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