Senior Associate Product Merchandising

Full Time
Boston, MA, USA
2 months ago

Product Merchandising Senior Associate (L2)When you shop online, do you have ideas about what makes for a good shopping experience? Can you identify what would make the shopping experience easier and smoother at Wayfair? Do you think about the product content that fuels those shopping experiences and how you could optimize it to improve the overall experience? If you can use data, creativity and attention to detail to figure out how to make a great ecommerce site even better, then we want to talk to you. Wayfair is looking for a Product Merchandising Senior Associate to deliver a superior global ecommerce experience for both our customers shopping, and suppliers who sell their products on our platforms. In this role you will own a specific area of our huge product catalog and be responsible for its success, including how products are merchandised on site, and the structures and data that power our customer-facing features, using a combination of consumer analytics, digital strategy, and program management. You’ll become the subject matter expert in the merchandise that we sell and how our customers shop for it. You’ll constantly be evaluating and optimizing the front-end shopping experience at Wayfair, and the data structures that power them, and will serve as a crucial cross-functional partner to multiple teams, working together to develop and implement strategic improvements.

What You’ll Do

  • Serve as the department go-to person on merchandising and performance in a given area of our product catalog.
  • Seek out, define and effectively drive larger scale projects.
  • Challenge the status quo and always be on the lookout for ways to streamline and improve the efficiency of existing processes while effectively managing multiple stakeholders.
  • Track the results of past actions, report out effectively and make decisions based on learning and data.
  • Analyze site metrics and related data to identify opportunities to improve conversion rate and drive revenue growth across assigned product categories.
  • Research trends, opportunities and competitors to discover new ways to improve customer experience within assigned product categories.
  • Mentor associates on the team and guide them towards career success.

What You'll Need

  • 3+ years of relevant work or internship experience
  • Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) earned by date of hire
  • Proactive and eager to constantly seek out opportunities to make an impact
  • Self-starter who takes initiative and has an ownership mentality
  • Able to coordinate global, cross-functional projects, providing clear & constructive feedback to other teams and levels
  • Data-driven, analytical and process-oriented, comfortable learning new data analysis tools
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize projects and multitask to get things done
  • Detail oriented; unafraid of complexity and problem solving; curious mindset 
  • Strong communication skills and comfortable managing multiple stakeholders
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment 
  • Ability to navigate structured and unstructured data and problems; familiarity with Google Suite is required, GBQ and data visualization tools a plus
This is a hybrid positions requiring M-TH in office and remote on Fridays. Office is located in Boston, MA. At this time, Wayfair is unable to hire candidates that require visa sponsorship now or in the future for this position.

 

 

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, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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