Who We Are
The Wayfair Category Management Team helps drive our business vision with our supplier partners, acting as credible counterparts to execute strategic business decisions. In this role, you will work with external partners, our suppliers, and internal cross-functional teams to advance your category’s business agenda and have a direct impact on our European business. You will have ownership of one of our categories or product classes and manage key supplier relationships. You will define overarching goals and strategies for your category, problem-solve, articulate and execute against tactical plans, and manage key business KPIs.
As a team member you will enjoy a culture where we will work alongside each other to achieve our common goals. We offer coaching, exciting challenges as well as fun team events to celebrate our wins together. Our goal is to support you in your professional development and to enable you to build a fulfilling career.
What You'll Do
- Manage a portfolio of strategically important partners, building and executing strategic roadmaps to drive business impact
- Identify strategic opportunities for top and bottom line growth within the category and your supplier portfolio and collaborate with internal teams to drive execution
- Analyse product portfolios and advance catalog expansion; identify selection gaps, find new partners and drive selection addition
- Undertake market research in your area of focus: analyse and anticipate competitor marketing, selection, and pricing strategy; understand category retail environment
- Conduct strategic business meetings with your supplier partners at tradeshows, in the office or virtually.
What You'll Need
- Business fluency in both German and English
- Excellent Excel and PowerPoint expertise; knowledge of SQL and Tableau is desirable
- Structured and persuasive communication skills, both written and verbal
- A track record of successful negotiation and relationship management skills
- Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities and implement solutions with innovative problem solving
- A proactive approach to your work, eagerness to progress professionally and genuine motivations to drive business growth
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.