Team Manager

Panera Bread • Mishawaka, IN

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About The Position

The Team Manager is part of Panera’s bakery-cafe leadership team and helps run effective shifts, develop team members, and maintain the standards guests expect. The role focuses on delivering quality food and service, building lasting guest relationships, and supporting a welcoming culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust. The work takes place in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and requires flexible hours, including nights and weekends. Job offers are conditional upon the results of a background check.

Requirements

• Minimum age of 18.
• 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 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 6 hours.
• Ability to communicate clearly and quickly understand guests’ and associates’ directions in a loud environment.
• A job offer is conditional upon the results of a background check.

Nice To Haves

• One or more years of restaurant management experience 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; recognize and celebrate their achievements.
• Participate in interviewing and selecting team members.
• Train the team in food safety standards and ensure those standards are maintained.
• Support a culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust.
• Model Panera’s Guiding Values and Behaviors by taking initiative, finding solutions, 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 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