Team Manager

Panera LLC; Clifton (VA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Quarterly bonuses

Free on-shift meals

Paid vacation and holidays

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

401(k) with match

Tuition discounts

Job summary

Panera LLC in Clifton, VA is seeking a Team Manager to oversee shifts, support team development, and uphold high standards for guests. You will lead a fast-paced team, coach staff, and ensure food safety training is followed, with a focus on delivering exceptional guest experiences daily.

The role offers competitive pay, benefits, and opportunities for leadership growth, with nights and weekend hours required in a dynamic bakery-café setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum age 18 years old.
• 1+ years of restaurant management experience preferred.
• ServSafe certification or ability to obtain certification.
• Flexible hours including nights and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Ensure guest delight with the quality of our food, service, and staff.
• Lead, manage and develop team members by coaching, inspiring, and motivating them to exceed goals in sales, speed, order accuracy, and guest experience.
• Participate in the interviewing and selection process.
• Train the team in food safety standards and ensure they are maintained.

Skills

Restaurant management

People leadership

Coaching / development

Safety training

Job description

Team Manager Lead with purpose. Grow with support. At Panera, our leaders are celebrated for bringing out the best in their teams. Enjoy great perks, a welcoming culture, and the opportunity to make a real impact—every day. Get ready to rise and come join the fun where you will be a part of making the familiar fantastic! Because at Panera, the best thing of bread is sharing it!

What’s In It for You?

• Competitive pay & eligible for quarterly bonuses
• Free on-shift meals & unlimited fountain beverages
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, pet insurance & 401(k) with match available
• Career advancement & leadership development opportunities
• Tuition discounts
• Perks & rewards for team members
• Team member assistance program
• And much, much more!

As a Team Manager, you’ll be part of the bakery-cafe’s leadership team, helping to run great shifts, support team development, and maintain the high standards our guests expect.

As a Team Manager at Panera, Your Role Includes:

• Make sure every guest is delighted by the quality of our food, service, and staff.
• Build engaging relationships that lead to long-term, loyal guests.
• Lead, manager and develop team members by coaching, inspiring, and motivating them to exceed goals in sales, speed, order accuracy, and guest experience – and celebrate their achievements along the way.
• Participate in the interviewing and selection process.
• Train the team in food safety standards and ensure they are maintained.
• Help build our Culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust.

This Opportunity Is for You If:

• Minimum age: 18 years of age.
• 1+ years of restaurant management experience preferred.
• Proven ability to lead great shifts while directing, motivating, coaching and developing others in a fast-paced environment.
• ServSafe certification (or ability to achieve certification).
• This role requires flexible hours including nights and weekends in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.

Any job offer for this position is conditional upon the results of a background check.

While performing this job, the Team Manager role is regularly required to:

• Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull objects 25 pounds.
• Capability to stand and walk for up to 6 hours.
• Must be able to clearly communicate and quickly understand guests and associates’ directions in a loud environment.

Be an ambassador of our Guiding Values and Behaviors by making people smile, learning and growing together, finding solutions and taking initiative, working (and winning) as a team, having fun and celebrating success, and seeing the best in others!

Equal Opportunity Employer: Disabled/Veterans

• Competitive pay $21.00-$25.50
• The actual pay offered will be determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, job-related knowledge, skills, and geographical location.
• Individual compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.
• 601175 Clifton, VA - Union Mill Road
• With more than 2,000 Panera LLC and independent franchise bakery‑cafes in the Panera Bread® family, and more locations opening all the time, it’s no wonder our company has been an excellent source of career and personal growth opportunities for more than 25 years.
• In neighborhoods across the U.S. and Canada, customers enjoy flavorful, handcrafted meals centered around freshly baked artisan bread.
• To us, that means serving food like we serve our own families – free of any of the items on our ‘No No’ List.
• Along the way, we also like to give back to our community.
• We enjoy working together, shoulder to shoulder with our customers, to confront a serious problem plaguing communities across this country – Hunger.
• Through our Panera Cares community cafes, we offer a dignified dining experience in an uplifting environment.
• In addition, we support ourcommunity through day-end donations atour bakery‑caf model locations and partnercraft localnon‑profitorganizations.
• It’s this warmth that you’ll find when you joinPaneraBread.
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