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Associate Ocean Supply Chain

The International Supply Chain (ISC) team at Wayfair is building the best-in-class digital freight forwarding platform. The Commercial excellence team within ISC is looking for an Associate to manage our origin country operations. This person will play a key role in a major ISC initiative to optimize origin operations, own performance indicators and build relationships with local carriers and port & terminals.

As an integral member of this supply chain team, you’ll be able to put your stamp on the design and execution of a very unique and proprietary furniture network as we continue to scale. We are looking for an energetic, collaborative team player, with an entrepreneurial spirit and a background in Supply Chain and Operations Innovation. This is a highly visible and exciting role for the company and one that will offer the right candidate an opportunity to lead part of one of our core supply chain function.


In this role you will:

Planning role

Coordinate across carriers, ports, and CastleGate warehouses to ensure consistent transit time and reduce spend.
Manage ocean carrier escalations and work with them to resolve booking and space allocation issues.
Identify operational trends that will drive initiatives for process improvement.
Work with various teams, such as CastleGate Operations, CastleGate Account Managers, Carrier Performance and more, to ensure that items communicated to suppliers are consistent and initiatives are properly prioritized.
Keep an open line of communication with the team’s business partners to ensure problems that arise follow the proper escalation path.
Identify and develop the right business tools (with engineering, operations and business development) to support scale up
Identify key performance indicators for reporting and layout process for regular and accurate reporting.


What You'll Need

Self-starter with the ability to work independently in a fast moving environment with a certain level of ambiguity.
Strong analytical experience and comfort working with large data sets to identify trends and actionable takeaways.
Experience working in a matrix environment and managing cross-functional projects required.
Experience leading process improvement initiatives by successfully collaborating with multiple stakeholders and building tools & visibility solutions
Experience in negotiations/sales processes with external suppliers/vendors is strongly preferred.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills – confident, assertive and ability to influence agent partners
Ability to work effectively with people in a cross-functional environment
Entrepreneurial spirit and ability to work well in a fast paced, data driven company
Willingness to travel to meet for working with international colleagues of ISC
Bachelor's degree. Focus on Supply Chain is preferred
Data sk


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 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.

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, or genetic information.

Wayfair is home to great people, great ideas, and great ambition. We aspire to be the destination for all things home, helping everyone, anywhere create their feeling of home. Through technology and innovation, Wayfair makes it possible for shoppers to quickly and easily find exactly what they want from a selection of more than 22 million items across home furnishings, décor, home improvement, housewares and more.

A global organization of over 16,000 employees with headquarters in Boston and Berlin, we are now building an agile, flexible and scalable team in China that can respond to business, competitor and customer demands as we grow. Whether through data-driven product design, our modern end-to-end tech stack, or building world-class experiences and relationships for our customers, partners, and employees – Wayfair is changing the future of home.