Data Assistant

Harrods; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrods is seeking a Data Assistant to maintain product and recipe data, ensuring smooth operation of Food systems across Central Production Kitchens and Restaurants. You will manage data accuracy, lifecycle administration, and support governance through audits and quality control.

A hybrid work arrangement may apply, with on-site and remote elements. The role emphasizes meticulous data handling, proactive problem-solving, and collaboration with stakeholders to deliver reliable data and strong

Qualifications

• Experience in data administration or systems support.
• Proficient in Excel and business databases.
• Organised, detail-oriented with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Creating, maintaining and updating recipe and product data across Food systems.
• Managing product lifecycle administration, including launches, delists and workflow processes.
• Maintaining system data, validation checks and resolving data discrepancies.
• Supporting data governance through routine audits, reconciliations and quality control activities.
• Providing operational support and responding to data, system and process queries from stakeholders.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

Data administration

Organisational skills

Communication

Time management

Tools

Business systems

Databases

Job description

About the Role

We are hiring a Data Assistant to play a key role in maintaining accurate product and recipe data, ensuring Food systems run efficiently and support the successful delivery of products across Central Production Kitchens and Restaurants.

Key responsibilities include:

• Creating, maintaining and updating recipe and product data across Food systems.
• Managing product lifecycle administration, including launches, delists and workflow processes.
• Maintaining system data, carrying out validation checks and resolving data discrepancies.
• Supporting data governance through routine audits, reconciliations and quality control activities.
• Providing operational support and responding to data, system and process queries from stakeholders.

Depending on your role, you may be fully on-site or have a mix of on-site and home working - this is what we refer to as 'Hybrid'. Our hybrid working policy allows colleagues to work from home for part of the week, with a minimum of three days on-site, depending on business needs. Please see our Hybrid@Harrods policy on our Career Site for more information or speak to a member of our Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions regarding the requirements for this role.

About You

You will be a highly organised and detail-focused individual who enjoys working with data and ensuring information is accurate and up to date.

You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple priorities while maintaining a high level of accuracy.

With a proactive approach and strong problem-solving skills, you will be confident identifying issues and seeing them through to resolution.

You will enjoy working collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders and be committed to delivering excellent service and operational support.

You will also have: Previous experience working in a data administration, systems administration or similar operational support role.

Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and experience using business systems and databases.

Excellent organisational, communication and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.

About Us

Harrods is one of the world's leading luxury department stores and we're becoming a destination for top designers, and the most sought-after brands from around the globe.

Our combined mission is to make visiting our iconic Knightsbridge store one of the world's most inspiring shopping experiences.

Our Promise to You Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we'll do something remarkable for you.

As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business.

Uniquely You Whilst our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths.

If you can demonstrate the majority of skills and strong experience to thrive in this role,

We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes, and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive.

What makes you unique makes us exceptional.

If you want to know more about life at Harrods, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods.

Additional Information

Time Type: Permanent Department: Catering office (Nicole Leonard) As one of the world's most prestigious brands, and a highly sought-after employer within luxury retail, we aim to provide a working environment in which we can exceed both our customers' expectations and the expectations of each other. To maintain our high standards, we invest as heavily in our people as we do in our products and store. As well as offering an unforgettable experience for our customers, we offer an exciting, challenging and motivating environment for our employees. We demonstrate how we value our team through an extensive pay and benefits package, as well as through a number of programmes that reward and recognise employees for exceptional performance. Our employees can also accelerate their careers through opportunities to work with talented people, development training, and chances to raise their profile in the luxury retail sector.