Mission Kitchen is looking for a driven and connected Membership & Events Sales Lead to attract members, grow our community, and scale our space hire business.

Mission Kitchen is an incubator for the next generation of talent in London’s food sector. We operate the UK’s only dedicated co-working space for food and drink start-ups. Our 100+ members are ambitious independent food businesses at every stage of growth, from early-stage founders to scaling brands. It will be your job to grow this community, and bring more talented entrepreneurs into our network

Alongside membership, we offer space hire across two distinct products: Event Space for away days, workshops, talks, dining and filming; and our Development Kitchen for recipe development, team training, tastings, cookery classes and content creation. This is an increasingly important part of our business and your task will be to accelerate its growth.

We are looking for a hustler who is energised by the food and drink industry. Equally at home in B2B business development and in-person relationship building, and ready to take ownership of their results.

You will report directly to one of the Founders. This is a full-time, permanent position based at our site in Nine Elms, Central London. We offer hybrid working with 1 day per week WFH as standard.

Detailed Job Descrption and Application Details available on our website.

To apply, please send your CV and Cover Letter to: [email protected]

What are we looking for?

Required:

• At least 2 years of relevant experience in sales, new business or related fields; with a track record of hitting and exceeding revenue targets.
• Strong B2B sales skills, comfortable managing the full sales cycle from prospecting to close.
• Comfortable working with a CRM and using data to manage a pipeline and report on performance.
• Self-starting and entrepreneurial, a hustler who takes initiative and finds creative ways to generate leads without relying solely on inbound.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage confidently with a wide range of clients and prospects.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple concurrent sales processes.
• A genuine interest in and enthusiasm for London’s food and drink industry.

Preferred:

• Experience and relevant existing networks within the food and drink sector
• Experience in sales or community management in co-working or other membership organisations.
• Sector-specific sales experience in events, venue or space hire.