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Shift Leader

Yesterday Buffalo, NY

Shift Leader at Wegmans Food Markets summary:

The Shift Leader at Wegmans oversees perishable food departments, ensuring product quality, inventory control, and appealing merchandise displays. They provide excellent customer service, assist with food preparation, and help manage ordering processes in a fast-paced grocery retail environment. The role requires customer service experience and a passion for food, with opportunities for bonuses and comprehensive employee benefits.


Schedule: Full time
Availability: Morning, Afternoon, Evening (Includes Weekends).
Age Requirement: Must be 18 years or older
Location: Amherst, NY
Address: 675 Alberta Drive
Pay: $17 - $18.50 / hour
Job Posting: 10/28/2025
Job Posting End: 11/27/2025
Job ID:R0263225

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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 ensure the best food items are in stock and ready to be used to prepare both service counter and pre-made product 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!

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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 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 help customers, delivering efficient and friendly customer service, while providing suggestions for meal solutions, and answering any questions they may have about products

Required Qualifications:

  • Customer service experience preferably in a food service, restaurant, grocery or retail setting

Preferred Qualifications

  • Food preparation experience
  • Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new situations and subject matters

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:

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Client-provided location(s): Buffalo, NY
Job ID: 5480556429
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Posted: 2025-11-04T00:00:00

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Parental Benefits

      • Work Flexibility

        • Office Life and Perks

          • Vacation and Time Off

            • Financial and Retirement

              • Professional Development

                • Diversity and Inclusion