General Manager

Panera Bread•Saint Peters, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Panera is seeking a leader to help run bakery-cafe shifts, support team development, and maintain the standards guests expect. The role focuses on delivering quality food and service, building guest loyalty, and developing team members in a fast-paced environment. The job requires flexible hours, including nights and weekends, and involves standing and walking for up to six hours and lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling objects weighing up to 25 pounds. Job offers are conditional upon the results of a background check.

Requirements

At least 18 years of age.
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 six hours.
Ability to communicate clearly and quickly understand guests’ and associates’ directions in a loud environment.
Any job offer is conditional upon the results of a background check.

Nice To Haves

One or more years of restaurant management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure guests are delighted by the quality of food, service, and staff.
Build engaging relationships that lead to long-term, loyal guests.
Lead, manage, and develop team members through coaching, inspiration, and motivation 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.