Sales Manager – Luxury Packaging Portfolio (Paris, London & Milan)

Please note, we are looking for candidates fluent in both French & English (Spoken & Written). 

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Sales Manager to join our growing Luxury Packaging Portfolio, which includes three of Europe’s most prestigious and award-winning trade events: Paris Packaging Week, London Packaging Week, and Packaging Première Milan.

These internationally renowned shows take place in the world’s creative capitals and focus on packaging for luxury, premium drinks, fashion, and beauty. They have a high impact and strong reputation within the global luxury community, attracting leading brands, designers, and suppliers shaping the future of packaging innovation.

You will work closely with the top suppliers and creative partners of the world’s most prestigious brands — including Dior, L’Oréal, Pernod Ricard, LVMH, Estée Lauder, Camus, Cartier, Coty, and many others.

As a Sales Manager, you’ll play a key role in driving growth across this high-profile international portfolio by developing new business, nurturing existing clients, and delivering outstanding results across multiple media channels.

In addition to selling exhibition space, sponsorships, and digital visibility, you’ll have the opportunity to travel internationally, attending competitor exhibitions and client meetings. This will allow you to expand your network, gain valuable market insights, and contribute directly to the continued success and influence of our luxury event brands.

As a Sales Manager at Easyfairs, your main tasks will be:

• Proactively seeking new business actives and seeking new revenue
• Portfolio selling
• Building strong relationships with exhibitors by meeting them face-to-face and selling sponsorship packages and additional services.
• Keeping our prospects database up to date and expanding it to meet sales goals.
• Managing accounts and handling administrative tasks related to bookings.
• Using effective communication and negotiation skills to close deals.
• Achieving key performance indicators: minimum 90 minutes on outgoing sales calls when in the office

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Must be fluent in French and English.
• Previous experience in the event industry or a minimum of 3 years in B2B sales.
• Ability to think creatively and communicate effectively.
• Experience in face-to-face sales and making outbound B2B phone calls.
• Strong telephone manner and communication skills.
• Confidence in cold calling.
• Alignment with our commitment to sustainability and our goal to become net-zero.
• Comfortable with traveling as required.

Who are we?

Easyfairs is a pan-European event company. We organise and host more than 200 events in 14 countries (Algeria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom) and we manage eight venues in Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden. Our passion is to bring business communities and communities of interest together. We strive to “easify” the life of our customers and increase the return on their investment of time and money through all-in formulas, advanced technology and a customer-centric approach. The Easyfairs Group employs over 800 highly committed talents. Our commitment to excellence has been recognised several times. We were named Belgium’s “Entrepreneur of the Year®” in 2018 and Deloitte has named us a “Best Managed Company” seven years running (2019-25). The company is ranked 11th in the list of the world’s leading exhibition companies. We are also proud of being on the "Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025" list!

Benefits:

🎂 Birthday Day off

🏡 Flexible working as well as hybrid working

👶 Enhanced family pay (maternity & paternity)

🚲 Cycle to work scheme

🚂 Interest free travel loans

📚 Free online academy to focus on professional development and upskilling

🧠 Specialist external performance coach services available to all employees

🤝 Employee assistance programme

👩‍⚕️ 24/7 access to our virtual GP service

🏆 Long service awards

💰 Pension as well as offering salary sacrifice

👪 Life cover

🔒 Group income protection

🍾 Fully stocked beer & wine fridge in the office

🎉 Regular company socials organised throughout the year

We understand that applicants can be put off applying for a job if they feel they don't fit all of the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills/ experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply! Here at Easyfairs, we are passionate about the power of fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for our team to thrive in. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.