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Team Manager

Panera Bread

Sand City, CAFull-timePosted 3mo agoStill listed 2 days ago

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Compensation
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Location
Sand City, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

ServSafe Certification

Job overview

Panera Bread is hiring a Team Manager. Panera Bread seeks a Team Manager to lead shifts, develop team members, and ensure high guest satisfaction. The role emphasizes purposeful leadership, culture building, and operational excellence while offering competitive pay, benefits, and growth opportunities in a fast‑paced bakery‑cafe environment.

Key focus areas include Make sure every guest is delighted by food, service, and staff, Build engaging relationships that lead to long‑term loyal guests, and Lead, manage and develop team members through coaching and motivation.

Important skills include Lead Shifts, Team Development, Guest Delight, Build Engaging Relationships, Coaching, and Inspiring.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Lead ShiftsTeam DevelopmentGuest DelightBuild Engaging RelationshipsCoachingInspiringMotivatingInterviewingSelection ProcessFood Safety Standards TrainingDirecting OthersClear CommunicationUnderstand Guests and Associates' Directions

Qualifications

Must Be 18+ServSafe CertificationAbility to Lift, Carry, Push, or Pull Objects 25 PoundsCapability to Stand and Walk for Up to 6 Hours1+ Years Restaurant Management Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off

Full 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

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.

601799 Sand City, CA - California Avenue

How this job compares

Set against the 756 open Team Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$99–180K/yr28 salary ranges
  • California median$25–27/hr23 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 56 open Team Manager jobs in California and 756 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Team Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 5 years (355 postings).
Education
77 of the 756 open Team Manager jobs (10%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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