Assistant General Manager

BuyWander•Plymouth, MN

12d•$65,000 - $75,000•Onsite

About The Position

At BuyWander, the Assistant General Manager is the operational owner of store and warehouse execution and inventory flow. This is not a junior General Manager role. It is a distinct leadership position with clear ownership of every unit that enters the building until it is accurately processed, stored, picked, staged, and ready for the customer. The AGM partners closely with the General Manager to ensure store execution supports business performance. Where the General Manager owns the business, the AGM owns the flow. The AGM translates business expectations into daily store execution and ensures problems are identified, owned, and resolved before they become building-level emergencies. The AGM leads by example, creating an environment where accountability, execution, and high performance are the standard. This leader knows the operation at all times, surfaces problems early, and builds recovery plans before issues escalate. Success is measured by throughput, accuracy, labor efficiency, team development, and the ability to deliver consistent results without requiring GM intervention.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in retail, etail, warehouse, logistics, inventory management, or distribution operations.
Energized by building from scratch. You thrive in a growing company where not everything is defined yet.
Detail-obsessed and disciplined about accuracy, organization, and follow-through.
Clear communicator who surfaces problems early, proposes solutions, and keeps the right people informed.
Comfortable with technology, including inventory systems, barcoding tools, Google Workspace, and internal dashboards.
Mission-driven. You believe in building something bigger than yourself.

Nice To Haves

Experience in resale, returns, liquidation, or high-volume fulfillment is a plus!

Responsibilities

Own truck-arrival readiness, receiving, unloading execution, and inbound freight flow.
Own processing productivity, throughput, backlog reduction, and product grading and listing execution.
Own inventory location accuracy, put-away productivity, warehouse organization, and 5S execution.
Own picking productivity, pick accuracy, pick-wave execution, and cost-per-unit performance.
Own the operational flow from pick to stage to customer and ensure store and front-end handoffs are effective.
Own physical inventory discipline, cycle-count execution, aged-inventory identification, and system accuracy.
Build and execute the daily labor deployment plan and adjust in real time as workload and conditions change.
Run daily startup huddles and maintain visibility into backlog, productivity, and recovery needs.
Own building organization, aisle standards, staging, rack and bin utilization, and visual inventory controls.
Own operational safety execution within all warehouse processes.
Directly lead and develop supervisors and team leads.
Partner with the General Manager and People Operations on performance management and employee relations.
Ensure full compliance with company policies and all applicable federal, state, and local employment and workplace safety laws.
Perform additional responsibilities and strategic initiatives as assigned.
Own the inbound-to-fulfillment flow across a multimillion-dollar fulfillment and distribution operation.
Lead supervisors and team members across receiving, processing, put-away, picking, and fulfillment.
Know the backlog, the bottleneck, the labor need, the root cause, and the recovery plan before the General Manager has to ask.
Help build, refine, and execute SOPs for receiving, processing, picking, staging, and operations.
Work cross-functionally with tech, support, and executive teams to launch new tools and scale operations.
Hold the team members accountable to high standards and lead with integrity.