Night Specialist Cleaning Manager Our Facilities team is now looking for a Hospitality Cleaning Manager to join us on the night shift, supporting our world-famous Knightsbridge store. This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in ensuring our 22 restaurants are maintained to the highest standards, even while the city sleeps. About the Role In this role, you will lead and support the cleaning team overnight, you will play a crucial part in maintaining food safety and hygiene across our kitchens and restaurants, upholding the outstanding standards that make Harrods exceptional. You will directly line manage two Assistant Managers and oversee a team 55 made up of Supervisors and Operatives. You will be liaising with different stakeholders across the business to drive forward operational improvements and solutions from behavioural to systems to equipment and much more. With this night-based role your team have the unique opportunity to support whilst our customers are not in the store. A big part of this is maintaining our 22 in store restaurants, ensuring everything is deep cleaned and holding Food Safety Health and Safety standards at the absolute forefront and ensuring we can be proud to open those restaurants to our customers the next morning. Your key responsibilities will include: Overseeing night-time cleaning and hygiene operations, with a strong focus on food safety. Conducting regular safety inspections and taking immediate action on any issues. Managing and developing your team, including recruitment, training, and performance reviews. Coordinating shift rotas and ensuring efficient colleague allocation. Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders to support seamless operations. Ensuring compliance with all health, safety, and data protection policies. Lead regular team meetings to communicate regular updates and expectations. This role is working 5 days over 7 on a shift pattern, our night shift is 8pm - 5am. Please note you will also need to work every 1 in 3 weekends on a day shift as part of the Management rota. About You You will be a confident and proactive leader with a strong background in operations or facilities management within a complex or high-profile environment. Your ability to lead a team, drive high standards and maintain a positive working culture will be key to your success. You will also have: Ideally experience working in a food production environment with a focus on food safety. Experience managing a large team. Be approachable and personable with colleagues, building strong working relationships. A proactive approach with the ability to make decisions under pressure. Good PC literacy, including Word and Excel. You will have a strategic focus to drive improvement and increase efficiencies. Be flexible to work a slightly earlier shift that overlaps with the day managers once a week to allow for collaboration and growth. About Us Harrods is one of the world’s leading luxury department stores and we are 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 will do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a supportive environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business. Uniquely You 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. If you can demonstrate the majority of skills and strong experience to thrive in this role, we would encourage you to apply. 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 we 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: Facilities (Esteban Salgado Aristizabal, Bruna Silva (On Leave))