Wayfair hires Sean Halligan as Chief Global Supply Chain Officer

American e-commerce big hitter Wayfair has appointed Sean Halligan as Chief Global Supply Chain Officer.

Halligan, who has more than 20 years’ experience in the supply chain, working for the likes of Cardinal Health, Nike and Target, will “drive the strategic supply chain initiatives that enable Wayfair to deliver an exceptional shopping experience and the ongoing expansion of its fulfilment centre and delivery network and the development of the company’s global freight network”.

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Wayfair Chief Operating Officer Thomas Netzer says: “We are delighted to welcome Sean to the operations leadership team as we rapidly expand and strengthen our capabilities across our end-to-end, global logistics network.”

“Sean’s exceptional leadership track record and deep operations expertise, spanning distribution, transport, supply chain systems and automation, strongly position him to lead our supply chain team.”

Fiona Tan

His appointment closely follows the hiring of Fiona Tan as Chief Technology Officer. 

Tan will succeed Jim Miller on 1st March, with Miller staying on for a transition period leading up to his retirement at the end of June. 

She joined Wayfair in 2020 as Global Head of Customer and Supplier Technology and was the planned successor to the CTO role.