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General Manager - Paris Baguette, Bellingham MA
Paris Baguette
General Manager - Paris Baguette, Bellingham MA
Paris Baguette
Full Time
5
Years
Experience
$65000 - $80000 / Year
Start date Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMT
General Manager - Paris Baguette, Bellingham MA
Paris Baguette
Full Time
5
Years
Experience
$65000 - $80000 / Year
Skills
POS Systems
Inventory Management
Sales/Marketing
Staff Scheduling
Operations Management
Customer Service
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Description
General Manager - Paris Baguette, Bellingham MA
(Expected Opening: June 2026)
About Paris Baguette
With a projected 1,000 cafes in the United States by 2030, Paris Baguette is one of the fastest-growing neighborhood bakery cafés in the world. Our mission is to bring expertly crafted baked and brewed goods through a warm and welcoming bakery café experience that delivers joy to everyone in our community.
Compensation
- Base Salary: $65,000-$80,000 (based on experience)
- Quarterly Bonuses: Performance-based bonuses tied to café financial performance, guest satisfaction, and team engagement
- Opening Bonus: $5,000 one-time bonus paid out on first anniversary of successful café opening
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced, energetic and hands-on General Manager (GM) to lead the founding team at Paris Baguette Bellingham MA.
This is a rare opportunity to build and lead a café from the ground up with one of the fastest growing bakery café brands in the United States.
The GM will be responsible for hiring and developing a high-performing team, executing a successful café opening, and driving strong operational performance and profitability.
High-performing GMs will have future leadership opportunities as we expand multiple Paris Baguette locations in the Greater Boston market.
This role requires a one month of fully paid culinary training at Paris Baguette’s training center in New Jersey alongside owners and the baking and cake decoration crew.
What We Are Looking For
- 3–5+ years of experience as a General Manager at top tier café bakery brands, QSR concepts, restaurants, or grocery foodservice operations with national presence
- Experience opening and successfully operating high-volume cafés or restaurants ($60k+ weekly sales preferred)
- Ability to hire, train and retain a high-performing team of 30-40+ employees
- Strong experience managing restaurant P&L, including labor scheduling and food cost control
- Experience with early morning bakery production and food preparation environments
- High standards for cleanliness, guest satisfaction and operational excellence
- Strong comfort with POS systems, dashboards and operational KPIs
- Ability to think and act like an owner, proactively solving problems and driving results
Pre-Opening Responsibilities:
- Hire and build a best-in-class team of bakers, cakers and front-of-house staff
- Prepare the team for one-month culinary training in New Jersey
- Recruit and onboard 30-40+ employees ahead of opening
- Build strong team culture and retention strategies prior to opening
- Lead all aspects of daily café operations including baking production, service, staffing and cleanliness
- Hire, train and develop a high-performing operations team
- Manage café P&L performance, including labor scheduling and food cost control
- Drive additional revenue through catering, third-party delivery and local partnerships
- Deliver daily, weekly and monthly operational reporting to ownership
- Maintain exceptional guest experience standards
- Lead local marketing and community engagement initiatives
- Build a positive, high-performance team culture
- Ensure compliance with health, safety and food safety regulations
- Become certified in the Paris Baguette food safety program within 30 days
This role requires flexibility including early mornings, weekends and holidays as needed to support café operations.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and performance bonuses
- $5,000 opening bonus
- Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for full-time employees
- Fully paid one-month culinary training program in New Jersey
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Birthday cake from Paris Baguette
General Manager - Paris Baguette, Bellingham MA
(Expected Opening: June 2026)
About Paris Baguette
With a projected 1,000 cafes in the United States by 2030, Paris Baguette is one of the fastest-growing neighborhood bakery cafés in the world. Our mission is to bring expertly crafted baked and brewed goods through a warm and welcoming bakery café experience that delivers joy to everyone in our community.
Compensation
- Base Salary: $65,000-$80,000 (based on experience)
- Quarterly Bonuses: Performance-based bonuses tied to café financial performance, guest satisfaction, and team engagement
- Opening Bonus: $5,000 one-time bonus paid out on first anniversary of successful café opening
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced, energetic and hands-on General Manager (GM) to lead the founding team at Paris Baguette Bellingham MA.
This is a rare opportunity to build and lead a café from the ground up with one of the fastest growing bakery café brands in the United States.
The GM will be responsible for hiring and developing a high-performing team, executing a successful café opening, and driving strong operational performance and profitability.
High-performing GMs will have future leadership opportunities as we expand multiple Paris Baguette locations in the Greater Boston market.
This role requires a one month of fully paid culinary training at Paris Baguette’s training center in New Jersey alongside owners and the baking and cake decoration crew.
What We Are Looking For
- 3–5+ years of experience as a General Manager at top tier café bakery brands, QSR concepts, restaurants, or grocery foodservice operations with national presence
- Experience opening and successfully operating high-volume cafés or restaurants ($60k+ weekly sales preferred)
- Ability to hire, train and retain a high-performing team of 30-40+ employees
- Strong experience managing restaurant P&L, including labor scheduling and food cost control
- Experience with early morning bakery production and food preparation environments
- High standards for cleanliness, guest satisfaction and operational excellence
- Strong comfort with POS systems, dashboards and operational KPIs
- Ability to think and act like an owner, proactively solving problems and driving results
Pre-Opening Responsibilities:
- Hire and build a best-in-class team of bakers, cakers and front-of-house staff
- Prepare the team for one-month culinary training in New Jersey
- Recruit and onboard 30-40+ employees ahead of opening
- Build strong team culture and retention strategies prior to opening
- Lead all aspects of daily café operations including baking production, service, staffing and cleanliness
- Hire, train and develop a high-performing operations team
- Manage café P&L performance, including labor scheduling and food cost control
- Drive additional revenue through catering, third-party delivery and local partnerships
- Deliver daily, weekly and monthly operational reporting to ownership
- Maintain exceptional guest experience standards
- Lead local marketing and community engagement initiatives
- Build a positive, high-performance team culture
- Ensure compliance with health, safety and food safety regulations
- Become certified in the Paris Baguette food safety program within 30 days
This role requires flexibility including early mornings, weekends and holidays as needed to support café operations.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and performance bonuses
- $5,000 opening bonus
- Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for full-time employees
- Fully paid one-month culinary training program in New Jersey
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Birthday cake from Paris Baguette
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Start date Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMT
General Manager - Paris Baguette, Bellingham MA
Full Time
5
Years
Experience
$65000 - $80000 / Year
Skills
POS Systems
Inventory Management
Sales/Marketing
Staff Scheduling
Operations Management
Customer Service
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