Head of Buying comes from Galeria

Christian Kammann is back at Engelhorn and takes over the position of Head of Buying.

Kammann will be active in this role from March, the Mannheim fashion house confirmed to FashionUnited. The specialist magazine Textilwirtschaft had previously reported on the personnel. He succeeds Klaus-Peter Rahn, who, according to his Xing profile, has been with the company since November 2016. As Head of Buying, Kammann is in charge of purchasing for the sports sector and in the fashion segment for menswear, children’s clothing, underwear and stockings.

Meanwhile, shopping for fashion and sports in e-commerce is being merged. In the future, Katharina Graupner will be in charge of purchasing for online retail, who will continue to be active as Head of Buying for the areas of women’s fashion, accessories, shoes and beauty in physical retail. As before, the luxury buyers will report directly to Armin Weger, Managing Director of Fashion and Sport.

Kammann returns from Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof

Most recently, Kammann was active at Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof, according to his Linkedin profile. There he most recently held the role of Category Manager Menswear. In February 2019 he moved from Engelhorn to the department store group, where he worked for two years as Category Director. Before Engelhorn, he worked as the central buyer for menswear at the Düsseldorf fashion retailer Peek & Cloppenburg.

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