Director Extended Producer Responsibility Compliance

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. Location: Hershey, PA Ideal location is Hershey, PA; however, we will consider candidates within a reasonable driving distance who are willing to travel to Hershey twice a month for collaboration weeks. How will you fit in the big picture? Reporting to the VP, Global Government Relations, Philanthropy and Corporate Responsibility, the Director, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Compliance leads Hershey’s enterprise-wide approach to packaging EPR compliance and readiness. This role translates rapidly evolving regulatory requirements into coordinated business action, with an initial focus on the United States and Canada while monitoring emerging obligations globally. As Hershey’s primary EPR subject-matter leader, you will chair the cross-functional EPR Steering Group and partner across Government Relations, Legal, Sustainability, Packaging, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Product Development, Information Technology, and business teams. You will help manage compliance risk, strengthen data and reporting capabilities, assess financial and packaging implications, and enable timely business decisions. You will also provide oversight and direction to the EPR Compliance Coordinator and represent Hershey with producer responsibility organizations (PROs), industry associations, and other external stakeholders. What will you do? Own Hershey’s enterprise-wide packaging EPR strategy, scenario planning, governance, compliance roadmap, and operating processes as regulatory and PRO requirements evolve. Lead the Hershey EPR Steering Group, establish priorities and accountability, resolving cross-functional issues, and bringing forward recommendations for key decisions. Direct U.S. and Canadian plastics, packaging, and EPR registrations, reporting, submissions, fee obligations, controls, and audit-ready documentation. Oversee the EPR Compliance Coordinator and coordinate business subject-matter experts to deliver required data, documentation, approvals, and payments. Serve as Hershey’s primary contact with PROs and EPR administrators, managing registrations, reporting requirements, data questions, invoices, audits, and issue resolution. Design scalable EPR data governance and reporting capabilities, partnering with IS and ESG data and technology teams on systems requirements, data integrity, controls, and continuous improvement. Partner with Finance on fee modeling, forecasting, budgeting, invoice validation, eco-modulation impacts, and business cases. Develop scenario analyses to inform packaging design, material selection, sourcing, supplier engagement, capital investment, and portfolio decisions. Translate complex regulatory requirements into practical guidance and decision frameworks for Packaging, Supply Chain, Procurement, Product Development, and commercial teams. Partner with Packaging and Sustainability to evaluate packaging choices considering EPR requirements, recyclability, food safety, product protection, GHG and life-cycle considerations, and operational feasibility. Work with Government Relations and Legal to monitor U.S., Canadian, and global packaging policy developments and assess business impacts and implementation…

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