Sales Executive/Senior Sales Executive (DOE)

We are looking for a Sales Executive or Senior Sales Executive (depending on experience) to join our growing, award-winning Packaging Portfolio that covers three established trade exhibitions – London Packaging Week, Paris Packaging Week and Packaging Premiere Milan.

These shows are located in global capitals and are focused on the packaging of luxury, premium drinks and beauty. You will be working closely with the suppliers of big luxury brands such as Dior, Loreal, Pernod Ricard, LVMH, Estee Lauder, Camus, Cartier, Coty.

In addition to selling across multiple channels, you will have the opportunity to travel internationally, attending competitor exhibitions, and client meetings. This will allow you to expand your network, gain valuable insights, and contribute to the growth of our brands.

The main focus of this role is to get close to the market quickly, source and close new business, develop current accounts through portfolio selling and exceed targets across all products.

It's perfect for an ambitious and hardworking sales professional who is comfortable making phone, video and email sales in a fast paced environment while having fun working for an event company.

The ideal candidate:

Fluent English (an additional European language as well as this is strongly preferred e.g. French, Spanish, German, Polish)

At least 2 years of experience in a sales role within a relevant industry (events, conferences, real estate, recruitment etc)

Ambitious and driven individual who takes pride in owning a project and strives for the best outcome at all times 

KPI driven, viewing KPIs and targets as opportunity to exceed performance

Capable of working with high volume

Confident communicator comfortable making calls over the phone or face to face interactions.

Team player

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.