Commercial Associate Co-op - January 2027 Start

Commercial Associate Co-op - January 2027 Start

Program Dates: January 4, 2027 - June 18, 2027

Boston, MA

The base pay for this position is $23 per hour.

This is a Boston based opportunity with a 4 day in office expectation (Monday - Thursday) with 1 day remote (Friday).

At this time, Wayfair will not sponsor applicants for employment authorization for this position for the following work visas: STEM OPT EAD, H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, O-1, J-1, or TN.

Who We Are:

Wayfair's Commercial organization delivers on Wayfair's promise to help everyone anywhere create their feeling of home through building an unparalleled selection, driving tangible value, and ensuring a seamless customer experience. This team covers a multitude of high impact work including building strong relationships with suppliers to provide true partnership in helping customers create a space that reflects who they are and what they need. They attract, grow, and retain Wayfair's customer base through innovative marketing strategies. This team curates and refines product collections to enhance and optimize the shopping journey. The Commercial team also offers outstanding support to meet customers where they are through home services, financing options, and direct sales interactions. As an Associate, you'll develop and execute strategies that generate competitive advantage for Wayfair, and the results of your findings will improve the end-to-end supplier and customer experience.

What You'll Do:

• Analyze data, trends, and use resources to improve the quality of our product catalog in order to increase customer satisfaction, trust, and site conversion rates; researching categories and vendors to build out selection

• Create cross-functional partnerships to advance your projects through departments like merchandising, promotions, marketing, on-trend product selection, effective pricing and profitability strategy, and operational excellence

• Leverage data to analyze the competitive environment and develop business cases for strategic initiatives

• Represent Wayfair at various offsite events such as trade shows

• Manage communication with internal and external stakeholders

What You'll Need:

Basic Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelors in a relevant discipline (e.g. marketing, business, analytics) with the expectation that degree will be obtained between Winter 2027 - Spring 2029

• Minimum GPA of 3.0

• Must be returning to the course of study following completion of the Co-op

• Ability to commit to working 40 hours/week (9am-5pm, Monday-Friday) from January 4 to June 18, 2027 in our Boston office

• Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship by Wayfair now or in the future. Visa sponsorship includes the following work visas: STEM OPT EAD, H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, O-1, J-1, or TN.

• Experience with Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, SQL or GBQ, and data visualization tools such as Google Data Studio (Looker, Tableau, or PowerBI)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Data and process-oriented, comfortable learning data analysis tools

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

• A desire to win and steer collaboration cross functionally

• Passionate about the customer with an interest in understanding and driving user behavior

• Demonstrated ability to thrive as part of a team or individually

• An entrepreneurial spirit and mindset

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

• Experience in Excel is a plus

• Strong comfort level and appetite to use AI in daily workflow

Possible Team Placements Include:

B2B

Wayfair Professional (aka Wayfair B2B) is an industry leading business to business sales organization dedicated to help businesses make good spaces great. Wayfair Professional is the 'gated' experience of Wayfair dedicated to all business customers. We organize our customer base and corresponding offering (site and sales) into 7 industry verticals, prioritizing our Interior Design, Commercial Office and Contractor experiences. We are on a journey to being a $5B+ business by 2025 (+30% YoY growth), with over a $300B opportunity to cover across North America and Europe over the subsequent 10 years.

Catalog Merchandising

The Global Merchandising organization is responsible for building and maintaining Wayfair's e-commerce catalog of over 24 million+ products. The organization consists of multiple teams who each play a crucial role in defining and executing on best-in-class merchandising. The Global Operations Platform teams guide the management of our enormous product catalog and provide suppliers with tools to continually expand our product assortment. The Merch teams drive product discovery, consideration and purchase on all of our stores and marketing channels by ensuring customers have complete, accurate and relevant product information, and removing friction for suppliers to provide it. The Data Integrations & Analytics teams leverage Big Data to optimize internal merchandising processes. Together, these teams deliver on key merchandising goals.

