Head of Enterprise Growth Strategy

About the Team:

Partner Operations drives Wayfair’s top and bottom line by partnering with our suppliers to set and enable effective commercial and operational strategies. Together we provide cost-efficient, perfect orders at scale to consumers. Partner Operations is at the forefront of building innovative and scalable supply chain solutions that provide a unique, competitive advantage for Wayfair and unlocks 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 are looking for highly motivated individuals to help expand this business and solve complex problems across operations, logistics and technology to achieve rapid growth.

Being a part of a Vertical team within Partner Operations means you generate energy from being in the center of the action.  As Wayfair’s primary supplier facing operations team, we drive high value engagement within Wayfair’s ever growing supplier base.  The team acts as a chief advisor to our suppliers to drive forecast alignment, demand planning, inventory allocation, and fulfillment strategies.  The team is also highly engaged with International Supply Chain and Asia Logistics teams, where we work to build supply chain efficiencies.  What defines this team across its areas of scope is our passion to make a substantial impact and create win-win strategies for our suppliers and Wayfair.  

What You’ll Do: 

Due to the importance of this role, we are seeking an experienced leader with proven ability to set the vision, motivate a large team, and cultivate Wayfair culture by designing the organizational structure, scoping team priorities, and driving significant, positive impact to the bottom line.  This role is highly cross functional and allows for significant exposure and influence into the broader Wayfair strategy, as well as meaningful guidance over the direct teams day-to-day activities. 

What You’ll Need:

• Demonstrated ability to inclusively lead large diverse teams, strategic partnerships, and internal/external executive relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain full responsibility for all results while continuously driving to higher aspirational goals
• Demonstrated ability to identify and execute against key priorities, adjust  scope, and elevate teams in an ambiguous environment
• Demonstrated success maintaining comprehensive project roadmaps, identifying potential roadblocks, and outlining alternatives to overcome
• Demonstrated evidence as a deep supply chain expert  
• Ability to thrive in a high growth, entrepreneurial environment
• 12+ years of extensive Supply Chain experience preferred
• Experience in ecommerce, management consulting, or technology a plus
• An MBA or demonstrated experience across multiple business units a plus