Shift Coordinator
: Job Details :

Schedule: Full timeAvailability: Morning, Afternoon, Evening (Includes Weekends). Age Requirement: Must be 18 years or olderLocation: Blasdell, NYAddress: 3740 McKinley Pkwy.Pay: $17 - $18 / hourJob Posting: 10/08/2024Job Posting End: 11/08/2024Job ID:R0225859

Our Cheese departments offer hundreds of unique cheeses and other delicious items for our customers. This role is a key product knowledge expert within the department, growing sales by proactively approaching customers to engage and share knowledge about the products we sell. You will also ensure the department is presenting the best cheeses in the world, perfectly ripened by coordinating daily work activities and production.

What will I do?

• Assist in coordinating the activities of team members, ensure tasks are prioritized and completed efficiently, and department runs smoothly, educate team members on products and processes in the department, understand how to look up and track financial measures
• Proactively approach and engage with customers like friends to provide incredible service, build meaningful relationships, suggest the perfect products, help locate items, efficiently and accurately fulfill orders
• Expand personal knowledge of relevant products, share passion and knowledge about unique, new, and seasonal offerings, and understand how trends, seasons and holidays affect department financials
• 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
• Maintain department appearance by unloading deliveries, stocking product, displaying proper signage, ensuring displays are well-merchandised, rotating for freshness, checking for and shrinking outdated product
• Ensure team members properly use equipment and handle products, keep accurate logs, follow food safety and human safety guidelines, and comply with Wegmans Policies and federal and state laws

What will I do?

• Live our values, always help others, and ensure Wegmans remains a great place to work for all
• Assist in coordinating the activities of team members, ensure tasks are prioritized and completed efficiently, and department runs smoothly, educate team members on products and processes in the department, understand how to look up and track financial measures
• Proactively approach and engage with customers like friends to provide incredible service, build meaningful relationships, suggest the perfect products, help locate items, efficiently and accurately fulfill orders
• Expand personal knowledge of relevant products, share passion and knowledge about unique, new, and seasonal offerings, and understand how trends, seasons and holidays affect department financials
• Understand how products look/smell at peak of perfection, ensure use of production guides, job aids, core recipes, and techniques to provide a consistent and quality outcome
• Assist in ordering and inventory processes, utilizing order guides to help control inventory and shrink
• Maintain department appearance by unloading deliveries, stocking product, displaying proper signage, ensuring displays are well-merchandised, rotating for freshness, checking for and shrinking outdated product
• Ensure team members properly use equipment and handle products, keep accurate logs, follow department job aids and food safety, human safety and 5S guidelines, and comply with Wegmans Policies and federal and state laws

Required Qualifications

• Customer service experience preferably in a food service, restaurant, grocery or retail setting
• Passion for food and people with enthusiasm to learn more about the product

Preferred Qualifications

• Managerial/supervisory experience
• Experience ordering products and controlling inventory
• Enthusiasm for and knowledge of relevant products and services

At Wegmans, we've long believed we can achieve our goals only if we first fulfill the needs of our people. Putting our people first and offering competitive pay and a variety of benefits & perks is just the start of what it means to work at Wegmans.

Whether through premium pay for working overtime, on Sundays or on recognized holidays, offering industry-leading health care coverage and wellness programs to support physical, financial, and emotional well-being, or paid time off (PTO) to help you balance work and life, we've got something for everyone.

And because we care about the wellbeing and success of every person, we recognize each person has their own unique scheduling needs. We're proud to offer flexibility in scheduling so our employees can prioritize what is most important to them. Our large, high-volume stores and 24x7 operations allow for personalized schedules that balance an employee's individual needs with the needs of our business and each department.

Comprehensive benefits*

Paid time off (PTO) to help you balance your personal and work life

Higher premium pay rates for working overtime, on Sundays, or on a recognized holiday

Health care benefits that provide a high level of coverage at a low cost to you

Retirement plan with both a profit-sharing and 401(k) match

A generous scholarship program to help employees meet their educational goals

LiveWell Employee & Family program to support your emotional, work-life and financial wellness

Exclusive discounts on electronics, entertainment, gym memberships, travel and more!

And more!

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

For 25 years in a row, our employees have put us on the FORTUNE magazine's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For®. Discover what it means to work for a family-owned, mission-driven, values-based company that believes in caring, respect, empowerment, high standards and making a difference in the community. Because with a family-like atmosphere of shared support, leaders who have your best interest at heart and growth as part of everything we do, Wegmans is the place for you to do what you love—and love what you do.