Catering Lead – New Panera Bread Café Opening in Clinton, CT!
At Howley Bread Group (HBG), we're more than a Panera Bread bakery-café, we are a team that believes in serving with heart, supporting one another, and creating meaningful experiences for both our guests and our people.
We're excited to open a brand-new Panera Bread café in Clinton, CT and we are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Catering Lead to help build a strong team, grow our catering business, and create an exceptional guest experience from day one.
Why You'll Love This Opportunity:
• Help Launch a New Café: Be part of the excitement of opening a brand-new location and building our catering business from the ground up.
• Be the Face of Panera Bread: Build relationships with our catering customers while providing the warm, friendly, and dependable service they can count on.
• Make Every Order Count: Take pride in ensuring catering orders are prepared accurately, organized carefully, and delivered on time.
• Build Your Catering & Sales Skills: Gain valuable experience in customer service, catering operations, relationship building, and sales.
• Supportive Environment: Work alongside a team that supports one another, communicates effectively, and steps in to help when needed.
Key Responsibilities:
• Catering Experience: Provide exceptional service throughout the catering process, helping ensure every customer has a positive and memorable experience.
• Order Excellence: Process, prepare, organize, and deliver catering orders accurately, efficiently, and on time.
• Customer Relationships: Follow up on customer calls, requests, and catering needs promptly and professionally.
• Delivery Excellence: Serve as the face of Panera Bread while delivering orders, providing friendly and dependable service to our catering customers.
• Team Support: Collaborate with café managers and teammates to coordinate orders and keep catering operations running smoothly.
• Safety First: Commit to maintaining high standards of food safety and safe delivery practices.
Why Howley Bread Group?
• Growth Opportunities: At HBG, we believe in growing leaders from within. As a Catering Lead, you'll have opportunities to strengthen your skills in catering, customer service, and sales while building a foundation for continued career growth.
• Supportive Culture: We are dedicated to providing our HBG family with an inclusive work environment based on respect and equality and believe that a work-life balance is the bread and butter of our daily life.
What We're Looking For:
• Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and auto insurance.
• Strong communication, customer service, and organizational skills.
• Ability to multitask and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to stand, walk, and lift up to 30 lbs.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
License/Certification:
• Driver's License (Required)
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're excited about joining a dynamic team where your contributions truly matter, HBG is the place for you. Become a part of something special, grow with us, and help create memorable experiences for our guests and catering customers.
Join Howley Bread Group as a Catering Lead and help us make our newest café our best one yet. Apply today! We can't wait to welcome you to the team!
Work schedule
- Weekend availability
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay
- Tips
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Paid training