Gild Bar & Restaurant Manager

Hilton Worldwide, Inc.; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality company in Birmingham is seeking a Gild Bar & Restaurant Manager to oversee bar operations and ensure exceptional guest service. The ideal candidate will have management experience in Food & Beverage and the ability to meet financial targets. Responsibilities include recruiting and training staff, managing budgets, and driving sales. This role offers competitive rewards including travel discounts, health cover, and 28 days of holiday plus bank holidays.

Benefits

Smart uniform provided and laundered

Free healthy and high-quality meals when on duty

Travel discounts

Referral programme

Dental and health cover

High-street discounts

Free car park

Subsidised taxi

28 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing to 33 days)

Guest experience day

Modern inclusive team member areas

Qualifications

• Management experience in food and beverage operations.
• Ability to meet financial and brand standards.
• Willingness to develop team members and self.

Responsibilities

• Manage Bar operations.
• Maintain exceptional levels of customer service.
• Recruit, manage, train and develop the Restaurant team.
• Manage guest queries in a timely and efficient manner.
• Work within budgeted guidelines in relation to food and payroll.
• Drive sales to maximise budgeted revenue.
• Develop menus with other members of the Food & Beverage team.
• Accountable for monthly stock takes.
• Incentivise team members to maximise sales and revenue.
• Set departmental targets, work schedules, budgets and procedures.
• Evaluate guest satisfaction levels with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Ensure communication meetings are conducted and post-meeting minutes generated.
• Be environmentally aware.
• Assist other departments wherever necessary and maintain good working relationships.
• Comply with hotel security, fire regulations and all health and safety legislation.

Skills

Management experience in Food & Beverage

Ability to meet financial targets

Ability to comply with all Food & Beverage brand standards

Ability to work under pressure

Willingness to develop team members and self

Flexibility to respond to a range of different work situations

Job description

Job Description

Gild Bar & Restaurant Manager (Job Number: HOT0C4LB)

Hilton Birmingham Metropole – Birmingham B40 1PP.

Hilton is the UK’s #1 Great Place to Work 2025. We offer opportunities for a culture of inclusion, positivity and growth.

We are recruiting for a Gild Bar & Restaurant Manager. The Gild Restaurant and Bar is at the heart of the hotel, welcoming guests 24 hours a day. Experience in a busy bar or nightclub, with bar management responsibilities, would be ideal.

Rewards

Smart uniform provided and laundered, free healthy and high‑quality meals when on duty, travel discounts, referral programme, dental and health cover, high‑street discounts, free car park, subsidised taxi, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing to 33 days), a guest experience day, modern inclusive team member areas.

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for managing restaurant operations to deliver an excellent guest and member experience while training staff and working within budgeted guidelines.

• Manage Bar operations.
• Maintain exceptional levels of customer service.
• Recruit, manage, train and develop the Restaurant team.
• Manage guest queries in a timely and efficient manner.
• Work within budgeted guidelines in relation to food and payroll.
• Drive sales to maximise budgeted revenue.
• Develop menus with other members of the Food & Beverage team.
• Accountable for monthly stock takes.
• Incentivise team members to maximise sales and revenue.
• Set departmental targets, work schedules, budgets and procedures.
• Evaluate guest satisfaction levels with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Ensure communication meetings are conducted and post‑meeting minutes generated.
• Be environmentally aware.
• Assist other departments wherever necessary and maintain good working relationships.
• Comply with hotel security, fire regulations and all health and safety legislation.

What We Are Looking For

• Management experience in Food & Beverage.
• Ability to meet financial targets.
• Ability to comply with all Food & Beverage brand standards.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Willingness to develop team members and self.
• Flexibility to respond to a range of different work situations.

Final Note

At Hilton, it matters where you stay, but the stay is only one side of the story. We know it takes hundreds of jobs to create unforgettable experiences for our guests – and behind every job there’s an extraordinary person working to make each stay magical. That’s why at Hilton, Every Job Makes the Stay.