Senior Director Transportation

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• Senior Director Transportation
• Posted Date: Nov 12, 2026
• Requisition Number: 131119

Location

This position is based in Hershey, PA three days per week onsite; Relocation is provided.

Why Hershey

At The Hershey Company, our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hershey’s enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy, we create positive impact by supporting communities, helping children thrive, and operating as a business for good.

This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School, where we invest in education, workforce readiness, and hands on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom.

Supported by strategic grantmaking, product donations, cross brand collaboration, and strong employee volunteerism, Hershey offers a place to work where making a difference—locally and globally—is part of how we do business every day.

How will you fit in the big picture?

The Senior Director, Transportation will lead Hershey's transportation strategy and operations, building a high-performing, cost-effective network that delivers strong customer service. This leader will oversee a significant third-party transportation network, including carrier procurement, sourcing, negotiation and contracting, while advancing payload utilization, reducing unnecessary miles and strengthening on-time delivery. Working across manufacturing, warehousing, planning and customer service, this role will improve cost, capacity and service across the end-to-end network.

Transportation Procurement & Carrier Strategy

Lead transportation sourcing and procurement, including carrier bids, negotiations, contracting and ongoing carrier strategy.

Establish a disciplined procurement approach that delivers competitive common-carrier rates benchmarked against the market.

Manage carrier relationships and performance across a large outsourced network, balancing cost, capacity, service and operational requirements.

Transportation Operations & Customer Service

Lead transportation initiatives supporting warehouse-delivered customer shipments, including appointment scheduling, dock coordination and delivery execution.

Drive reliable on-time service by identifying and resolving constraints across the network.

Partner across functions to improve the flow of product from manufacturing and distribution locations to customers.

Network Optimization

Optimize the transportation network to reduce unnecessary miles, improve truck payload and increase asset utilization.

Work with plants, warehouses, planning and customer service to improve shipment configurations and transportation flows.

Establish and monitor measures that balance transportation cost, payload utilization and customer service.

Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership

Provide strategic leadership for transportation initiatives and improvement programs.

Build strong partnerships across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Planning, Customer Service and Procurement.

Influence enterprise decisions and develop longer-term capabilities that support business growth and changing customer requirements.

Minimum Education & Requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. Advanced degree preferred.

Experience

13+ years of relevant transportation, logistics or supply chain experience in a large, complex distribution environment, including significant leadership responsibility.

Additional Qualifications

• Deep experience with third-party transportation procurement, including carrier sourcing, competitive bids, negotiations and contracting.
• Demonstrated success optimizing transportation cost, miles, payload utilization and service.
• Strong knowledge of warehouse-delivered customer transportation, appointment scheduling and dock-management requirements.
• Commercial and analytical strength, with the ability to make sound tradeoffs among cost, capacity and service.
• Proven ability to lead complex initiatives and influence cross-functional stakeholders; CPG, food and beverage, retail or similarly complex high-volume distribution experience is strongly preferred.

Pay and benefits

The anticipated base salary range for this role is $190,800 to $238,500 per year. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of job‑related factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skill set, education, and training.

In addition to a market-competitive base salary, our Total Rewards package includes performance‑based incentives and a comprehensive, competitive benefits package designed to support overall physical, mental, and financial well‑being (as applicable).

Learn more about Hershey’s benefits and all the resources Hershey provides to support our employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well‑being by visiting the Hershey Digital Employee Experience at

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