Café Manager – Burien

Grand Central Bakery is looking for an experienced manager to lead one of our gorgeous cafes. We’re a mission driven organization dedicated to serving high-quality, sustainable, and delicious food while providing outstanding customer service. Come join our team!

The Cafe Manager oversees all operations supporting Grand Central Bakery’s mission to serve our customers delicious, authentic food made from high quality, local, and sustainable ingredients. The Cafe Manager is key to developing the people, process, and accountability to help GCB cafes thrive. They develop skilled and passionate employees who celebrate our customer’s choice to purchase Grand Central products is a core responsibility. Inspires and motivates cafe team members to provide exceptional products and outstanding customer service.

The Cafe Manager is directly responsible for all cafe facilities, budgeting, and maintaining employee morale within the parameters of Grand Central’s mission and financial goals.

Experience as the general manager of a restaurant/cafe, including significant front of house experience, is highly preferred.

Location: Burien Cafe,1607 N 45th St., Seattle, WA 98103

Rate of Pay: This position pays $69,108 annual salary.

Schedule: Full-time, 5 days per week, weekends required. Scheduling flexibility is required including holidays.

Qualifications and Skills

  • Must be at least 18 years old
  • Ability to read, write, and speak English required; English/Spanish bilingual preferred
  • Maintains food handler’s card – new hires are expected to have a valid card by their first date of work
  • Knowledge of all health department regulations concerning food service required
  • Experience coaching, training, and mentoring teams required;
  • 3 or more years’ experience managing in a restaurant environment; fast casual experience preferred
  • A passion for delicious food and exceptional customer service
  • Enthusiasm for and experience with developing employees
  • Basic technical literacy including knowledge of Excel, Word, email, and the ability to learn new ordering and inventory systems
  • Experience and expertise in all floor positions: customer service, barista, and sandwich production (pastry production experience a plus)

Physical requirements include but are not limited to:

  • The Café Manager is required to stand for up to 100% of the shift and may require lifting and carrying items up to 20 lbs.
  • The role necessitates working in a loud environment with frequent interruptions.
  • Procedures require a high-level of repetitive motion involving hands, wrists, arms and back.
  • This position works in a building containing a bakery and is constantly exposed to wheat flour dust and other grain dusts (rye, corn, oat).

Company Overview

Grand Central Bakery ignited a bread revolution in 1989 by introducing rustic artisan loaves to Northwest tables. Values are at the heart of our company and sustainability touches everything we do – from where we buy ingredients to how we care for our employees and invest in our communities. A Certified B Corporation, Grand Central Bakery is part of a global movement of organizations using business as a force for good.

Benefits

Grand Central Bakery offers outstanding employee benefits as part of our total compensation package.

  • Medical/dental/vision coverage
    • Employer paid medical coverage at 60 days for all employees working 25+ hours per week
    • Employer paid Healthcare Reimbursement Account (HRA) for insured employees ($5,000)
  • Paid Time Off
    • Accrues and is available to use immediately
    • Vacation time
    • Sick time
    • Personal holiday time
    • Community time
  • Other benefits
    • 401k with match at 1 year
    • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for healthcare, dependent care, and transportation
    • Life/disability insurance
    • Company paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
    • Reimbursement for bike commuting expenses
    • Training and opportunities for growth
    • Free bread!

Pay Transparency

Grand Central Bakery complies with applicable pay transparency laws in the locations where it does business. All job postings include the rate of pay for the position. For positions that have a range, the full range will be listed along with the expected starting compensation.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity and strive to create a work environment of respect, trust, collaboration, and cooperation. It is the policy of Grand Central Bakery to maintain a workplace free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, physical, sensory, or mental disability, age, marital status, military or veteran status, family relationship, your or your family’s genetic information, or status in any other legally protected group. We expect each employee to embrace and apply these principles of equal treatment to each other and to our customers.

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Please email hr@grandcentralbakery.com with questions or requests for accommodation.

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