Team Manager

Panera Bread•Hemet, CA

About The Position

The Team Manager is part of the bakery-cafe leadership team and helps run effective shifts, develop team members, and maintain the standards expected by guests. The role focuses on delivering quality food and service, building lasting guest relationships, and leading a team in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities. The manager also supports Panera’s culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust and represents its Guiding Values and Behaviors.

Requirements

  • Must be at least 18 years old.
  • Proven ability to lead shifts and direct, motivate, coach, and develop others in a fast-paced environment.
  • ServSafe certification, or ability to obtain certification.
  • Must be able 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 directions from guests and associates 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 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, motivate, and develop team members to meet goals for sales, speed, order accuracy, and guest experience; recognize and celebrate 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, taking initiative, working as a team, celebrating success, and seeing the best in others.

Benefits

  • Competitive pay and eligibility for quarterly bonuses.
  • Free on-shift meals and unlimited fountain beverages.
  • Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays.
  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance.
  • 401(k) with match available.
  • Career advancement and leadership development opportunities.
  • Tuition discounts.
  • Perks and rewards for team members.
  • Team member assistance program.
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