Category Management Intern - Fluent in German

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Duration: 6 months, starting ASAP

Who We Are:

Shopping for the home is often overwhelming. Wayfair is an extreme case - it’s visited by two million people daily, shopping across more than 10 million products: Home furnishings, décor, home improvement, housewares, and more. We work hard to conceal the complexity of this experience. Every customer should come away feeling like they’ve found the perfect item for them. Shopping for the home should be exciting, and we’re the team that makes that happen.

Category Management

We currently operate in Germany and the UK and aim to offer an unparalleled selection of great value products for the home, paired with excellent customer experience. Each Category Management team is responsible for a specific vertical (e.g., lighting, décor, bedding, kitchen), knowing the respective market / industry, and maintaining relationships with suppliers. The team’s ultimate objective is to grow the category by expanding the selection on our website, aligning promotions and operations, merchandising, and marketing activities with the respective teams, and ensuring price competitiveness throughout the catalog. Cross-functional collaboration is key in this role, since the category management teams are in daily contact with internal teams to advance the aforementioned business drivers. 

What You'll Do

  • Target opportunity areas and recommend solutions to drive results
  • Analyse product launches and vendor/ category trends, and identify opportunities to optimise conversion rate
  • Use data and creative strategies to communicate efficiently
  • Cultivate and strengthen relationships with internal and external partners and vendors
  • Utilizing web analytics tools to analyze and optimize performance

What You'll Need

  • Strong academic background 
  • Fluency in German (reading, writing and speaking)
  • Exceptional problem solving, analytical skills and a desire to enhance processes
  • Ability to multi-task, work in a team and thrive in a fast-paced environment
  • Proficient with MS Office, especially MS Excel
  • An entrepreneurial spirit and mindset
  • German fluency is advantageous 
  • Enthusiastic, with proven ability to rapidly get up to speed with job knowledge
  • Be available for 40h/week (full-time) for 6 months

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.

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