Field Sales Executive - Manchester

We'll close applications for this role 24th June 2025.

Hello potential future Oatly employee. It's us, the original oat drink company that started in Sweden back 30 or so years ago.

Our mission? To make it easier for people to eat better and live healthier lives without throwing the planet under the bus in the process. If that makes you want to stand up, fist-pump, and shout, "Yes!" or even just a mild "Cool, I'm into that", then maybe you'd like to join us. (Fun fact: we were recently voted one of 2024's best places to work for a small organisation.)

The Role

We've got an exciting opportunity for Oatly in Manchester! This role will involve calling on sites across the city: from coffee shops, bakeries, and restaurants, to potentially convenience stores, bars, and event spaces - to sell Oatly to businesses that don't already have it, or support sites that do with activations or education. You'll need to know Manchester well, love being out and about, talking to customers, learning about their businesses, and thinking of ways Oatly can help them grow.

Here's some of what the day-to-day could look like

• Be out and about every day calling on sites in Manchester - mostly coffee shops, bakeries, and restaurants, but there may be more.
• Identify sites that don't currently stock Oatly and pitch the Oatly dream to them, helping them become a stockist.
• Have conversations on pricing and run simple price negotiations to agree on new listings.
• Build relationships with sites that already stock Oatly, and work with them to find ways to sell even more based on a toolkit we'll provide you.
• Run simple events for sites, such as drinks giveaways or tastings.
• Attend industry and community events to learn about the industry and help make Oatly part of it.
• Over time, become an expert on the world of coffee, hot drinks, and cold drinks containing milk. Understand the customers in these areas and stay tuned to the latest drinks trends.
• Maintain a call file for all your customers - we'll provide the database and tools; you'll log all activity, plans, and feedback.

Who You Are

If the below sounds like you, we'd love you to apply:

• You have a full UK driving licence and are based in Manchester.
• You enjoy starting conversations and building relationships.
• You love being out, visiting customers, talking to new people, and getting things done.
• You're comfortable (once taught) doing simple commercial maths like calculating margins.
• You're a self-starter, comfortable working mostly with a virtual team at Oatly and the team of your customers.
• You're energetic and resilient - a "no" doesn't stop you; you come back even more determined.
• You feel connected to our mission of encouraging health, sustainability, and transparency.
• We're a motivated, enthusiastic, kind, positive, and values-driven team, and we hope you are too.

We also offer various benefits to make working with us enjoyable. Curious? Check out this page .

Congratulations if you've read this far! We want to make one last important point.

As you can tell, we're a norm-breaking company. Diversity and differences are assets to us. We understand that great candidates might hesitate to apply unless they meet every box, and that's okay. Trust your gut and apply if it feels right. Good luck!

A Note On AI
We're okay with you using AI to prepare for your interview-spell check, research, practice, etc. But please don't copy answers from AI or provide examples that don't reflect your experience. Read more here .