Associate Category Management
Associate Category Management
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Job Description
Who we are
Wayfair is reinventing the way people shop for their homes and our team is tasked with building a best in class Home retail business across the UK and German markets. As a Category Associate you would own a set of UK based suppliers and solve complex problems across pricing merchandising operations and promotions to achieve hyper growth.
The role
To be successful in this role you will possess a highly analytical mindset passion and selfmotivation and you will be dedicated to delivering a superb customer experience by making excellent assortment decisions informed by our wealth of browsing and purchasing data. You will be responsible for growing sales while improving profitability as well as identifying new business opportunities developing internal and external relationships and negotiating with key suppliers. Other areas of focus could include expanding the assortment and developing a competitive strategy for the market.
In this role you will work closely with your team to set and execute the strategy for a supplier portfolio develop supplier relationships drive process improvements across the Supply Chain and negotiate pricing and inventory.
Being a part of Category Management means you enjoy setting and driving a vision and operating analytically to get results whilst keeping a hard focus on of high impact tasks for your team and yourself. Strong communication is critical for the success of Category Management given the interaction with almost every function and team at Wayfair to ensure alignment is tight and priorities are agreed upon.
We welcome applications from high calibre professionals for whom style & home dcor represent a meaningful arena to use the skills they developed in generalist business settings.
What you will do
- Manage a large portfolio of suppliers across our case goods business
- Develop strategic supplier and category plans to achieve revenue and profitability goals
- Analyse event and category performance and pivots business accordingly
- Conduct competitive and product category evaluation to evaluate market trends
- Drives relationships and collaboration with crossfunctional teams to identify and fill assortment opportunities
- Enthusiastically negotiate for favourable terms with suppliers (selection pricing promotions)
- Conduct competitive and product category analysis to identify new suppliers to increase and expand selection across product categories
What you will need
- Some demonstrable experience in an analytical/sales based internship role
- A strong interest in building a career in buying and/or supplier relationship management
- A personable and energetic communicator eager to build relationships with new business partners
- Ability to communicate and feel comfortable speaking directly with Csuite level suppliers from large companies
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects at once; you dont miss the details
- An interest in and/or ability to learn retail math concepts
- Analytical thinker who looks for (and finds) answers in the data
- Ability to hit the ground running a selfstarter capable of achieving specific target goals
- An entrepreneurial spirit and mindset
- Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and working with data
About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the worlds largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world were reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industryleading technology and creative problemsolving we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If youre looking for rapid growth constant learning and dynamic challenges then youll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.
No matter who you are Wayfair is a place you can call home. Were a community of innovators risktakers and trailblazers who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger smarter and wellpositioned 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. Thats why were 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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Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
