Operations Manager - Restaurant & Events
Location: London
Salary: £85-£90,000 plus bonus
This is not a corporate head office brief.It is a proper operations role in a well-known City restaurant with a growing events arm that needs structure, pace and commercial grip.
The business has a strong restaurant operation and an ambitious off-site catering pipeline.They need someone who can keep the engine room tight while building the next chapter sensibly - not chasing volume for the sake of it but growing in a way that makes money and protects standards.
The Role:
- Operational lead for a premium City restaurant - service, standards and daily rhythm
- Full oversight of labour planning, rotas and deployment - no surprises on wage percentage
- Accountability for P&L performance, GP and cost control
- Ensure H&S, licensing and people processes are watertight
- Work closely with Sales to make sure confirmed bookings match operational reality
- Deploy restaurant teams into off-site events without damaging the core business
- Oversee key or complex event delivery when needed
- Feed into tenders and commercial proposals with real operational input
- Spot efficiencies, tighten systems and build something scalable - properly
The Person:
- 5+ years in senior hospitality operations role (multisite)
- Premium restaurant background with solid exposure to events or catering
- Clear P&L ownership - understands margins, not just service
- Strong on labour control and productivity
- Comfortable leading multi-site or off-site delivery
- Calm, visible and hands‑on - not someone who manages from a laptop
- Commercially aware and able to challenge when bookings outpace capacity
- Structured, solutions-led and comfortable in a fast-moving London environment
It will suit someone who enjoys building as much as maintaining - someone who can hold a restaurant steady while shaping a credible, profitable catering operation behind it.
Sounds like you? Or someone you know- kate@corecruitment.com
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