Sales Manager Germany (m/f/d)
Your tasks
- Proactively managing a variety of in-house accounts primarily in your area, presenting our program, processing orders, and following up
- Regulary traveling to, developing and maintaining partnerships
- Checking and improving in-store presentation of our books to have the best possible visibility
- Identification and finding new partners
- Building a trusted advisor relationship with 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
- Sales and marketing support as needed for directors
Your profile
- Strong Sales background, experience in the book trade is an advantage
- Affinity with arts, architecture, interior design, pop culture or fashionExcellent organizational skills and time management abilities
- Commitment and flexibility to travel extensivelyProven 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 German and English
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
Interested? Then we look forward to receiving your application documents, including your salary requirements and earliest possible starting date, by e-mail to Alicia Westendorf at jobs@taschen.com