Food manufacturing
10 Hershey procurement leaders
These ten current Hershey procurement leaders have held director-level or more senior procurement roles at The Hershey Company. A reader can learn how procurement leaders work at Hershey from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Elizabeth Saenz
LinkedInExperience: Director Procurement Services · The Hershey Company
Director Procurement Services at The Hershey Company since October 2024; the profile also lists Sr Mgr Indirect Procurement there since 2023, in Monterrey, Mexico. Elizabeth Saenz also held Global Sr Manager Procure to Pay (2018–2021) and Purchasing Manager (2009–2018) roles at The Hershey Company.
Karan Pradeep
LinkedInExperience: Associate Vice President, Procurement · The Hershey Company
Associate Vice President, Procurement at The Hershey Company since December 2024, a role the profile says leads the India procurement team sourcing direct materials, indirect materials and services for the India business. Karan Pradeep also held vendor management roles at Cloudtail India Private Limited (2017–2021).
Lucy Song
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director, Global Packaging & Intl Procurement & Strategic Alliance · The Hershey Company
Former Senior Director, Global Packaging & Intl Procurement & Strategic Alliance at The Hershey Company (2022–2024), and Senior Director, Commodity & Co-man there since October 2024. Lucy Song also held Senior Director, Global Strategic Alliance & Intl Procurement at Hershey (2020–2022) and Director, Global Procurement, Sweeteners, AMEA & SACAAF at PepsiCo (2012–2016).
Luis Arturo Gonzalez
LinkedInExperience: Director of Procurement · The Hershey Company
Director of Procurement at The Hershey Company since March 2025, in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Luis Arturo Gonzalez was also Procurement Strategy & Transformation Director (2024–2025), Procurement Director PepsiCo Corporate (2021–2024) and Indirects Procurement Director Pepsico Corporate (2018–2021) at PepsiCo.
Mark Kline
LinkedInExperience: Director Commodities and Specialty Procurement · The Hershey Company
Director Commodities and Specialty Procurement at The Hershey Company since May 2022. Mark Kline was also Sr. Manager Commodities Procurement (2016–2022) and Staff Scientist (2013–2016) at The Hershey Company, and the profile headline lists global commodities, strategic sourcing, risk management and supplier development.
Maxwell Dawes
LinkedInExperience: Director Direct Procurement · The Hershey Company
Director Direct Procurement at The Hershey Company since April 2023, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Maxwell Dawes was also Director of Dairy Network Optimization and Procurement (2021–2023) and Sr. Manager Dairy Contracting and Pricing (2017–2021) at Danone, and the profile describes a background in dairy commodities.
Michael Hoover
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Procurement - Packaging and Strategic Alliances · The Hershey Company
Sr. Director Procurement - Packaging and Strategic Alliances at The Hershey Company since August 2018. Michael Hoover also held Director, Commodities Sourcing (2015–2016), Director, Global Cocoa Risk Management (2013–2015) and Sr. Manager Cocoa Risk Management (2011–2012) roles at The Hershey Company.
Sherry Ulsh
LinkedInExperience: Director of Indirect Procurement · The Hershey Company
Director of Indirect Procurement at The Hershey Company since April 2022, in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Sherry Ulsh also held a Marketing and Sales Procurement role at The Hershey Company (2017–2022), and the profile lists Senior Director, Operations and Marketing Finance at Church's Texas Chicken (2014–2017).
Tricia Brannigan
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer / Vice President Global Procurement · The Hershey Company
Chief Procurement Officer / Vice President Global Procurement at The Hershey Company since July 2020. Tricia Brannigan also held Sr. Director, Global Commodities & Specialty Ingredients (2017–2020) and Sr. Director, Packaging & Specialty Ingredient Procurement (2014–2017) at Hershey, and Vice President, Purchasing at Dawn Foods Global (2010–2014).
Victor Scarante, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Director Procurement Center of Excellence · The Hershey Company
Director Procurement Center of Excellence at The Hershey Company since September 2024. Victor Scarante was also Head of Procurement Excellence (2021–2024) and Head Global Indirect Procurement (2017–2021) at Grünenthal Group, and Global Procurement Lead External Manufacturing at Kraft Heinz (2016–2017).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you split procurement work between commodities, packaging and indirect categories in a food company?
- 02How do you build a procurement center of excellence that category teams actually use?
- 03What does a procurement leader report to finance and supply chain partners each quarter?
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