Team Manager

Panera Bread•Cottage Grove, MN

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 standards guests expect. You will help provide excellent food, service, and guest experiences while building lasting relationships with guests and fostering a 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.
Proven 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 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.
Flexible availability, 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, coach, inspire, motivate, and develop team members to meet goals for sales, speed, order accuracy, and guest experience; recognize 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.