Production Supervisor
The Hershey Company · Hazle Township, PA
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Production
- Base pay
- $73k–$91k
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 4 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor production role at The Hershey Company (food & beverage) in Hazle Township, PA. Additionally, the supervisor is responsible for adhering to the employee handbook, and complying with regulatory requirements, company and plant policies, procedures, and rules in their area of responsibility.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Root cause, SAP
- Base pay
- $73k–$91k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Supervisor roles in Pennsylvania: typical posted base $73k–$103k. This one lists $73k–$91k.
Median of the low and high ends of 16 live postings that list pay, out of 46 production supervisor openings in Pennsylvania, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Pennsylvania plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 53 other live production postings in Pennsylvania.
- Base pay
- About 6% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)
Typical $75k–$100k, from 11 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 83%
- Union environment 26%
- Lean 26%
- FDA / GMP 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: The Hershey Company in Hazle Township
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Production Supervisor at The Hershey Company in other locations
The Hershey Company lists this title in 7 places. Pick the plant you can get to.
- Robinson, IL · $73k–$91k
- Hershey, PA · $73k–$91k
- Lancaster, PA · $73k–$91k
- Whitestown, IN · $73k–$91k
- Bluffton, IN · $73k–$91k
- Plymouth, IN · $73k–$91k
Full description from The Hershey CompanyAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Requirements
- ✓Bilingual (Spanish & English) is strongly preferred
- ✓Excellent people and leadership skills
- ✓Strong change management skills, driving and implementing change to optimize the business focusing on safety, quality and costs
- ✓Strong written and verbal communication skills
- ✓Problem solving and decision-making abilities
- ✓Ability to work with and relate to all levels of personnel
- ✓Ability to read/interpret production performance report
- ✓Bachelor’s degree preferred
- ✓Minimum of 3 years of experience in manufacturing or in a high speed, complex environment required
- ✓Experience with Microsoft Office Suite required
- ✓Minimum of 1 year in a supervisory capacity preferred
- ✓Food manufacturing experience preferred
- ✓SAP experience preferred
Benefits and Perks
At Hershey, we offer competitive pay and a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, financial security, and life outside of work.
- ✓Health & Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus wellness programs that support your physical and mental health begin on Day 1.
- ✓Financial Security: Competitive pay, annual incentive opportunities, and a 401(k) with company match
- ✓Time Off & Flexibility: Paid time off, company holidays, and flexible ways of working where applicable
- ✓Growth & Development: Career development programs, learning opportunities, and internal mobility
Benefits may vary based on role, location, and eligibility.
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Job Location: Hazleton, PA
This is a 2nd shift role.
Why Hershey
At The Hershey Company, we make more moments of goodness through some of the world's most iconic brands, including Hershey's, Reese's, Kit Kat®, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Dot's Pretzels, Lesser Evil and more. Our team supports a global portfolio of over 90 brands, creating opportunities to shape strategies and drive impact across a breadth of businesses that few companies can offer. While many organizations focus on a handful of brands, Hershey provides exposure to a diverse portfolio of category-leading brands enjoyed by consumers around the world. What truly sets us apart is our legacy. Inspired by Milton Hershey's belief that business should create opportunity for others, we have been making a positive impact for more than a century through our commitment to communities, philanthropy, and our longstanding partnership with Milton Hershey School. When you join Hershey, you become part of a company where purpose, growth, and making a difference are woven into how we do business every day.
How will you fit in the big picture?
As a Production Supervisor, you will be responsible for the financial planning, as well as directing and managing the activities of hourly production personnel while safely and effectively meeting the needs of their departments / areas in the plant. Additionally, the supervisor is responsible for adhering to the employee handbook, and complying with regulatory requirements, company and plant policies, procedures, and rules in their area of responsibility. To be considered, you must also be flexible for all shifts, and weekend work.
What will you do?
- •With minimal direction and input from senior leadership, propose, plan, and execute projects to eliminate the root cause of manufacturing problems
- •Independently execute projects of high complexity which have a large impact on the on the company's current and/or future business interests. Projects may relate to any aspect of the business – people, procedures, policies, finances, equipment, processes and/or products
- •Be responsible for the financial planning, as well as directing and managing the activities of hourly production personnel while safely and effectively meeting the needs of their department
- •Ensure that the area of responsibility supports all plant goals daily and weekly reviewing results with staff
- •Coordinate and administer daily interaction between the assigned area of responsibility and all other departments in the plant. This would include peers across shifts.
- •Ensure that personnel have proper qualifications, are properly trained, and motivated to work productively both as part of a team and individually
- •Ensure compliance with established standards in the areas of food quality & safety and employee safety. Identify and implement opportunities for improvement.
- •Ensure compliance with administrative and reporting procedures while complying with overtime and provisions of the handbook
- •Coordinate labor staffing on a daily basis in coherence with budgeted staffing
- •Document notification requests in SAP PM. Follow-up and prioritize with maintenance and other shifts.
- •Input data into SAP, check QA documentation, and verify employee time cards
- •Analyze information and follow-up on exceptions and opportunities
- •Foster a continuous improvement mindset, elevating new ideas (both your own and those of your employees), and executing plans to positively impact the plant operations and goals
