Assistant General Manager
Wonder · Poughkeepsie, NY · 4 mo ago
Management$80k/yrFull-time
About the role
As an Assistant General Manager at Wonder, you are accountable for running the four walls of your location. You will lead end-to-end execution across kitchen, service, fulfillment, and customer experience, ensuring your location operates at peak performance in every shift.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and execute day-to-day operations
- Own daily execution across all functions—kitchen, fulfillment, service, and customer experience
- Optimize labor deployment and lead shift readiness to meet volume and throughput targets
- Proactively use operational and customer data/feedback to identify issues, make real-time decisions, and drive continuous improvement
- Proactively identify and resolve operational bottlenecks to maintain flow and consistency
- Ensure full compliance with food safety, labor, and health standards
- Hold teams accountable for maintaining tools, equipment, and facilities to Wonder brand standards and escalate unresolved issues promptly
- Lead and manage team performance
- Lead, coach, and develop hourly team members with a focus on accountability, service excellence, and safety
- Set clear expectations and hold team members accountable through real-time feedback and hands-on coaching
- Manage team performance by observing service, tracking KPIs, and escalating issues as needed
- Partner with the Senior Operations Leader on hiring, training, and development of team members
- Drive operational excellence
- Ensure flawless execution of brand standards across all brands and stations. Tolerance for deviation is minimal
- Maintain operational readiness through shift checklists, opening/closing procedures, and handoff execution
- Execute new menu rollouts and updates with precision and clarity to the team
- Support business and labor performance
- Execute against daily labor plans and food cost targets
- Manage inventory levels, waste reduction practices, and labeling standards
- Analyze shift-level data and recommend process changes that improve outcomes
- Ensure compliance with federal and state labor laws
- Grow the business
- Serve as a hands-on role model leader, modeling company values and reinforcing performance standards that promote personal and professional growth
- Lead execution of pilot programs, provide actionable feedback, and help shape best practices for company-wide rollout
Requirements
- Must be 21 years old and legally authorized to work in the US
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and stand for extended periods
- Must have open availability, including nights, weekends and holidays
- Food Manager Certificate as required by State, County or Local Health Departments
Qualifications
- A high-accountability operator with 2+ years of experience managing shift operations in food service, retail, hospitality, or a similar setting
- Confident leading teams and executing complex shifts in fast-paced, customer facing environments
- Demonstrated experience owning operational KPIs including labor deployment, order accuracy, and throughput
- Experienced in coaching frontline employees with clarity, empathy, and consistency
- Agile in managing live operations—able to prioritize and pivot quickly while holding the line on standards
- Detail-oriented and quality-driven with strong knowledge of food safety and team safety protocols
- Strong communicator and collaborator who brings others along through structure and positivity
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 100% employer-paid Life Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Employer match for Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Learning and Development opportunities to advance your career
- Employee Stock
- Employee Discount