Shift Leader

Shift Leader at Wegmans Food Markets summary:

The Shift Leader at Wegmans manages the perishable department by ensuring product freshness, attractive merchandising, and consistent quality using core recipes and techniques. They assist customers with product location and meal suggestions while supporting inventory and ordering processes to control shrink. This role requires strong customer service skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment across various shifts including weekends.

Schedule: Full time
Availability: Morning, Afternoon, Evening (Includes Weekends).
Age Requirement: Must be 18 years or older
Location: Williamsville, NY
Address: 5275 Sheridan Drive
Pay: $17 - $18.50 / hour
Job Posting: 09/26/2025
Job Posting End: 10/26/2025

Job ID:R0260022

At Wegmans, we strive to help our customers live healthier better lives through food. As a perishable department coordinator, you’ll work with a team to deliver incredible service and prepare fresh, great tasting meal solutions for our customers. If you have a passion for food, serving customers and working in a fast-paced environment, this could be the position for you!

What will I do?

• Possess an understanding of the products offered in the department
• Maintain the overall appearance of the department, ensure fresh product and levels are sustained, items are well-merchandised in innovative, eye-appealing displays and stocked in correct locations, while recognizing seasonal, holiday and weather effects on product sales
• Understand how products look/taste at peak of perfection, ensure use core recipes and techniques to provide a consistent and quality outcome​
• Assist in ordering and inventory processes, utilizing ordering guides to help control inventory and shrink
• Proactively approach customers, assist them in locating products throughout the department, provide suggestions for meal solutions, and answer any questions they may have about products

Required Qualifications

• Customer service experience

At Wegmans, we’ve always believed we can achieve our goals only if we first fulfill the needs of our people. Putting our people first and offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits and a wide range of meaningful perks is just the beginning of what defines a rewarding career at Wegmans.

Comprehensive benefits

1. Paid time off (PTO) to help you balance your personal and work life
2. Higher premium pay rates for working overtime, on Sundays, or on a recognized holiday
3. Health care benefits that provide a high level of coverage at a low cost to you
4. Retirement plan with a 401(k) match
5. A generous scholarship program to help employees meet their educational goals
6. LiveWell Employee & Family program to support your emotional, work-life and financial wellness

Our employees have put us high on Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list every year since it was first produced in 1998. Discover what it means to work for a mission-driven, values-based company where YOU make the difference.

Certain eligibility requirements must be satisfied, and offerings may differ based upon area or the company and/or position.

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At Wegmans, we’ve always believed we can achieve our goals only if we first fulfill the needs of our people. Putting our people first and offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits and a wide range of meaningful perks is just the beginning of what defines a rewarding career at Wegmans.

Comprehensive benefits

1. Paid time off (PTO) to help you balance your personal and work life
2. Higher premium pay rates for working overtime, on Sundays, or on a recognized holiday
3. Health care benefits that provide a high level of coverage at a low cost to you
4. Retirement plan with a 401(k) match
5. A generous scholarship program to help employees meet their educational goals
6. LiveWell Employee & Family program to support your emotional, work-life and financial wellness

Our employees have put us high on Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list every year since it was first produced in 1998. Discover what it means to work for a mission-driven, values-based company where YOU make the difference.

Certain eligibility requirements must be satisfied, and offerings may differ based upon area or the company and/or position.

Keywords:

shift leader, perishable department, customer service, inventory management, food merchandising, meal preparation, food quality control, stocking, team coordination, fast-paced environment

Client-provided location(s): Buffalo, NY

Job ID: 5428849556

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-10-03T00:00:00