job changes

Rossella Furnari has stepped up at Leroy Merlin, now leading as Marketplace Team Leader, taking on greater responsibility across marketplace operations. Jonny Hofberger has been Managing Director at GTK VATpilot GmbH since March. Pia Nolte left fashionette to join Douglas as a Director Partner Program. Johannes von Roth-Bandick has left TB International to step into a top leadership role as Co-CEO / Chief Commercial Officer at MAG – Marketplace Amplifier. Ronja Wichmann has taken the next step at limango, now leading as Teamlead Marketplace – Key Account, Operations & Retail Media, with a broader remit across marketplace performance.

Dr. Kai-Ulrich Deissner, CEO of CECONOMY AG / MediaMarktSaturn, will hand over the role of CEO during the course of 2026 for personal reasons. His successor Remko Rijnders will assume the role of CEO on July 1.
René Groll, previously Head of E-Commerce and Chief Digital Officer at Alberts, is joining Front Row German on May 1, where he will support the team behind the Catapult analytics tool.
Marco Pirani, Commercial Director at Benetton, left the group after four years to take the position of CEO Commercial at Lowa Sportschuhe GmbH.

Inka Buschmann has moved up the ranks in Ceceba’s E-Commerce team and is now Head of Online Wholesale and Marketplaces.
Ludwig Schirmer, who led Devely’s Digital Unit up to last March, has returned to Europe after a few months in Dubai, and now joins DIY D2C brand Miss Pompadour as new Head of International Growth.
Valentin Lennartz has left Kaufland e-commerce to join UK-based marketplace OnBuy as Regional Manager DACH, supporting its expansion in the German-speaking region.

Patrick Bauernfeind became now officially the CEO & Managing Director of Nakoa Digital. Robin Prinsen formerly known as the CEO will stay as a partner. Valentin Lennartz has left Kaufland e-commerce to join UK-based marketplace OnBuy as Regional Manager DACH, supporting its expansion in the German-speaking region. Patrick Sedlmeier has left Kneipp GmbH and joined Douglas as Director Group Retail, bringing his retail expertise to the beauty giant.

Rafe Colburn, already serving as Chief Technology Officer at Etsy, is expanding his role and will also take over as Chief Product Officer. The move comes as Etsy consolidates its leadership structure following the departure of the former CPO.
Christian Lefken has made the move from MAX Trader to Christopeit Sport, where he’s now Head of Marketplaces.
Caroline Offergelt, after several years in the fashion marketplace world, has taken a new direction and joined bekuplast as Senior E-Commerce Manager.

Maximilian Gassner has taken on a broader leadership role as Vice President Sales Central at Adidas. Christina Skoeries has moved up the ranks at camel active and now holds the role of Director E-Commerce. Maria Jose Barrera Rojas has made a major move from Inditex to Louis Vuitton, where she now leads as Global VP E-Commerce.

Sebastian Kux has been promoted at L’Oréal, now leading as Head of Digital & Consumer Engagement DACH for Maybelline New York, NYX Professional Makeup, and essie. Ludwig Schirmer has left Develey Senf & Feinkost to take on the role of Head of B2C Europe at AIR – Advanced Inhalation Rituals. Laura Wiedemann moves into a broader role at Hama Deutschland, now heading up E-Commerce International & Outlet.

Nils Kernchen, previously Head of Business at ManoMano and most recently part of the founding team at yachting marketplace Yachtneeds, has joined ChannelMojo as Commercial Director.

Philipp Ludewig leaves Redcare Pharmacy to join marketplace agency Movesell as Director of Operations.

Sahiba Sachdeva joins L’Oréal as E-Commerce Director – Amazon, after eight years at Reckitt.

PInki Choudury has joined Roman Originals as Chief Product Officer. Her mission: build a new fashion marketplace. Hannah Hardiman makes the jump from eBay UK to Walmart, taking on the role of Director of Acceleration, Global Marketplace, in London. Andreas Roth took over a new position as Head of International Marketplaces Amazon at Medion AG.

Pierre-Yves Delforge has advanced to Vice President Vendor Management at zooplus.
Michael Hartmann, the driving force behind the Amazon success of German gardening brand Gardena, left the company after more than eight years. He joined NBG EDV as Senior Head of E-Commerce.
Radha Patel has left B&Q to join Temu in London as Senior Business Development Manager.