Kingfisher hires one of Reckitt Benckiser’s brightest stars as Category Supply Director

Amelie Gallichan-Todd has been appointed as Category Supply Director for Kingfisher’s central supply chain function (OSC). Amelie was previously Supply Chain Director for Northern Europe at Reckitt Benckiser. She brings a phenomenal amount of experience with her to the role. Her commercial focus will help align the operating companies and central functions onto a single track. Amelie will play a critical role in the “One Kingfisher” Programme. Her team will be responsible for global product synergy, range assortment, category growth, and commercial unity.

Kingfisher are Europe’s leading home improvement and DIY retail group. They operate a plethora of famous brands, with the likes of B&Q and Screwfix being the most recognisable in the UK. The company is three years into an extremely ambitious and transformative unification programme. Amelie’s appointment marks the successful completion of the development phase, and the maturity of the implementation process. Working directly to interface between group and operating company executive teams, Amelie will spearhead the next element of this ambitious and successful transformation process.

Society conducted a pan-European search, targeting professionals from 32 countries and over 85 brands. Our mission to find the very best person to fill this leadership role was both challenging and rewarding. This placement from external to the traditional DIY market, continues our track record of importing fresh talent to a historically insular market place. 

Amelie was previously with FMCG giant Reckitt Benckiser (now known as RB). She was responsible for establishing and implementing the Supply Chain strategy for Northern Europe/Australia-New Zealand. This regional role encompassed Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Customer Care and Logistics. The scale of her operational experience will stand her in good stead when handling Kingfishers 600,000 SKU’s.