Category Management

The Category Management team drives strategy for Wayfair's largest product categories through tight internal and external partnership. We serve as ambassadors of the product categories we manage. We are at the forefront as Wayfair redefines the supplier experience as a platform, giving suppliers more data, more transparency, and more control while retaining the high-touch elements that make working with Wayfair exceptional. Internally, we leverage a diverse set of cross-functional partners to execute our strategic vision. In a role on the Category Management team, you will be expected to define overarching goals and strategy within your category, problem-solve, articulate and execute against tactical plans, and manage key business metrics. Members of the team must be able to expertly negotiate internally and externally, while also being effective project managers.

Marketing

Our Marketing team drives growth for Wayfair on every major advertising platform. We aren't your standard marketers: we own the strategy, analytics, and operations for our portfolio of cutting-edge digital and offline marketing channels. We utilize big data to acquire high-potential customers and engage them to come back again and again. We drive profitable top line revenue by investing marketing dollars where they will provide the greatest return for the business and leverage our understanding of the customer to inform the overall business strategy. We frequently collaborate with Creative, Marketing Technology, Data Science, Category Management, Merchandising, and other internal and external partners.

Perigold

Perigold is Wayfair's newest brand, targeting the luxury home market. We are focused on providing an unparalleled assortment of luxury home goods through an elevated online shopping experience for our customers. We do this by connecting the best brands with our luxury customers while working on product curation, brand marketing and storytelling, building a best-in-class site experience, and providing best-in-class service and delivery. We serve as ambassadors for the categories we manage by identifying and solving unique customer and supplier challenges. Internally we partner with various teams including Profit Management, Merchandising, Partner Operations, Marketing, Brand and Curated Merchandising and Promotions to bring the Perigold vision to life.

Physical Retail

The Physical Retail team aspires to be the first and favorite destination for anything home. We are building a retail platform that supports our expansion into physical retail across Wayfair and our family of brands (AllModern, Joss & Main, Birch Lane, Perigold). We want to inspire our customers to find their "just right" solutions-providing support and empowerment in an experience they can make their own.

Supplier Inventory Management

On the Supplier Inventory Management team, we partner with thousands of suppliers to maximize customers' experience. This means driving speed and availability through supplier inventory and positioning strategies, leveraging both Wayfair's fulfillment services (CastleGate) as well as suppliers' existing supply chains. On this team, youll have a "COO" mindset, and be responsible for individual supplier and category inventory strategy, including integrating with Wayfairs e-comm and physical retail.

Why You'll Love Wayfair:

Throughout the Co-op Program, we blend hands-on work with continuous development and community. You'll be integrated into our team like a full-time employee while accessing unique program perks:

• Real Mentorship & Growth: Be paired with a dedicated manager and formal mentor for ongoing 1:1 feedback, career coaching, and skill-building tailored to your goals.

• Continuous Skill Development: Sharpen your technical and professional skill set through hands-on training, workshops, and real-world execution.

• Build Future-Ready Skills: Gain hands-on experience using modern technology platforms and approved AI tools, developing practical fluency for today's tech landscape.

• Community & Network: Build lasting connections through casual coffee chats, cohort social events, and collaborative networking events with peers across the business.

• Enjoy Employee Perks: Take advantage of the Wayfair employee discount throughout your internship.

Purpose & Inclusion at Wayfair:

At Wayfair, we pride ourselves on fostering an environment where every individual experiences a fair and equitable employee journey. We are committed to developing targeted resources that raise awareness around inclusion and eliminate barriers, ensuring Wayfair provides a fair and inclusive workplace experience for everyone.

Social Impact & Responsibility:

At Wayfair, we focus on helping people on their journey to home - specifically those who have lost their way from home. We do this by leveraging our best assets, such as collaborating with leading nonprofit organizations, coordinating in-kind product donations, empowering our employees to get involved through paid volunteer time off programs, and encouraging our customers to donate. This multi-faceted approach allows us to support communities in need in authentic ways that align with Wayfairs broader mission of helping everyone, anywhere create their sense of home.

Wayfair's In-Office Policy:

All Boston-based corporate employees will be in office in a hybrid capacity. Employees will work in the office on designated days, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and work remotely the other 1 day of the week.

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accomodations for Applicants form.

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About Wayfair Inc.

Wayfair is one of the world's largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we're reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you're looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you'll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.

No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We're a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair - and world - for all. Every voice, every perspective matters. That's why we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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