sustainability Pillar Manager to lead energy and water management across manufacturing facilities and to build the Sustainability Pillar within the Hershey Lean Production System, turning sustainability ambitions into standardized, measurable results.

You will drive standards, capability building, and governance for energy, water, waste, and emissions while aligning with ESG leadership and cross-functional partners to scale impact globally.