**Schedule:** Full time **Availability:** Morning, Afternoon, Evening (Includes Weekends). **Age Requirement:** Must be 18 years or older **Location:** Rochester, NY **Address:** Rochester Division **Pay:** $62,360 - $65,000 / year **Job Posting:** 08/20/2025 **Job Posting End:** 09/19/2025 **Job ID:** R0255814 As a Department Manager at Wegmans, you'll use strong managerial and leadership skills to manage and develop a team and ensure the overall success of your department. Departments may include: Front End, Grocery, Overnight Grocery, Dairy, Health & Wellness, Produce, Bakery, Meat, Seafood, Deli, Cheese, Market Café, Sous Chef. With an eye for merchandising and a passion for putting out the best products, you’ll be responsible for everything from department financials to product levels to employee development, while working to meet customer and store needs. **What will I do?** + Manage and develop team of employees, engage in meaningful conversations, build trusted relationships and provide the resources, feedback, and development opportunities they need to be successful + Foster incredible knowledge-based service by creating excitement around new programs and products, identifying and implementing ways to build positive customer relationships and improving the shopping experience + Manage all department operations including efficiency, ordering, inventory, handling product or vendor related concerns, ensuring sales, contribution, diversity, development, and retention goals are met and using financial analysis, experience and knowledge to make decisions that increase profitability and control expenses + Ensure the freshest, highest quality products are available and offerings are prepared consistently using core recipes and techniques, use knowledge of product, benchmarking, and trends to plan and implement innovative displays and collaborate with other departments to align with merchandising standards, seasonal plans, company priorities + Ensure the team properly uses equipment and handles products, keeps accurate logs, follows department job aids, food safety, human safety and complies with Wegmans Policies, federal and state laws **Required Qualifications** + 1 or more years of collective managerial/supervisory experience including interviewing, performance management, employee development and managing financials + Systems aptitude + Passion for food and people with enthusiasm to learn more about the product **Preferred Qualifications** + Experience overseeing the daily operations of a large team and/or a multi-area department + Merchandising experience in a retail setting + Experience ordering products and controlling inventory 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._ 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._ Wegmans is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, hire, train, and promote without discrimination due to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, military leave or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. From FORTUNE Magazine. © 2022 Fortune Media IP Limited. Used under license. 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