Team Leader

Paris Baguette - 40th & 7th Avenue; New York (NY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401K

Job summary

Paris Baguette - 40th & 7th Avenue in New York City is seeking a Team Leader to direct crew, ensure smooth store operations, and deliver friendly service. The role focuses on pastries, beverages, and daily tasks to maintain standards.

You will oversee duties, manage orders in the POS, and uphold food-safety practices while promoting a welcoming café atmosphere for customers throughout shifts.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of food handling/store experience at a Paris Baguette store
• High School Diploma or GED preferred; some college
• ServSafe certification or ability to become certified
• Positive attitude and ownership
• Integrity and accountability
• Basic math skills
• Time management and prioritization
• Adherence to food safety guidelines
• Able to lift up to 25 lbs
• Proficient with Toast POS and cash handling

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer service following Paris Baguette standards
• Check product quality and rotate displays of pastries and desserts
• Delegate duties among crew and supervise completion
• Monitor crew performance to ensure tasks are done
• Enter orders in the POS and operate the system
• Collaborate effectively in a team environment
• Maintain food safety guidelines
• Prepare beverages and coffee on demand during hours
• Keep store areas clean during operating hours
• Unload deliveries up to twice a week
• Handle catering orders
• Opening shifts: clean tables, turn on equipment
• Closing shifts: cleaning, prep for next day, sanitize

Skills

Customer service

Team leadership

Cash handling

Food safety

Time management

Communication

Multitasking

Education

High School Diploma

GED

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