Sr Manager, Distribution & Logistics

Panera Bread

📍 United States, United States, United States

Full-time Operations Specialties Managers Posted March 01, 2026

Job Description

Sr Manager, Distribution & Logistics

The Sr. Manager, Distribution & Logistics, is accountable for the end-to-end management of Panera’s distribution network, supporting more than 250,000 annual delivery events to over 2,200 cafés. This role oversees approximately $125MM in annual distribution spend, ensuring best-in-class service & communication, quality, cost efficiency, and scalability for café operators across the system.

This leader partners closely with senior internal stakeholders and external distribution partners to align strategy, drive continuous improvement, and prepare the network for Panera’s ongoing menu innovation, geographic expansion, and evolving business models.

This role is located in our Boston Support Center.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • The primary responsibilities of this job include, but are not limited to:
  • Ensure consistent, best-in-class delivery service to more than 2,200 cafés, meeting or exceeding predetermined servi...