About me

Kat Hutcheson is Head of Operations and Strategy at oac snacks in Cork. Ex-PepsiCo global supply chain, now building the AI infrastructure that runs a real CPG operation, and helping a handful of other teams do the same.

About me

I’m Kat Hutcheson. I build the AI infrastructure that runs oac snacks and Quirk. I also help a small number of other teams build the same systems for themselves, so each one gets my full attention.

I’m convinced we can run supply chain a lot smarter, and this is the start. The goal: 10x what a small ops team can get done, with best-in-class supply chain thinking on tap.

In short

  • A decade in global supply chain, most of it at PepsiCo.
  • Data science study at the University of Chicago.
  • Employee number four at oac.
  • Cork-based, US citizen, working across Ireland, the UK, Europe, and the US.

What I build

The AI systems that run ops at oac, end to end:

  • Supply and replenishment planning
  • Master data: one source of truth for SKUs, costs, barcodes and vendors
  • Daily ops reporting and a morning briefing
  • Order dispatch and delivery tracking
  • Inventory and stock-cover monitoring
  • Reconciliation across orders, invoices and refunds
  • B2B and wholesale: trade sheets, ordering, invoicing
  • Subscriptions: retention flows and surprise gifting
  • Customer service tooling
  • Scenario and production planning

Who I work with

  • CPG and Shopify brands at the spreadsheet stage. Self-install kits you own, or installed with me.
  • Advisory, AI for Ops training, and speaking: work with me.

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