Sales Team Leader (Manchester)

Katkin; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Monthly car allowance

Personal development budget

MacBook Pro

Health insurance

Job summary

KatKin seeks a Sales Team Leader in Manchester to drive customer acquisition across the North of England. You will manage freelance Brand Ambassadors, train them to perform at their best, and work with our Events Coordinator and London team to execute a proven sales playbook.

You’ll lead in the field, track performance, and ensure the team is motivated and well-supported. The role offers a mix of events, fieldwork, and team development within a fast-growing, VC-backed scale-up.

Qualifications

• People person with ability to motivate others.
• Scrappy and hands-on, willing to tackle obstacles.
• Strong organisational skills and deadline discipline.
• Goal-driven with a track record of meeting targets.
• Fast to identify and solve problems in the field.
• Commercial mindset toward optimal team/business outcomes.
• At least 1 year of face-to-face sales experience required.
• Leadership experience is a plus.
• A clean UK driving licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach the Manchester Direct Sales team to accelerate customer acquisition.
• Manage freelance Brand Ambassadors, training and motivating them.
• Collaborate with Events Coordinator and London team to execute sales playbooks.
• Drive sales performance, track outcomes, and address field issues.
• Plan and supervise activations, including travel with the team.
• Foster a positive team culture aligned with KatKin mission.

Skills

People person

Scrappy mentality

Highly organised

Target focussed

Quick thinking

Commercially minded

Face-to-face sales

Leadership experience

UK driving licence

Job description

KatKin's Opportunity

What we do at KatKin

For uncompromising cat parents who want the best, KatKin goes hardcore for cat health. We make the UK’s most popular fresh cat food: 100% human-quality meat, gently cooked, and frozen for freshness.

Where the competition cuts corners, catfishes customers and puts profits over health, we put cat wellbeing first. No shortcuts. No secret recipes. We’re cutting the fluff, thinking fresh and channelling hardcore love into industry-wide change. So cats live long and cat parents can love hard without compromise.

Having started as a two person team in 2019, founders Brett and Nikki have grown KatKin from a small startup to a leading pet-food industry disruptor, kick-starting a new category of healthier cat food in the UK - “Fresh”. Our vet formulated, science backed recipes are now delivered to 80,000+ cats UK wide, and counting.

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

The Role

Our Direct Sales team attends the UKs most exciting events, festivals, and cat shows. We deliver brand activations to strike up conversations with cat parents, share our mission, and sign them up to kickstart their journey to better cat health.

Since launching in February 2026, our Manchester Direct Sales channel has become one of KatKin’s fastest growing and most dynamic teams. As our Sales Team Leader in Manchester, you’ll play a pivotal role in scaling customer acquisition across the North of England, building further on this success,

This is your team to grow; you’ll take full ownership of nurturing your team of freelance Brand Ambassadors (often creatives and actors, or any charismatic cat enthusiast looking for a meaningful side hustle) - assisting, training and empowering them to reach their best.

Working alongside our Events Coordinator in Manchester, you will have open access to our proven sales playbook, alongside extensive, daily support from our London team.

You’ll drive team-wide sales performance (customer acquisition and retention), solving problems in the field as they happen, and making sure that every member of the team is well looked after and motivated.

This is a high impact role, with an opportunity to build a team around you.

Key ownership areas

• Coaching - boost performance through hands-on training and mentorship.

• Recognition- celebrate success, making sure our BAs are recognised and rewarded for their hard work.

• Leading from the front- lead the team by example in the field, contributing your own sales where helpful.

• Fostering culture - build an inclusive and motivated team culture, where each team member is connected to our mission of improving cats lives.

• Performance tracking- use available data to track performance and offer targeted help to each individual.

• Rota- make sure that every shift is filled with the correct number of BAs.

• BA briefing- prep your team for their upcoming activations, making sure they are set up for success.

• Lead Sales Excursions- work with our Events Co-ordinator to plan sales trips, and travel with the team to oversee them.

• Socials- run monthly socials for the team.

• Daily sales reporting (Google Sheets)

Who we are looking for:

• People person - you get a kick out of motivating others and seeing them succeed.

• Scrappy mentality- you’re keen to get stuck into all aspects of working in your team, helping to overcome obstacles and make the best of every opportunity.

• Highly organised- you’re a multi-tasker who delivers on deadlines.

• Target focussed- you’re driven to meet and exceed expectations.

• Quick thinking- you jump on problems, and find solutions quickly.

• Commercially minded- you direct your decisions to deliver the best outcome for the team and the business

• 1+ years of face to face sales experience is essential.

• Management/leadership experience is a plus.

• A clean UK driver’s license is a requirement.

Nice to haves

What We Offer

Working pattern:

• Full time (5 days per week), working a mix of weekdays and weekends (in line with key event bookings)

• Hybrid - 1 day WFH, 4 days in the field

• Monthly office day at our central office in London (expensed)

Benefits:

• £30-34k base salary

• £40-45k OTE with uncapped commission

• Monthly car allowance

• Extensive growth opportunities in a fast paced, VC backed scale up

• No egos and a small close-knit team

• Regular team & company socials

• 33 days annual leave including bank holidays, plus your birthday off, and 1 additional day of leave for every year worked at KatKin

• 1 day WFH, 4 days in field / office

• 2 weeks year WFA (work from anywhere) policy

• Discount on KatKin products for your cat, and £500 for new cat parents

• £800 yearly personal development budget

• Macbook Pro

• Comprehensive AXA health insurance