Team Leader

Paris Baguette; Toronto; On-site; CAD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Birthday cake

Tips after training

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K Retirement Plan

Paid time off, paid Holidays

High Performance Culture

Job summary

Paris Baguette in Toronto is seeking a Team Leader to direct crew, manage daily tasks, and ensure top-notch customer service. You will oversee beverage prep, display rotation, and accurate order entry at the POS while maintaining a clean, efficient store environment.

The role emphasizes teamwork, food safety, and reliable shift coverage, with opportunities to grow within a fast-growing bakery café brand. Toronto location; strong service mindset required.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of food handling/store experience at Paris Baguette.
• High school diploma or GED; college preferred.
• ServSafe certification or ability to obtain.
• Positive attitude and integrity.
• Strong math and cash-handling skills.
• Good time management and task prioritization.
• Adherence to food safety guidelines.
• Able to lift up to 25 lbs.
• Proficient with Toast POS and basic transactions.
• Willingness to opening/closing shifts.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer service following Paris Baguette standards.
• Check product quality and rotate pastry displays.
• Delegate duties among crew and supervise completion.
• Ensure duties are completed by the team.
• Enter orders in the POS and operate the system.
• Work effectively in a team environment.
• Adhere to food safety guidelines.
• Prepare beverages and coffee as needed.
• Keep store clean during operating hours.
• Unload deliveries up to twice weekly.
• Handle catering orders.
• Opening shifts: clean tables, lights, displays.
• Closing shifts: clean tables, sanitize, power down devices.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Food safety

Time management

Cash handling

Math skills

Leadership

Adaptability

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Some college (preferred)

ServSafe certification (preferred)

Tools

Toast POS

Job description

Reports to:General Manager

With a projected 1,000 cafes in the United States by 2030, Paris Baguette is one of the fastest-growing neighborhood bakery cafés in the world. Our vision is to reestablish the neighborhood bakery café as the heart of the community around the world. Paris Baguette’s mission is to bring expertly crafted baked and brewed goods through a warm and welcoming bakery café experience that delivers joy to everyone.

If you are someone who has heart, wants to spread joy, nourish community and is ready to rise to the occasion, we are looking for you to join our growing team!

WHAT WE ARE HUNGRY FOR

The Team Leader is responsible for directing other team members (in addition to their regular duties) to run the store efficiently by being able to divide up duties and enforce them. Also this role is responsible for knowing how to prep all beverages, stocking merchandise for the next business day, and operating all machines that the store uses. Our Team Leader is the face of Paris Baguette; they provide friendly, fast, accommodating service to our customers. Our customers can range from grabbing a pastry and coffee in the morning to enjoying a hot sandwich inside our café style bakeries. We take pride in our work and in our products. This includes the responsibility of keeping all spaces inside Paris Baguette clean to working our POS system to enter in customer orders.

KNOWLEDGE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Providing excellent customer service to all customers that come into the establishment or call for orders following Paris Baguette’s high standard of excellence
• Check quality of all the products for displays and organize rotation of displays for all pastries and desserts
• Delegating the duties between crew members on the floor and assigning the duties to be carried out
• Checking on the crew to make sure said duties are completed
• Enter in the customer’s order in the POS and know how to use the POS system in place
• Work and thrive in a team-work environment
• Adhere to food safety guidelines
• Make beverages on the basis and demand during operating business hours and prepare coffee
• Always keep all areas of the store clean while operating during business hours
• Refill and organize all pasties and beverages on display
• Help unload deliveries (up to twice a week)
• Handle catering orders
• For Opening Shifts: Cleaning all tabletops, turning on all lights, TVs, radios and drink displays
• For Closing Shifts: Cleaning all tabletops, preparing the drinks for next business day, sanitization processes, turning off all machines, powering off all computers and turning off all lights, TVs and radios

HAT YOU NEED TO HAVE

• At least 1-2 years of food handling/store experience inside a Paris Baguette retail store
• High School Diploma/GED or some college, preferred
• Current ServSafe certification, ServSafe instructor certificate or ability to become certified, preferred
• Positive and passionate attitude
• High sense of integrity and ownership
• Feedback is a gift! We can only learn, grow and improve our service if we hear and understand what it is our customers are telling us.
• Basic math skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide).
• Time management, ability to prioritize and follow direction.
• Adherence to food safety guidelines.
• Able to lift up to 25 lbs.
• Proficient on Point of Sale systems, currently Toast. Understand the importance of cash handling and accuracy of transactions.

SWEET BENEFITS

• Competitive compensation
• Free Cake for your Birthday
• Eligible for tips upon completion of training!
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K Retirement Plan
• Paid time off, paid Holidays
• High Performance Culture