Team Manager-Livonia, MI

Panera Bread•Taylor, MI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Team Manager at Panera, you will be part of the bakery-cafe’s leadership team, helping run great shifts, support team development, and maintain the high standards guests expect. You will help deliver quality food and service, build lasting guest relationships, develop team members, and uphold food safety standards and Panera’s culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust. The role 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

Must be at least 18 years old.
Demonstrated ability to lead shifts and direct, motivate, coach, and develop others in a fast-paced environment.
ServSafe certification, or ability to achieve certification.
Able to lift, carry, push, or pull objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
Able to stand and walk for up to six hours.
Able to communicate clearly and quickly understand guests’ and associates’ directions in a loud environment.
Must be available for flexible hours, including nights and weekends.

Nice To Haves

One or more years of restaurant management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure every guest is delighted by the quality of the food, service, and staff.
Build engaging relationships that lead to long-term, loyal guests.
Lead, manage, and develop team members by coaching, inspiring, and motivating them to exceed 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.