Manager, Portfolio Process & Governance

The Hershey Company•Lower Swatara Township, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for leading the Commercial Governance for our Key businesses including strategic topics, product development projects and advancing Portfolio Analytics to support business prioritization and decision making with Commercial Business and Leadership Team.

Requirements

Knowledge of stage-gate process
Strong data & analytics skills. Able to collect, transform, and display data using various tools (Excel, Power BI, Alteryx, etc.)
Portfolio Project Management knowledge
Attention to detail but capable of broad strategic overview
Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
Strong ability to influence and persuade decision making at higher levels
Multifunctional business acumen – marketing, R&D, finance, supply chain. Experience working across several business functions and with upper management preferred.
Capable of gaining trust and buy in from peers and leaders. Mediator and conflict resolver
Able to communicate with PowerPoint
Bachelor’s degree.
At least 5+ years work experience in an analytical and/or strategic role involving business processes.

Responsibilities

Leads Commercial Governance Meetings and Process including confirming agendas / attendees, material readiness, and running meetings (including prioritizing topics, time management, & follow-ups)
Advises on Governance and Process needs and help to design and implement process improvements
Acts as Subject Matter Expert and provides stage gate process guidance within Commercial Governance
Supports Accolade project management tool continuous improvement
Creates and maintains Decision-Making Analysis and process metrics for Governance meetings
Owns data gathering process; collaborate with other data owners to connect into enterprise data sources
Lead development of dashboards and analytical suite for project portfolio
Generate insights on portfolio performance, trends, risks, areas for improvement, etc.
Conduct Ad hoc analysis; develop hypothesis, aggregate findings, and determine recommendations
Leads data accuracy for project portfolio data in Accolade
Maintains single source of truth information for all projects