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Food Retail Brand Location Manager- Panera Bread

Auburn, AL

  • Retail & Customer Service

  • Salaried

Job Description

The Food Retail Brand Location Manager at Panera Bread at Auburn University is a management position, responsible for developing and executing dining solutions to meet customer needs and tastes.  Oversees and manages dining operations where customers order prepared food from a menu. 

Job Responsibilities

  • Leverages Aramark's coaching model to engage and develop team members to their fullest potential 
  • Ensures individual and team performance meets objectives and client expectations 
  • Ensures safety and sanitation standards in all operations 
  • Maintains effective client and customer rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships 
  • Identifies client needs and communicates operational progress 
  • Ensures the completion and maintenance of profit and loss statements 
  • Deliver client and company financial targets 
  • Adopts all Aramark processes and systems, understand performance metrics, data, order and inventory trends; educate teams on key levers to improve margins 
  • Creates value through efficient operations, appropriate cost controls, and profit management 
  • Complies with the Operational Excellence fundamentals by meeting and maintaining food and labor initiatives 
  • Ensures entire team is trained and able to execute 
  • Supervises team regarding production, quality and control 
  • Maintains a safe and healthy environment for clients, customers and employees 
  • Primarily responsible for food service at an assigned retail food location 
  • Assists manger in establishing and maintaining systems and procedures for the ordering, receiving, storing, preparing and serving of food & related products, as well as menu planning & development 
  • Ensures that requirements for appropriate sanitation and safety levels in respective areas are met 
  • Directly supervises two or more employees with responsibility for hiring, discipline, performance reviews and initiating pay increases 
  • Assists in location forecast and accounting 
  • Conducts period inventory; performs other functions such as maintaining records to comply with ARAMARK, government and accrediting agency standards 
  • Coordinates activities with other internal departments 
  • Interfaces with vendors and key service users within client organization 
  • Manages Front of House (Cafeteria, Food Court, Quick Service) dining operations 
  • Develops and implements retail services plans to improve service, quality and profitability of service areas   
  • Maintain effective working relationships with other departments to provide a unified retail experience for customers   

At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.    

Qualifications

  • Requires at least 4 years of experience 

  • Requires 1-3 years of experience in a management role  

  • Previous experience in retail required  

  • Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience 

  • Strong communication skills   

  • Requires occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 50 lb.  

  • Must be able to stand for extended periods of time  

  • Ability to demonstrate excellent customer service using Aramark's standard service model 

 

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