Patrick Ehlert, the former Head of Buying at the Berlin clothing retailer Defshop GmbH, has a new job. After more than ten years, he is turning his back on the fashion industry, as he announced on Thursday in a post on the career network LinkedIn.
In the future, he will work as a key account manager at MainTea GmbH. In this role at the tea manufacturer, he will actively promote the expansion of the trade, says Ehlert. The move comes almost a year and a half after his departure from Defshop in December 2024.
In the meantime, he focused on a professional reorientation, in which he said he was intensively involved in market analyzes in the areas of fashion, consumer and e-commerce, expanded his network and worked as a sparring partner for commercial and strategic topics.
This enabled him to realign himself, strengthen his long-term focus and sharpen his perspective on sustainable business growth. The move to the food sector was therefore a conscious choice, according to the article.
Before his time at Defshop, Ehlert worked for Publikat GmbH, which was part of Signa Sports United from 2018, for over four years. Most recently he held the title of Head of Buying.