Founders Associate

Kennies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Kennies, a London-based, fast-growing consumer brand making high-protein salami, seeks a hands-on Founders Associate to work directly with the founders across the business.

This in-person role offers real ownership from day one: you’ll secure retail listings, manage distributor relationships, run Amazon/DTC and TikTok Shop channels, and help build repeatable processes with Airtable/ClickUp. You’ll also support marketing, ops and founder projects.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years' experience in a fast-paced environment.
• A genuine passion for food & drink.
• Quick on your feet and self-starting attitude.
• Based in London, able to work in-store and at a desk.
• Commercially minded with ability to switch tasks quickly.

Responsibilities

• Win and manage retail listings—visit stores, pitch, and keep accounts healthy.
• Support distributor and foodservice relationships.
• Run Amazon, DTC and TikTok Shop—listings, promotions, performance.
• Coordinate promotions across retail and online channels.
• Build and manage brand partnerships and collaborations.
• Support social content, influencer and affiliate activity.
• Turn manual tasks into repeatable systems using Airtable/ClickUp.
• Spot where things break and fix at the source.

Skills

Startup experience

FMCG

Consulting

Hospitality

Attention to detail

Self-starter

Commercial mindset

Tools

Airtable

ClickUp

Notion

Shopify

TikTok Shop

Job description

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About Kennies

We're a London-based, fast-growing consumer brand - we make high-protein snacking salami. Think Peperami, but better for you.

We launched in December '25 and are already stocked in 300+ independent retailers across London and the UK, alongside a growing Amazon, DTC and TikTok Shop business. We're a small, ambitious team moving fast - and we're building something we think can be big.

About the role

We're looking for a sharp, hands-on Founders Associate to work directly alongside the founders across the whole business.

This is not a single-lane job. One week you might be securing retail listings and coordinating a promotion; the next you're building a repeatable system for a manual process, briefing a social campaign, or pulling together the numbers for a distributor negotiation. If you want to learn how an early-stage consumer brand is actually built - and have real ownership from day one - this is it.

You'll be the founders' extra pair of hands and extra brain: the person who picks up the messy, important problems and gets them done.

What you'll do

Your week will vary, but the mix looks roughly like this:

• Help win and manage retail listings - visiting stores, pitching, and keeping accounts healthy
• Support our distributor and foodservice relationships
• Help run our Amazon, DTC and TikTok Shop channels - listings, promotions, performance

Marketing & brand (~25%)

• Coordinate promotions across our retail and online channels
• Build and manage brand partnerships and collaborations
• Support social content, influencer and affiliate activity
• Help keep our brand sharp and consistent everywhere it shows up

Operations & systems (~25%)

• Keep the engine running: order processing, inventory, supplier and fulfilment coordination
• We're an AI-native business — we build repeatable processes for our manual tasks, and we'll expect you to do the same. Wherever you find yourself doing something by hand twice, your job is to turn it into a system
• Work in our tools (Airtable, ClickUp and similar) to keep processes tight
• Spot where things are breaking or slow, and help fix them at the source

Founder support & special projects (~15%)

• Own the research, analysis and one-off projects that land on the founders' desk
• Turn ambiguous problems into clear plans and finished work
• Whatever it takes to help the business grow

Who you are

• 1–3 years' experience in a fast-paced environment - startup, FMCG, consulting, hospitality or similar
• A genuine, demonstrated passion for food & drink - shown through past work or personal projects, not just enthusiasm. You get why brand and product matter in this category
• Quick on your feet - you grasp new concepts fast and don't need everything spelled out twice
• Sharp eye for detail - you notice the thing that's slightly off and care about getting it right
• A true self-starter - you take ownership, follow through, and get things done without being chased
• Commercially minded and comfortable jumping between very different tasks
• Based in London and happy to be out in stores as well as at a desk

Nice to have

• Experience building AI-native workflows and automations
• Familiarity with tools like Airtable, Notion, ClickUp, Shopify
• Attitude and aptitude matter more than any specific tool or background.

Details

• Full-time, permanent, based in London (this is an in-person role)
• Real ownership, direct access to the founders, and a front-row seat as we scale