European Sales Manager in London

This is an exciting opportunity to join Bloomsbury's Academic Sales team. Our division is dedicated to publishing and delivering world-class scholarship, textbooks, and professional resources across the humanities, social sciences, visual and performing arts, and law to customers around the world.

Reporting to the Academic & Professional Sales Director, UK & Export, you will be the face of Bloomsbury Academic across Europe—managing direct customer accounts, leading sales agency relationships, and driving revenue growth across our print and eBook lists.

Key responsibilities:

• Drive revenue growth: Deliver sales target growth across Bloomsbury’s Academic & Professional print and eBook portfolios for the designated European territory, in line with the UK and Export sales budget.
• Account management & development: Maintain and nurture relationships across an established customer base, handle customer queries and orders to ensure first-class service.
• Front list and backlist sales: Confidently present front list titles tailored to account specialisms, while driving backlist sales through strategic promotions, up‑selling campaigns, and regular re‑orders.
• Agent management: Lead relationships with sales agencies across Europe, equipping agents with essential product information, tools, and sales collateral, and conducting regular check‑ins to track performance and gather regional market intelligence.
• Trading terms and commercial management: Negotiate and review customer trading terms to optimise profit margins for Bloomsbury while maintaining commercially sound customer partnerships.
• Cross‑functional collaboration: Partner closely with Marketing on wholesaler catalogue submissions and co‑marketing initiatives, and collaborate with Editorial, Operations/Inventory, Export Sales, and Business Systems to ensure seamless stock availability, metadata flow, and sales execution.
• Supply chain and operations: Liaise with distribution centres to streamline logistics, minimise trading friction, and oversee customer credit accounts.
• Book fairs and market travel: Represent Bloomsbury Academic at major industry events, including the London and Frankfurt Book Fairs, and conduct regular travel to key European regions and customers in line with departmental travel budgets.
• Market insight: Channel feedback on European market trends, competitor activity, and product performance back to the Sales Director, and Editorial and Marketing teams.

Skills, knowledge, experience:

• Demonstrable experience in selling products to, and establishing lasting relationships with retail/wholesale/library supplier customers.
• Experience managing a sales territory, preferably internationally.
• Strong commercial sense with experience calculating margins, evaluating discounts, analysing sales figures, and managing travel/overhead budgets.
• Excellent verbal, written, and formal presentation skills with experience pitching to both individuals and larger groups.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel).
• Highly organised, resilient, and analytical, with the ability to assimilate complex information, identify operational obstacles, and propose constructive solutions.
• Able to work proactively with minimal direct supervision while maintaining clear alignment with team goals and senior leadership.
• Working knowledge of one or more European languages is a distinct advantage.
• Experience using publishing and reporting systems such as Biblio, Cognos, Power BI, and SAP is highly advantageous.

Application Deadline: 23:59 on Wednesday 18th of November 2026

Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications.

Additional information:

• Starting: As soon as possible
• Contract: Full-time, permanent.
• Hybrid-working: 2 days per week: Wednesdays and Thursdays

Bloomsbury Benefits:

• 25 days holiday
• 3.5 days Christmas company holiday
• Two paid Personal Wellness Days
• Flexible Fridays
• Work Anywhere Fortnight
• Season Ticket Loan
• Share save Scheme
• AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
• Peppy Health App
• In-house Doctor
• Eye care Voucher Scheme
• And a range of other benefits as listed on our company website.

Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.