Sales Team Lead (Field Sales)

Location: Loughborough, UK; field-based with regular travel, including overnight stays in the Swindon area during the first two weeks.

Salary: £32,000 basic plus uncapped commission, with £55,000 OTE annually.

Company

A rapidly scaling fresh food delivery business supplying farm-fresh goods to customers’ doors and partnering with independent British suppliers.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day performance management for a door-to-door sales team, tracking KPIs and quality standards.
• Use sales data, reports, dashboards, Excel, or Google Sheets to identify trends and guide decisions.
• Run one-to-ones and team reviews, coach representatives, and provide direct feedback.
• Work alongside the team in the field each week, modelling pitches, objection handling, resilience, and customer-first selling.
• Recruit and onboard new representatives through candidate screening, interviews, and assessment days.
• Build a sustainable hiring pipeline and grow the team as targets increase.

Requirements

• Based in Loughborough or within commuting distance.
• Full UK driving licence required.
• Proven experience in sales leadership, supervision, or team captain work; door-to-door or field sales experience is strongly preferred.
• Personal record of hitting sales targets and helping others achieve theirs.
• Confidence in coaching, giving direct feedback, recruiting, and interviewing.
• Resilient, self-motivated, entrepreneurial, and comfortable working outdoors in all weather with variable shifts, including some weekends.

Nice to have

• Door-to-door or field sales experience.

Culture & Benefits

• 25 days of holiday plus 8 bank holidays and an additional birthday day off.
• Up to 6% matched company pension.
• Employee benefits platform with retail discounts, cinema tickets, employee assistance, and life assurance.
• 40% employee discount on products, plus samples of stock.
• Annual health and wellbeing, workwear, and learning and development budgets of £300 each.
• Volunteering days, team events, and opportunities to travel.

Hiring process

• Screening call followed by a hiring manager or People Team call.
• Ten-minute pitch and thirty-minute interview.
• The first two weeks include hands-on training across existing sales teams in the South West, followed by full-time work in Loughborough.