Supply Chain Analytics Manager

Full Time
Boston, MA, USA
9 months ago

Onsite in Boston, MA (Monday - Thursday)

Wayfair continues to build industry-shaping infrastructure and capabilities in Operations to fuel growth and delight our customers. As part of this journey, we are seeking bright, curious, and high-energy individual contributors to execute strategic initiatives that propel Wayfair from 10B in sales and beyond.

Wayfair Fulfillment Network is a key component of the overall supply chain and keeping our promise to the customer. As a result we interact with multiple stakeholders across Wayfair who rely upon us to deliver a world-class operation. Ultimately we are all working to serve the Customer but teams will have different priorities depending upon their individual objectives. This role is critical to managing these differing objectives, the flow of information between stakeholders, and ensuring all parties have sufficient clarity to move at speed and scale.

The ideal candidate is curious, driven, impact-oriented and able to communicate across all levels of the organization. They will be able to network well, understanding different business plans and roadmaps, and deliver actionable insights and recommendations to operational teams. This role offers the opportunity to combine a corporate presence whilst developing a deep understanding of operational processes on the ground.

What You’ll Do

  • Identify opportunities to drive improvement across cost, speed and quality through analytics, process observation and expert functional inputs
  • Work in partnership with the Tech teams to develop the business cases required to facilitate the ideal processes
  • Solve complex optimization problems, to help inform the future Supply Chain design for Retail, based upon an agreed set of assumptions and forecasts
  • Hold Partner teams to account through the accurate and real-time reporting of end-to-end Supply Chain performance for Retail
  • Communicate effectively both written and verbally to drive impact from the analysis
  • Spend time with teams across the organization, especially front-line teams, to gain a deep hands-on understanding of existing process
  • Be great to work with! We seek candidates with a positive attitude, collaborative spirit, passion for solving problems, and a sense of humor

What You’ll Need

  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field.
  • 5+  years of professional experience in data analytics with expertise in supply chain operations
  • Experience working in a Supply Chain or Retail environment preferred
  • Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, SQL or GBQ, and data visualization tools such as Google Data Studio (Looker, Tableau, or PowerBI)
  • Experience with Python preferred
  • Effective collaborator who is able to bring multiple stakeholders together and gain agreement on the way forward
  • Strong verbal and written communications skills
  • Strong presentation skills to all levels of management.
  • Clear track record of working effectively in cross-functional team situations
  • Experience in taking a company forward in a fast-growth environment, providing insight for direction, and managing change effectively.

An Important Note about Wayfair's In-Office Policy:

All Boston-based interns, Co-ops, and corporate employees will be in office in a hybrid capacity. Employees will work in the office on designated days, Monday - Thursday, and work remotely Friday.

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accomodations for Applicants form.

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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.

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