Generalist Inventory & Process

The Hershey Company•Lower Swatara Township, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Generalist Inventory & Process will play an important role in supporting accurate inventory, production reporting, and financial processes at the West Hershey plant, a high-speed, complex union manufacturing environment. This role helps ensure data accuracy, strong controls, and reliable reporting across inventory, production, and plant accounting activities. This position is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys solving problems, improving processes, partnering across teams, and contributing to the success of one of Hershey’s key manufacturing operations.

Requirements

3+ years of accounting, operational, inventory control, plant finance, manufacturing reporting, or related experience required.
Strong Excel/spreadsheet skills, analytical ability, attention to detail, collaboration, adaptability, and problem-solving skills required.
Comfortable supporting periodic flexible work hours during physical inventories, month-end close, and budgeting cycles.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with inventory controls, reconciliations, reporting, variance analysis, internal controls, or manufacturing systems preferred.

Responsibilities

Oversee and analyze inventory processes across Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Storeroom, including raw material cycle counts, physical inventory support, rework counts, and inventory reconciliations.
Research and resolve inventory discrepancies, including GR/IR issues, Bill of Lading reconciliation, SAP/S4 documentation accuracy, and defective packaging debit memo support.
Support production reporting and analytics by reviewing anomalies, variances, downtime drivers, rework, waste, overweight, and line-level performance data.
Help serve as an S4 site resource for West Hershey by troubleshooting system issues, supporting plant users, and partnering with IT and external support teams as needed.
Support plant accounting and financial processes, including fixed assets, reconciliations, monthly reporting, budget inputs, cost center reviews, and compliance-related activities.
Identify process gaps, support internal controls, contribute to audit readiness, and help implement improvements that strengthen accuracy, efficiency, and execution quality.
Provide reporting, training, and cross-functional support to Manufacturing, Plant Management, QA, Logistics, and plant accounting partners.