Assistant Manager

Panera Bread•East Hanover, NJ

13d

About The Position

The Assistant Manager, referred to in the description as a Team Manager, is part of the bakery-cafe leadership team. The role helps run successful shifts, develop team members, and uphold the standards guests expect. The manager works to ensure guests receive quality food and service, builds relationships that foster guest loyalty, and supports Panera’s culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust. The position requires flexible hours, including nights and weekends, in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.

Requirements

Minimum age of 18.
Ability to lead shifts and direct, motivate, coach, and develop others in a fast-paced environment.
ServSafe certification, or ability to achieve certification.
Ability to work flexible hours, including nights and weekends.
Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
Ability to stand and walk for up to 6 hours.
Ability to communicate clearly and quickly understand guests’ and associates’ directions in a loud environment.

Nice To Haves

At least 1 year of restaurant management experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure guests are delighted by the quality of food, service, and staff.
Build engaging relationships that encourage long-term guest loyalty.
Lead, manage, coach, inspire, motivate, and develop team members to meet goals in sales, speed, order accuracy, and guest experience; celebrate their achievements.
Participate in interviewing and selecting team members.
Train the team in food safety standards and ensure those standards are maintained.
Help build a culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust.
Represent Panera’s Guiding Values and Behaviors by making people smile, learning and growing together, finding solutions and taking initiative, working as a team, celebrating success, and seeing the best in others.