Freelance Sales Agent – Automotive Marketplace

Location: National Remote / Field-Based (UK)

Job Type: Freelance / Contractor

Pay: Time or Commission based dependant on experience

Hours: Freelance work between 9.00 am – 5.30 pm Monday – Friday

Role Overview

We’re looking for a passionate, self-driven freelance sales agent who lives and breathes the automotive world. In this role, you’ll be responsible for reaching out to potential sellers — from garages and breaker yards to part manufacturers, distributors, and niche specialists — and getting them excited about joining ifndautoparts. You’ll play a key role in educating sellers, helping them register, onboard, and list their inventory on the platform. The goal? To grow our network of quality parts sellers and build a thriving, community-driven marketplace. This is a flexible, hands-on role for someone with natural hustle, confidence, and experience in onboarding sellers or managing sales pipelines. You’ll be doing outreach via email, phone, LinkedIn, social media, and in-person visits — whatever it takes to build strong relationships and bring sellers on board. If you thrive in this role, there may be opportunities to grow with us as we expand across the UK and internationally.

Key Responsibilities

• Sales Outreach: Identify, contact, and pitch potential sellers across garages, breakers, part manufacturers, car clubs, and enthusiasts via phone, email, social media, and in person.
• Account Onboarding: Support new sellers through the sign-up process, helping them set up profiles and list their inventory on the platform efficiently.
• Sales Cycle Management: Support in management of the full sales cycle—from initial contact through onboarding and activation—ensuring each lead is nurtured to conversion.
• Strategic Planning: Work with the ifndautoparts team to build and execute outreach plans and sales strategies aligned with platform growth goals.
• Territory & Opportunity Planning: Prioritise high-potential regions, communities, and events. Identify gaps and opportunities to expand seller types and categories.
• Pipeline Management: Maintain a clear and up-to-date log of leads, conversations, conversions, and follow-ups, contributing to weekly progress tracking.
• Market Engagement: Represent the ifndautoparts brand at events, shows, and within online communities to raise awareness and build trust.
• Collaborative Alignment: Coordinate with the internal team to ensure outreach efforts support broader marketing, PR, and campaign activity.
• Feedback Loop: Collect and share seller insights to inform platform improvements and better address seller needs.
• Self-Management: Work independently while staying in regular contact with the team, managing your own schedule and targets effectively.
• Industry Awareness: Keep up with UK automotive trends, marketplace behaviour, and subcultures relevant to car part trading.

Skills and Experience

• Strong passion for the automotive world — whether it’s motorsport, classic cars, tuning, or the car community at large
• Proven experience in sales, outreach, or business development — ideally in a freelance, startup, or high-growth environment
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal — with confidence engaging a range of seller types
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently, manage your own schedule, and deliver against agreed outreach goals
• Comfortable using digital tools such as email, LinkedIn, Google Workspace, and basic CRM systems
• Highly organised and detail-oriented with strong time management skills
• Confidence attending in-person visits or events when needed to represent the brand
• UK-based, with access to a vehicle, phone, laptop, and a reliable internet connection
• Bonus: Familiarity with the UK aftermarket or auto parts industry, or existing contacts within garages, clubs, or trade sellers

About Us

ifndautoparts is a small, passionate team of car lovers who’ve built a new kind of marketplace for buying and selling auto parts. The idea came from a real place: too many hours wasted hunting down the right parts, not enough time enjoying the build. Our platform is built by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts — whether you’re a garage clearing stock, a breakers yard with hidden gems, a club member on a restoration mission, or just someone with a shelf full of spares. We’ve designed ifndautoparts to make the process faster, simpler, and community-focused. We’re proudly based in the UK, and we’re growing fast — fuelled by a genuine love for the scene and a mission to change how parts are traded online. Now, we’re looking for someone equally driven to help bring new sellers onto the platform and be part of our journey. Ready to join us? Apply now with a quick intro. Send us a quick introduction telling us about your experience, what excites you about the car world, and why you’d like to work with ifndautoparts. We’d love to hear from you.