Team Manager

Panera Bread • Bloomingdale, IL

5d • $20 - $25 • Onsite

About The Position

The Team Manager is part of Panera’s bakery-cafe leadership team and helps run successful shifts, develop team members, and maintain guest-facing standards. The role focuses on delivering quality food and service, building loyal guest relationships, coaching and motivating the team to achieve goals, supporting hiring, and maintaining food safety standards. Team Managers help foster a culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust. The position requires flexible hours, including nights and weekends, in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities. Employment is conditional on the results of a background check.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• 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 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.
• Any job offer is conditional upon the results of a background check.

Nice To Haves

• 1 or more years of restaurant management experience 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, coach, motivate, and develop team members to exceed goals in sales, speed, order accuracy, and guest experience.
• Celebrate team members’ 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 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 matching 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