Hospitality Manager - Monday to Friday

About The Venue

Rhubarb are delighted to be appointed as the food and beverage provider at a prestigious international investment bank. This prestigious workplace, situated in the heart of Mayfair comprises an array of directors dining rooms and meeting spaces, with Rhubarb providing all catering and hospitality on site.

Role Purpose

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Hospitality Manager (or Corporate Hospitality Manager) to join our team and lead our prestigious directors' dining room and corporate hospitality operation at our client's headquarters. Reporting directly to our Regional Director, you will take full ownership of delivering a best-in-class, premium hospitality experience, overseeing a team of 10 Food and Beverage Assistants and an Assistant Manager, and ensuring exceptional service standards across all corporate hospitality functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of 10 Food and Beverage Assistants and an Assistant Manager, driving recruitment strategy, induction programmes, and ongoing professional development whilst providing coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
• Take full ownership of directors' dining room operations, meeting room services, executive breakfasts, and luxury lunch buffet experiences.
• Ensure impeccable, innovative, and edgy food and beverage offerings that position us as best-in-class and premium in the market.
• Champion health and safety compliance and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with directors, senior executives, and key internal stakeholders.
• Deliver bespoke, tailored experiences for high-profile client entertaining and executive events.
• Act as the primary point of contact for VIP requirements and represent the hospitality function at senior management meetings.
• Manage budgets, control costs, and drive commercial performance across the operation.
• Oversee procurement processes, supplier negotiations, and contract management to achieve best value.
• Monitor stock levels, reduce waste, and provide regular financial reporting and analysis to the Regional Director.
• Collaborate with central departments including HR, Finance, Procurement, and Facilities on company-wide initiatives, events, and hospitality strategy.

What We Are Looking For

We are seeking a proven Hospitality Manager with a strong track record in senior food and beverage management, ideally within corporate hospitality, business and industry, or workplace catering. You should bring exceptional leadership skills, outstanding communication and stakeholder management abilities at all levels, and strong commercial acumen with demonstrable budget and cost management experience. You will possess meticulous attention to detail and an unwavering commitment to premium, best-in-class service standards, an innovative mindset with a passion for pushing boundaries in food and beverage excellence, and the strategic thinking ability to balance operational demands with long-term vision alongside flexibility, initiative, and a proactive, solutions-oriented approach.

If you are a Hospitality Manager who thrives on delivering exceptional experiences, driving innovation, and taking full ownership of a premium corporate operation, we would love to hear from you. This Hospitality Manager position offers the opportunity to shape and elevate our hospitality offering to the highest standards.

What We Offer

• Exceptional training, on and off the job.
• Regular food and drink tastings.
• Meals on duty.
• Brilliant employee recognition programs, incentives and rewards.
• Cross exposure to the wider business and events in London and beyond.
• Employee Assistance Programme, 24/7.
• 40% discount at selected RHC restaurants and bars.

Our Inclusion Commitments

Oak View Group is for everyone. Diversity drives innovation, strengthens our people, improves our service, and raises our excellence. Wherever you come from, wherever you are going, we’d love to hear from you. If you need any additional support or adjustments with your application, let us know and we will work with you to ensure you have everything you need.

Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

We recognise the importance of safeguarding; depending on the role you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, details of which will be shared with you at interview. If successful in your application, you will be required to provide eligibility to work evidence in line with the ‘Eligibility to Work in the UK’ requirements.