Analyst Transportation Planner

Analyst Transportation Planner

Posted Date: Sep 28, 2026

Requisition Number: 130513

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?

The Analyst Transportation Planner supports reliable, efficient movement of finished goods and materials by translating customer service, production planning, and replenishment needs into executable transportation plans. You will partner across Logistics, Customer Service, Warehousing, Production Planning, Security, and carriers to strengthen service, vehicle utilization, shipment visibility, food quality, and workplace safety.

What will you do?

• Create and assign shipments in the transportation management system (TMS) using delivery requirements from Customer Service, Production Planning, and Replenishment; balance customer service with vehicle-capacity utilization.
• Publish the daily Shipping Log and communicate transportation plans to cross-functional partners.
• Monitor shipment execution from loading through customer delivery, coordinating issue resolution with Warehousing, Customer Service, Security, carriers, and other partners.
• Track and report logistics indicators, including shipment consolidation, vehicle utilization, delivery performance, and service trends; use Excel-based analysis to identify follow-up actions.
• Coordinate with Customer Service and carriers to support transportation capacity, routing, delivery execution, and customer commitments.
• Review, validate, and authorize exceptional carrier accessorial charges such as handling, detention, and tolls in accordance with established controls.
• Support food quality and safety expectations, proactively report unsafe conditions or behaviors, and contribute to a respectful, collaborative work environment.

Experience:

1+ years of relevant experience in transportation planning, logistics, distribution, shipment execution, or a related supply chain role. Experience with TMS, routing, carrier coordination, delivery monitoring, logistics metrics, warehouse processes, and Excel is preferred.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

Skills:

Strong organization and prioritization, effective communication, customer-service orientation, analytical problem solving, and cross-functional collaboration. English and Spanish proficiency at B2 level or above is preferred where business needs require it.