Team Manager - Assistant Manager Full Time

Panera Bread•Clarksville, IN

About The Position

The Team Manager is part of the bakery-cafe leadership team and helps run successful shifts, develop team members, and maintain guest service standards. The role focuses on delivering quality food and service, building guest relationships, coaching and motivating the team, and supporting a warm, inclusive culture. The position requires flexible hours, including nights and weekends, in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities. A job offer is conditional upon the results of a background check.

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.
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 directions from guests and associates in a loud environment.
Availability for flexible hours, including nights and weekends.

Nice To Haves

At least 1 year of restaurant management experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure guests are delighted by the quality of the food, service, and staff.
Build engaging relationships that encourage long-term guest loyalty.
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 foster a culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust.
Represent the company’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.