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Work with us!

We're always looking for motivated, talented people to join our team.

Check out the opportunities below or get in touch directly with us at info@karawaybakery.com.

Opportunities

Sales / Account Manager

 

Salary: Base Salary of £30,000 plus bonuses

Start: January 2023

 

We’re looking for a Lithuanian-speaking Sales / Account Manager to help us grow our business.

You will have to be a self-motivated problem-solver, with a positive and collaborative outlook, being able to easily adapt and respond to the challenges and opportunities that each day brings. The ideal candidate will have at least 2-3 years of experience in a similar account or sales manager role and will share our enthusiasm for Baltic baking!

 

About Us

We’re an award-winning artisan bakery, established in 2005, specialising in rye (‘juoda duona’) and brioche baking. Our roots are in the Baltics, where rye bread is a daily staple, and with over 150 years of combined baking experience we know rye like no other. Our recipes have been handed down from generation to generation and we use only natural, high-quality ingredients. The result is bread that is not only healthy, but also incredibly delicious.​ In fact, we are proud to have been awarded more Great Taste Awards combined for our bread than any other bakery in the last 10 years.

 

You can find us at Borough Market, several London Farmers Markets, Selfridges, Whole Foods Markets and many ethnic shops across the UK. You can also visit us at our café-shop in Westfield Stratford.


Core responsibilities:

  • Driving our new business development:

    • Identifying and reaching out to potential clients

    • Onboarding new Clients

  • Maintaining our existing client relationships:

  • Monitoring sales and customer activity

    • Coming up with and executing strategies to grow our existing client accounts

  • Acting as a bridge between our clients, retail points and our logistics department

  • Retail presence management:

    • Working with the marketing manager on visual merchandising and POS marketing.

    • Monitoring and setting sales targets

    • Collaborating with marketing manager & the rest of the sales team to come up with seasonal promotional offers

Benefits:

  • 3 days per year sick pay at full rate, SSP after

  • Pension scheme

  • Employee benefits scheme

  • Company socials twice a year

  • Free birthday cake of your choice

  • Supply of free baked good at the office, discounted product to take home

  • Seasonal bonuses

  • Performance-related bonuses

  • A friendly, supportive team environment and a direct line to the company founders

  • Free car parking at the site


About you:

  • 2-3 years’ of experience in sales / account management / new business development

  • Fluent in Lithuanian and English

  • Motivated to drive positive customer relationships and acquire new customers.

  • A ‘can do’ attitude

  • A team player

  • excellent communication and interpersonal skills

  • Some experience in visual merchandising or marketing is a benefit (but by no means is a must)

 

Our bakery is based in Barking, London and the role is office based with requirement to occasionally visit our Customers (new and existing)

 

If this sounds like you, please get in touch at egle@karawaybakery.com!

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Sales Assistant (2 open positions)

 

Job Description

We are looking for enthusiastic and outspoken person to join our London Farmers Markets Team on Sundays, and occasional Saturdays. The suitable candidate would be able to provide high-class customer service and contribute to the company's growth and sales maximisation.  Duties involve assisting customers by answering questions regarding products or services, processing the sales and supervising the regular restocking of the products. Markets are outside, however, all traders use gazebos in all weather conditions.

 

Skills and qualifications

A successful Sales Assistant candidate should be able to have several prerequisite skills to perform duties effectively. These include customer service skills, excellent communication, ability to work as part of the team in a busy environment. 

 

Days and locations

We currently trade in five London Farmers Market locations. They are listed below, and due to shift rotation the candidate would likely be trading within a selection of the below:

 

Notting Hill Farmers Market

Kensington Church Street, London W11 3LQ. Working hours 7am – 2pm on Saturdays

 

Parliament Hill Farmers Market

William Ellis School Off High Gate Rd London, NW5 1RN. Working hours 8am-3pm on Saturdays

 

Marylebone Farmers Market

Aybrook St, London W1U 4DF. Working hours 8am-3pm on Saturdays.

 

Queens Park Farmers Market

Salusbury Primary School, Salusbury Rd, London NW6 6RG. Working hours 8am-3pm on Sundays

 

Kensington Farmers Market

Phillimore Walk, London W8 7RX. Working hours 8am-3pm

Application process

Send us your CV and a brief description of why you would like to work with us to info@karawaybakery.com.

We will be back in touch as soon as possible!

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