Team Manager - Virginia Beach, VA

Panera Bread • Virginia Beach, VA

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About The Position

The Team Manager is part of the bakery-cafe leadership team and helps run successful shifts, support team development, and maintain Panera’s standards. The role focuses on delivering a positive guest experience, developing team members, upholding food safety, and fostering a culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust. The position requires flexible hours, including nights and weekends, and work 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.
• 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.
• Employment offer is conditional upon the results of a background check.

Nice To Haves

• At least one year 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; 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.

Benefits

• Competitive pay of $18–$22.50 per hour and eligibility for quarterly bonuses.
• Free on-shift meals and unlimited fountain beverages.
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Pet insurance.
• 401(k) with employer match available.
• Career advancement and leadership development opportunities.
• Tuition discounts.
• Perks and rewards for team members.
• Team member assistance program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed