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Wayfair Operations Business Associate - Experienced Graduates (Fall 2024 Start) in Boston, Massachusetts
<p>Fall 2024 start</p>
<p>Location: Boston, MA</p>
<p><strong>This is a Boston based opportunity with a 4 day in office expectation.</strong></p>
<p><em>Wayfair is continuing to expand our commitment to hiring and supporting talent early in their careers, focusing on filling opportunities with experienced graduates who have 1-3 years of experience.</em></p>
<p>Wayfair is seeking collaborative, innovative, and adaptable candidates for full-time positions within our Operations team. Operations Associates will have the opportunity to gain experience in core functional areas at the center of our logistics and supply chain functions and contribute directly to the growth and success of the company. This is an ideal opportunity for candidates who are looking to join a highly collaborative, cross-functional team, driving forward the future of retail supply chain operations. </p>
<p><strong>What You'll Do</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Communicate performance trends and improvement opportunities to management both within and outside your immediate line of reporting</li>
<li>Work cross-functionally with a variety of teams across Operations </li>
<li>Monitor key performance indicators and work collaboratively to improve the quality of our logistics and supply chain operation</li>
<li>Create and deliver communication plans with external partners including suppliers, logistics, Wayfair’s proprietary freight forwarding service (CastleGate Forwarding), and external 3rd party logistics companies (3PL)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What You’ll Need </strong></p>
<p>Basic Qualifications:</p>
<ul>
<li>1-3 years of transferable experience in a corporate environment, including internship and co-op experience</li>
<li>Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship by Wayfair now or in the future.</li>
</ul>
<p>Preferred Qualifications:</p>
<ul>
<li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with the ability to influence others</li>
<li>Analytical mindset able to process large volumes of data using a variety of reporting tools (Excel, Google Sheets, SQL, etc.)</li>
<li>Ability to distill complex information in a simplistic way via emails, charts, graphs, and other forms of presentations</li>
<li>Passionate about execution with strong interest to drive customer engagement</li>
<li>Desire to own projects from beginning to end, and thrive as part of a team as well as individually</li>
<li>Comfortability navigating a fast-paced, dynamic environment with little structure</li>
<li>Strong project management and prioritization skills</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Possible team placements can Include, but are not limited to:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Castlegate Forwarding</strong></p>
<p>CastleGate Forwarding is a digital freight forwarding organization within Wayfair's broader CastleGate Logistics network. We offer a full suite of shipping services that aims to provide Wayfair suppliers with competitive and convenient logistics solutions.</p>
<p><strong>Corporate Service</strong></p>
<p>The global corporate service teams are responsible for setting the standards on how we deliver an excellent experience to our customers. They identify customer channel disconnects, drive improvements for a smooth and frictionless customer experience, recommend technology solutions, and train our frontline agents.</p>
<p><strong>Global Supply Chain</strong></p>
<p>Wayfair's Global Supply Chain (GSC) team is a network of interconnected global departments that support the journey of a product once an order is placed. This includes teams that manage all aspects of the Transportation & Delivery function, teams that support the frontline operations, and teams that manage and monetize Returns & Incidents. The objective of the GSC team is to get orders to customers' homes quickly, reliably, and conveniently, while enhancing the customer experience by preventing and reducing product defects. As a part of the GSC team, you will have an important role in accomplishing our mission: delivering cost-efficient perfect orders at scale. </p>
<p><strong>Global Partner Support</strong></p>
<p>The Global Partner Support Team makes sure that our Partners focus on what they do best - leaving the rest to us. We act as the voice of the Partner across the organization. We provide our Partners with the day to day support needed to ensure they delight our customers and win online with Wayfair. We identify areas where we need to do better, and eliminate issues at source across the organization. We co-develop self service solutions to ensure suppliers have the tools to operate independently. We provide frontline service support, replying and resolving challenges across our suppliers and carriers.</p>
<p><strong>Planning & Inventory Management</strong></p>
<p>Planning and Inventory Management (PIM) drives Wayfair’s top and bottom line by partnering with our suppliers to deliver high availability across CastleGate, physical retail, & dropship. PIM is at the forefront of building innovative and scalable solutions that provide a unique, competitive advantage for Wayfair and unlock value for our supplier partners. By leveraging our proprietary technology, fulfillment and delivery networks and supply chain services, we reduce costs, increase speed of delivery and ensure a reliable consumer experience. We solve complex problems across operations, analytics, and insights to achieve rapid growth.</p>
<p><strong>Planning & Analytics</strong></p>
<p>Wayfair’s Planning & Analytics team consists of 5 interrelated teams: Forecasting & Replenishment Analytics, Network management, Operations Analytics, Operations Performance Management/Global Analytics Tech, and Operations Research (OR). Together, these teams deliver insights and support capability development that cuts across the other functional areas and helps us make better decisions across various time horizons, and drive overall network performance/network outcomes. This includes, for example: (a) driving operational planning and coordination across all functional areas for our order-to-delivery chain, (b) shaping long-term strategy and network design, (c) providing the single source of truth for performance across Operations, and (d) applying advanced optimization techniques to enable automated, yet high-quality operational decisions at scale.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Why You’ll Love Wayfair:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Time Off:</li>
<ul>
<li>Paid Holidays</li>
<li>Paid Time Off (PTO)</li>
</ul>
<li>Health & Wellness:</li>
<ul>
<li>Full Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA)</li>
<li>Life Insurance</li>
<li>Disability Protection (Short Term & Long Term Disability) </li>
<li>Global Wellbeing: Gym/Fitness discounts (including US Peloton, Global ClassPass, and various regional gym memberships)</li>
<li>Mental Health Support (Global Mental Health, Global Wayhealthy Recordings)</li>
<li>Caregiver Services</li>
</ul>
<li>Financial Growth & Security:</li>
<ul>
<li>401K Matching (Employee Matching Program)</li>
<li>Tuition Reimbursement </li>
<li>Financial Health Education (Knowledge of Financial Education - KOFE)</li>
<li>Tax Advantaged Accounts</li>
</ul>
<li>Family Support:</li>
<ul>
<li>Family Planning Support</li>
<li>Parental Leave</li>
<li>Global Surrogacy & Adoption Policy</li>
</ul>
<li>Professional Development & Recognition:</li>
<ul>
<li>Rewards & Recognition </li>
<li>Global Employee Anniversary Awards </li>
<li>Paid Volunteer Work </li>
</ul>
<li>Unique Perks:</li>
<ul>
<li>Employee Discount </li>
<li>U.S. Bluebikes Membership</li>
<li>Global Pod Outings</li>
</ul>
<li>Work/Life Balance:</li>
<ul>
<li>Emphasizing a supportive & flexible work environment that encourages a balance between personal and professional commitments </li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p><strong>Purpose & Inclusion at Wayfair:</strong><strong><br></strong>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.</p>
<p><strong>Social Impact & Responsibility:</strong><strong><br></strong>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 Wayfair's broader mission of helping everyone, anywhere create their sense of home.</p>
<p><strong>Wayfair's In-Office Policy:</strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities</strong></p>
<p>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 <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ElBqKaQYGR9j0NiQHQYCGbHkqKqN746Nk62pI32IyLU">Accommodations for Applicants form</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Need Assistance?</strong></p>
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<p>Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin, 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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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