Team Manager - Sandusky, OH

Panera Bread•Sandusky, OH

About The Position

The Team Manager is part of the bakery-cafe leadership team and helps run great shifts, support team development, and maintain the standards guests expect. The role focuses on delivering a positive guest experience, developing team members, maintaining food safety, and contributing to a warm, supportive workplace culture. Flexible hours, including nights and weekends, are required 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.
Ability to lead shifts and direct, motivate, coach, and develop others in a fast-paced environment.
ServSafe certification or ability to obtain certification.
Must be able 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.

Nice To Haves

At least 1 year of restaurant management experience.

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 for sales, speed, order accuracy, and guest experience.
Recognize and 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.