Restaurant Events & Private Dining Executive
- Full Time
- Knightsbridge
- Management and Support
- Permanent
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We’re currently looking for a Restaurants Events and Private Dining Executive to join our growing Restaurant Sales & Events team.
Here at Harrods, we currently house more celebrity chefs, and exclusive dining brands than any other location in the UK. Through our Sales & Events team, we want to provide a best in-class events and private dining destination for both our new and most treasured clients.
About the Role
The Events and Private Dining Executive will be responsible for converting event and private hire enquiries into bookings across Harrods’ 24 restaurants and bars. This role requires meticulous administrational and sales duties, ensuring that every detail of each enquiry has been accurately recorded to be passed onto the operational teams. In addition, you will be required to meet and greet with prospective clients and attend industry trips and events where necessary.
About You
You’ll be a personable individual with a strong sales background within the luxury restaurant or hospitality industry, ideally with time spent in the London market. As the first point of contact with any prospective clients, you will have a professional manner (both on the phone and in person), and be willing to strive for excellence always by believing in the “art of the possible” for our client enquiries. You’ll need to have the confidence to convert inbound enquires into sales and be driven by hitting your sales targets whilst responding to calls and emails in a timely manner.
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.
More immediately, you’ll benefit from:
- A competitive annual salary
- Company pension
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
- Support and training to develop your career at Harrods
- 33 days’ holiday (including bank holidays), your birthday off, plus a charity day off too
- Up to 33% in-store discount and access to our employee high-street discount portal
Uniquely You
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 our people and our culture, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, Facebook or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods
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Anything is Possible
At Harrods, our mission is to make Anything Possible. The spirit of Anything is Possible and the equity of the Harrods brand is not purely released through how we advertise and market to our customers.
Moreover, it is rooted in the lived experience of our customers delivered every day by our colleagues.
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