(Senior) Associate | Localization & Translation- German Speaking

Full Time
Berlin, Germany
8 months ago

Location: Berlin DE (based in Berlin - 4 office days)

Who we are:

Wayfair’s Berlin office is looking for a talented (Senior) Associate for our Stores & Geos team to help localize our storefront, product catalog and other customer and supplier-facing interfaces! This is a great opportunity to directly impact the development of our global business and to ensure that our customers have the best shopping experience on our international sites. 

This role provides a mix of project management, business strategy and cross-functional collaboration within global teams. Have you gained first experience in e-commerce, project management, process improvements, localization and/or translations, and are you ready to join one of Berlin’s most international companies? If yes, then we would like to hear from you!

What you’ll do:

  • Develop a detailed understanding of merchandising operations, localization and translations in a large, international e-commerce company
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to contribute to the development of merchandising tools and to localize our supplier- and customer-facing platforms 
  • Independently manage projects, eg. with partnering tech and/or commercial teams
  • Execute on data-driven projects to improve product quality, identify process improvement opportunities and potential blockers, or implement new business ideas 
  • Review and analyze quality of machine translations or existing translation workflows for the right balance of cost, quality and speed (mostly for German language) 
  • Root cause bugs and identify solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Drive operational performance by triaging tickets to improve customer experience
  • Work within a global team, based in Berlin and Boston, contributing to the company’s targets and support us in our mission to become the best online retailer for home 

What you’ll need:

  • Excellent communication skills and fluency in German and English, additional languages are a plus!
  • A true team player and comfortable in an international and fast-paced environment
  • A successful track record of developing relationships with internal and external stakeholders, working collaboratively and driving cross-departmental projects
  • Innovative problem-solving skills, dissecting problems and implementing solutions
  • An analytical mindset and data-driven approach, first experience in working with GSuite 
  • Demonstrated interest/ experience in e-commerce, start-up or management consulting
  • Optional: experience working in localization teams focussed on process improvements

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