Restaurant Manager

Harrods; Greater London; Vor Ort; GBP 52.000 - 76.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Harrods Private Shopping seeks an exceptional Restaurant Manager to lead The Penthouse hospitality. You will oversee lounge, suite and bar operations, elevating service standards and shaping guest experiences for our most valued Private Shopping clients with warmth and discretion.

In partnership with the General Manager and leadership team, you will develop service strategy, optimise operations, coach a high‑performing team and ensure stock, budget and compliance are expertly managed.

Qualifikationen

• Proven track record delivering luxury hospitality experiences.
• Ability to lead and develop high-performing teams.
• Experience in premium/private client environments preferred.

Aufgaben

• Oversee lounge, suite and bar operations, setting the standard for service excellence across client touchpoints.
• Partner with the General Manager to shape service strategy and operational planning.
• Inspire, coach and develop a high-performing hospitality team with a culture of pride and care.
• Own end-to-end client journey ensuring warmth, discretion and attention to detail.
• Build lasting relationships with an international client base and adapt to individual needs.
• Drive stock management, budgeting and regulatory compliance for operations.
• Collaborate with Front of House, Culinary and Beverage teams to deliver seamless experiences.

Kenntnisse

Hospitality leadership

Luxury service

Jobbeschreibung

Our ambition is for Harrods Private Shopping to be the ultimate luxury shopping and lifestyle destination. The Restaurant Manager plays a pivotal role in delivering that vision, leading the hospitality operation within The Penthouse and creating exceptional hospitality experiences for our most valued Private Shopping clients. The Penthouse is one of the most important client environments within Harrods, where hospitality is central to building trusted relationships, creating memorable experiences and delivering a service that cannot be found anywhere else. As Restaurant Manager, you will lead a growing hospitality function, ensuring every client interaction is delivered with warmth, discretion and effortless excellence.

About The Role

As the senior operational leader of hospitality within The Penthouse, you will oversee our lounge, suite and bar operations, setting the standard for service excellence across every client touchpoint. Working in close partnership with the General Manager and wider leadership team, you will play a key role in shaping service strategy, refining operations and driving the continued evolution of our hospitality offering. This is a rare opportunity to influence and shape hospitality within one of Harrods' most exclusive client environments. Balancing operational excellence with exceptional service, you'll lead from the front, inspiring your team to deliver experiences that are both seamless and memorable. You'll foster a culture rooted in pride, precision and genuine care, while ensuring every aspect of the operation reflects the standards our clients have come to expect.

Other key responsibilities will include:

• Partnering with the General Manager to shape service strategy, operational planning and the continued evolution of the hospitality offering.


• Inspiring, coaching and developing a high-performing hospitality team, creating a culture rooted in pride, accountability and genuine care.


• Owning the end-to-end client journey, ensuring every interaction reflects the warmth, discretion and attention to detail synonymous with Harrods.


• Building lasting relationships with an international client base, adapting intuitively to individual needs and expectations.


• Driving operational excellence through effective stock management, budget control, expenditure tracking and regulatory compliance.


• Collaborating closely with Front of House, Floor Management, Culinary and Beverage teams to deliver a seamless and consistently exceptional experience.


• Developing and embedding scalable operating procedures that support future growth while allowing teams to focus entirely on the client in front of them.

About You

You are an accomplished hospitality leader with a proven track record of delivering exceptional experiences within luxury environments. Whether your background lies within a world-class hotel, private members' club, fine dining restaurant or a similarly prestigious setting, you understand the importance of anticipating needs, exceeding expectations and creating experiences that leave a lasting impression. You bring a natural presence and credibility, coupled with the emotional intelligence to build trusted relationships, navigate complex situations and inspire those around you. Comfortable operating in high-profile environments, you're equally at home engaging with clients as you are leading operational performance behind the scenes. Alongside exceptional attention to detail, you bring strong operational expertise, with experience overseeing stock control, compliance, budgeting and service delivery. You are passionate about developing talented teams, elevating standards and creating an environment where people can thrive and perform at their very best. Most importantly, you understand that true luxury lies in the details and are committed to delivering hospitality experiences that are remembered long after the visit itself. This is a unique opportunity to lead hospitality within one of Harrods' most exclusive client environments, shaping the future of the operation while delivering exceptional experiences for an extraordinary clientele.

About Us

At Harrods, we’re one of the world’s leading luxury department stores and we’re becoming a destination for top designers around the globe. Supported by a £500million transformation programme that has seen us create innovative fashion designer rooms, we give our people the opportunity and inspiring environment to express themselves through their passion and creativity. Here, world-leading brands meet world-class service.

Our Promise to You

Share our drive to create seemingly impossible luxury experiences for customers, then this will be a hugely important move for you. As well as the chance to learn from true retail experts, you’ll have the satisfaction of working with world-class brands and a team that’s setting the standards for the industry.

Unquie

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. At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. 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: Client Experience (Panos Katirtzidis) 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.