Hershey Co. Appoints Former Amazon VP as Inaugural Chief Expertise Officer

The Hershey Firm has lately employed its first chief know-how officer, Deepak Bhatia, who beforehand labored for Amazon. Bhatia may even be a member of the corporate’s government committee. He was previously the vp of provide chain optimization applied sciences at Amazon. His first day at Hershey might be October twenty third.

In his new position, Bhatia will lead the worldwide know-how technique for the corporate. He might be answerable for growing and implementing digital capabilities which can be modern and adaptable to the altering wants of Hershey’s customers, retail companions, and staff. The Hershey Firm said that Bhatia has experience in varied areas reminiscent of automated techniques, provide chain planning, synthetic intelligence, and predictive analytics.

Michele Buck, the president and CEO of The Hershey Firm, expressed her confidence in Bhatia’s means to steer their know-how technique. She believes that his experience in leveraging knowledge, analytics, and automation will assist elevate the worker expertise, create business worth, and additional advance their imaginative and prescient as a number one snacking powerhouse.

Earlier than becoming a member of The Hershey Firm, Bhatia had an in depth profession at Amazon, the place he labored for 12 years. He additionally had a earlier 11-year tenure at Utilized Supplies. Bhatia holds a grasp’s diploma in administration science and engineering from Stanford College, in addition to a grasp’s diploma in aeronautics and astronautics engineering from Purdue College.

Along with this information, it’s price noting that the controversial “One Chip Problem” Paqui model is a part of The Hershey Firm’s portfolio.