Senior Specialist Category Procurement

About The Hershey Company

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With a strong portfolio across chocolate, confectionery, and salty snacks, Hershey delights consumers every day. Our beloved brands include Hershey’s, Reese’s, KitKat®, Dots Pretzels, Lesser Evil, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and more.

At Hershey, we are committed to making a meaningful difference in the communities where we live, work, and do business. This commitment originated with our founder, Milton Hershey, and continues to shape who we are today.

Guided by our employee value proposition, Lead Today. Create Tomorrow, we empower our people to drive impact now while shaping what comes next. Our One Hershey mindset brings teams together across functions, geographies, and businesses, enabling us to operate with speed, collaboration, and shared purpose.

The Hershey Company is proud to be recognized as a top employer in the United States, reflecting our commitment to our people, culture, and purpose.

How will you fit in the big picture?

This position serves as the procurement business partner for Hershey India and leads sourcing strategy development and execution across indirect spend categories. This role drives sourcing excellence, supplier value creation, cost savings, compliance, and process optimization while partnering with business stakeholders and global procurement teams to deliver business value.

What will you do?

• Develop and execute category sourcing strategies for indirect spend categories.

• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives and competitive bidding processes.

• Manage RFQ, RFP, and RFX procurement activities.

• Conduct supplier negotiations and contract management activities.

• Drive productivity, cost savings, and cash improvement initiatives.