Assistant Manager

Kneaders • Mesa, AZ

16h • Onsite

About The Position

Kneaders Bakery & Cafe is hiring a full- or part-time Hourly Assistant Manager for its Mesa Signal Butte location. The Assistant Manager leads a team serving scratch-baked bread and pastries, soups, salads, and sandwiches made with whole ingredients. The role combines team leadership and development with operational responsibilities, including scheduling, inventory, compliance, and delivering consistent customer service.

The successful candidate demonstrates resilience, respect, and readiness: leading effectively, listening to ideas and feedback, collaborating with management and customers on improvements, and helping team members develop their careers. This position requires continuous standing and walking, with limited opportunities to sit, and the ability to lift and carry heavy equipment, ingredients, and supplies. The company states that essential job functions must be performable with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of fast-paced restaurant or retail leadership experience.
• Attentiveness to compliance with local, state, and federal food-handler and sanitation standards.
• Experience meeting operational goals and thinking beyond existing practices to improve experiences for teams and customers.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must be able to lift and carry heavy equipment, ingredients, and supplies.
• Must be able to stand and walk continuously throughout the shift, with limited opportunities for sitting.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team serving bakery, café, and prepared food menu items.
• Demonstrate leadership through responsibilities such as scheduling and inventory.
• Provide consistent, exemplary customer service.
• Listen to ideas, concerns, and feedback and collaborate with management teams and customers on changes and improvements.
• Build and develop the team and help influence team members’ careers.
• Meet operational goals and seek ways to improve experiences for teams and customers.
• Follow local, state, and federal food-handler and sanitation regulations.

Benefits

• Paid time off for full-time employees, accruing with length of service.
• Career growth and development opportunities.
• Competitive hourly wages.
• Work-life balance: locations are closed every Sunday and on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed