Team Manager - Danbury, CT

Panera Bread•Danbury, CT

3d•$20 - $25

About The Position

As a Team Manager at Panera, you will be part of the bakery-cafe leadership team, helping run great shifts, support team development, and maintain the high standards guests expect. The role focuses on delivering quality food and service, developing team members, and creating a welcoming culture. This position requires flexible hours, including nights and weekends, in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities. Any job offer is conditional upon the results of a background check.

Requirements

Minimum age of 18 years.
Ability to lead shifts and direct, motivate, coach, and develop others in a fast-paced environment.
ServSafe certification or ability to obtain certification.
Flexible availability, 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.
Background check required as a condition of any job offer.

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 lead to long-term, loyal guests.
Lead, manage, and develop team members through coaching, inspiration, and motivation to meet goals for 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.