Manager, Design to Value

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Pennsylvania.

📋 Description

• Play a pivotal role in propelling our product design strategy forward, leading efforts that improve formulation optimization and overall product quality.

• Direct cross-functional partnerships that question assumptions and prioritize initiatives based on thorough analysis, ensuring they align with wider organizational objectives.

• Shape the direction of senior leadership by providing structured, data-informed recommendations that support medium- to long-term strategic planning.

• Assume responsibility for the product design initiatives program, which includes organizing workshops, managing projects, defining scopes, developing business cases, and maintaining detailed roadmaps.

• Evaluate and prioritize product design choices critically in collaboration with cross-functional teams, focusing on formulation, consumer sensory experiences, and manufacturability.

• Partner with initiative leaders to enhance value propositions, evaluate underlying assumptions, identify risks, and set clear success metrics.

• Create and present concise, decision-ready reports for executive leadership that condense complex trade-offs and strategic recommendations.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field is required.

• Ideally, 5 to 7 years of experience in commercial roles, digital transformation, supply chain management, or strategy development within consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms or consulting agencies.

• Exceptional ability to synthesize intricate information and persuade senior stakeholders with executive-ready presentations that clarify decisions, risks, and subsequent actions.

• Strong analytical skills are necessary to maintain extensive data on SKU volumes, change management, and capacity constraints, which are crucial for project sequencing and resource allocation.

• Proficient in the fundamentals of product design, allowing for the translation of consumer insights into innovative, cost-effective, and manufacturable solutions that enrich consumer experience.

• Excellent communication skills are essential for effectively engaging diverse stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Deep and long-standing partnership with Milton Hershey School

• Corporate philanthropy

• Employee volunteerism