2027 Business Placement - Corporate Food & Drink

Exceptional Hospitality Starts with You As a participant in our 12-month Corporate Placements Programme in our Food & Drink Department , you’re not just gaining hands-on experience at our Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Headquarters in Watford – you’re spreading the light and warmth of hospitality by contributing to the memorable experiences that make the stay for every guest. Here’s what you can look forward to as a programme participant: Prepare for a career in hospitality: Embark on a 12-month transformative journey, encompassing a structured framework of learning and development opportunities, business support activities, and ownership of your own project-based initiatives. Gain hands-on operational experience: From day one, you’ll be fully integrated into Team Hilton. Connect with professionals across the business and gain insight into Food & Drink. Take the opportunity to gain insight into at least one other business area, paving the way for valuable future relationships. Work on real-world projects: Apply your skills on the job through business-driven projects to reinforce your learning and gain hands-on experience. Develop your skills through world-class training and support: Access Hilton University’s e-learning modules and business library while building knowledge through business-driven projects. Grow with personalised guidance: Benefit from regular feedback and coaching to ensure your progress is supported at every stage of the programme. Hilton Perks: Including our Go Hilton Team Member Travel Program, which provides you with access to heavily reduced hotel room rates for you, your family & friends. Salary & Benefits: £27,500 gross per annum & private healthcare. Location: At our EMEA Headquarters in Watford, with some flexibility depending on team and business need. You will benefit from a subsidised restaurant, a games area and a free in-house gym. Our Placement Opportunities We have a three placement opportunities within our highly talented Food & Drink (F&D) department: Corporate F&D Operations F&D Brand Development Corporate F&D Strategy Development The Opportunities 1. Corporate F&D Operations As an F&D Operations Intern, you will gain hands-on experience supporting Food & Drink operations across Hilton hotels in EMEA. Working closely with operational leaders and hotel teams, you will contribute to projects that enhance guest experience, drive commercial performance and support service excellence. This placement offers exposure to a wide range of operational initiatives, with opportunities to travel across the region, visit hotels and gain valuable in-person operational experience. In this placement you will build your hospitality knowledge, stakeholder management capabilities and understanding of F&D strategy while working within a fast-paced, global hospitality business. 2. F&D Brand Development As an F&D Brand Development Intern, you will have the opportunity to learn quickly and contribute meaningfully in a high-performance, team-oriented environment, with this placement sitting at the core of Hilton's value proposition: Food & Beverage, Retail and Brand Partnerships in EMEA. In this role you will have exposure to: Lobby Retail Strategy & Execution Manage retail rollouts across EMEA, ensuring timely and high-quality execution. Support properties in implementing automated lobby markets in line with brand standards and best practices. Conduct audits to optimise guest experience and operational performance. Carry out site visits to assess compliance and gather best practices from central sharing. Build and maintain reporting frameworks to track compliance. Use project management tools to develop a clear and effective reporting system. Scalable Brand Scheme Implementation (Restaurant & Bar Concepts) Support the rollout of F&B brands across DoubleTree and Hilton properties. Assist hotels in implementing scalable restaurant concepts across EMEA, following critical paths and sharing best practices. Contribute to the implementation and evaluation of F&B concepts. Provide constructive and critical input to support the continuous improvement of concepts. Collaborate with the Scalable Brands team on key initiatives. Support and execute central initiatives across the scalable brands portfolio. 3. Corporate F&D Strategy Development As an F&D Strategy Development Intern, you will provide exceptional support to the F&D Development and Openings team in EMEA through the support with: Creating and developing visual presentations for regional, executive and owners presentations. Maintaining SharePoint with project and supporting files. Providing support relating to sustainability and Hilton F&D goals. Supporting on development projects with collation of all relevant files for sharing during GM welcome and project introduction meetings. Preparation of documentation to support site visits for hotel masterplans and new builds. Providing administrative support to department executives, including diar