Sales Manager Europe (m/f/d) (located in London or Cologne)

Your tasks

Proactively managing a variety of in-house accounts primarily in your area, presenting our program,
processing orders, and following up/ liaising often with our distributors to
ensure timely fulfillment
Regularly traveling to, developing, and maintaining key partnerships
Developing new business, from lead generation and initial sale to account management
Building a trusted advisor relationship with key accounts and maintaining strong,
long-lasting customer relationships based on growth
Preparing reports and communicating the progress of monthly/quarterly initiatives to
department director
Forecasting and tracking lead title and key account metrics
Researching, identifying, and traveling to prospects in specific territories
Sales and marketing support as needed for directors

Your profile

Located in London or Cologne
Strong Sales background
Affinity with arts, architecture, interior design, pop culture or fashion
Experience in new business development
Excellent organizational skills and time management abilities
Commitment and flexibility to travel extensively
Proven track record of meeting and exceeding expectations
Outgoing, ambitious, and flexible with excellent communication & presentation skills
Able to work well within a team and independently
Excellent computer skills especially with Microsoft Office and Excel (knowledge and
proficiency with advanced excel functions including VLOOKUP, IF, and Pivot Tables a huge plus)
A BA level or equivalent and/or relevant work experience
A strong awareness of TASCHEN’s brand and a passion for our unique program
Fluent in English, any additional language is a plus
Valid driver’s license

We offer

A diverse and demanding job within a creative and international working environment
An open business culture with a flat organizational structure and rapid decision-making
processes
A variety of tasks in a committed, dynamic team
Flexible working hours as well as the possibility of combining remote and on-site work
A competitive salary
A permanent full-time job

About us

We are looking for bright, driven and inspiring individuals to join our international team.

TASCHEN is the world’s leading art-book publisher, headquartered in Cologne with teams in Berlin, Brussels, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Miami, Milan, New York, Paris and Tokyo. For more than 40 years, we have been on a mission to publish innovative illustrated books on art, architecture, design, fashion, film, lifestyle, travel, photography and pop culture and to bring them to the world. We aspire to be inclusive, independent, inspirational.