Associate - Supplier Inventory Management
Associate - Supplier Inventory Management
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Job Description
At Wayfair Planning and Inventory Management we thrive to partner with thousands of suppliers to maximize customers experience. This means driving speed and availability through inventory and position strategies with suppliers leveraging Wayfairs fulfillment services (CastleGate) as well as suppliers own supply chain capacities.
Availability strategy is at the forefront of building an innovative scale-able business strategy for Wayfair to support business growth. You will help develop insights to influence suppliers product assortment production supply chain and operations. Other focus areas include financial analysis to support decision-making related to inventory levels managing excess inventory promotional inventory planning and improving overall inventory efficiency.
We are looking for highly-motivated individuals to partner with suppliers to grow their business with Wayfair - with a focus on availability inventory turns and forward positioning.
What Youll Do
- Assist in developing and executing strategies to optimize sales turns in-stock rates and network balance
- Work cross-functionally with a variety of teams including Analytics Category Management and Forecasting to understand sales and market trends in your space impacting forecasts
- Create plans for replenishment orders or sell-through actions reflective of supplier goals
- Communicate with suppliers to ensure follow-through on replenishment orders and inventory commitments and to develop sustainable long-term strategies to grow the business
- Monitor key performance indicators and drive corrective actions with suppliers and cross-functional partners
- Manage efficient inbound inventory flows and health including forecasting purchasing and removing aged inventory
- Help align Wayfair teams (Operations Promotions Category Management) to ensure strong supplier execution and to understand and manage the demand drivers impacting growth
- Support initiatives to drive improvements in the Inventory Planning systems data and processes
- Drive root cause analysis/reporting on inventory related issues developing action plans and Project managing improvements
- Conduct ad hoc analysis (financial and operational) using standard scripts and reporting to access data and/or Excel to drive supplier action and support decisions
- Regularly communicate performance trends and improvement opportunities to management both within and outside your immediate line of reporting
What Youll Need
- Bachelors degree in Business or a Supply Chain/Operations discipline
- 1-2 years of experience in operations retail engineering consulting strategy or finance
- Experience with Microsoft Excel and data visualization tools required
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously
- An entrepreneurial spirit and mindset; you must be adaptable and comfortable with change
- Team-first attitude with enthusiasm for cross-functional collaboration
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 industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving 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 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. 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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Employment Type
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