Assistant General Manager

Panera Bread•Lorton, VA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

At Panera, leaders are celebrated for bringing out the best in their teams. This role offers perks, a welcoming culture, and the opportunity to make a real impact. As an Assistant General Manager, you will lead a team in a neighborhood bakery-cafe, inspiring and celebrating your team, partnering with the General Manager in overseeing operations, delighting guests, and growing the business. You will also take ownership of hiring, training, and development at your location. The company emphasizes a culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust, and aims to make the familiar fantastic by serving handcrafted meals free of items on their 'No No' List. Panera also focuses on giving back to the community through day-end donations and partnerships with local non-profit organizations, and through Panera Cares community cafes.

Requirements

Minimum age: 18 years of age.
ServSafe certification (or ability to achieve).
Proven ability to drive positive results through strong business acumen required.
Proven availability to run great shifts while directing, motivating, coaching and developing others in a fast-paced environment.
Flexible hours including nights and weekends in a faced-paced environment with shifting priorities.
Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull objects 50 pounds.
Capability to stand and walk for up to 6 hours.
Must be able to clearly communicate and quickly understand guests and associates’ directions in a loud environment.
Be an ambassador of our Guiding Values and Behaviors by making people smile, learning and growing together, finding solutions and taking initiative, working (and winning) as a team, having fun and celebrating success, and seeing the best in others!

Nice To Haves

1+ years of restaurant management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Support your General Manager by making key decisions and problem solving.
Plan and manage staffing needs, shift scheduling, people development, career development, and succession planning.
Support the hiring, on-boarding, and training of new team members while motivating energizing, engaging, inspiring, and celebrating the entire team.
Assist with managing team performance to ensure the bakery-cafe’s goals, operational and quality standards, and extraordinary guest service expectations are met.
Partner with the General Manager to create subject matter experts within your bakery-cafe by developing managers on people’s processes and Panera’s Guiding Values & Behaviors.
Work as a team to ensure every guest is delighted by the quality of our food, service, and our team.
Build engaging relationships that lead to long-term, loyal guests as part of the bakery-cafe’s management team.
Follow operational procedures designed to ensure your bakery-cafe successfully executes all company strategies and initiatives.
Ensure team members follow company policies and procedures and comply with all federal, state and local regulations.
Maintain a healthy and safe workplace for your team that meets Panera’s health, food, safety, and company culture standards.
Assist your General Manager in maintaining the bakery-cafe’s overall costs and inventory.
Help build our Culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust.