Team Manager - Lead a Growing Bakery-Café Team

Panera Bread Company; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Quarterly bonuses

Free meals on shift

Unlimited fountain beverages

Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays

Insurance & 401(k) with match

Team member assistance program

More perks

Job summary

Panera Bread Company in Plano, TX is seeking a Team Manager to lead daily operations, ensure guest delight, and coach staff to deliver bakery-cafe quality. This role focuses on delivering warm service, maintaining standards, and guiding teams to success.

You will hire and train teammates, enforce food safety, and help build a culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust while managing shifts, meeting performance goals, and supporting a fast-paced bakery-cafe environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum age 18 years old.
• 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.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Restaurant management

Leadership

Staff coaching

Guest service

Communication

Education

ServSafe certification

Job description

Panera Bread Company in Plano, TX is seeking a Team Manager to lead daily operations, ensure guest delight, and coach staff to deliver bakery-cafe quality. This role focuses on delivering warm service, maintaining standards, and guiding teams to success.

You will hire and train teammates, enforce food safety, and help build a culture of warmth, belonging, growth, and trust while managing shifts, meeting performance goals, and supporting a fast-paced bakery-cafe environment.