Junior Category Manager (m/f/x)

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Who We Are

As a team member you will enjoy a great work culture, be 100% hands-on and have a team that will work alongside you to help you achieve our common goals. In our diverse working environment we offer great 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.

In this role, you will work with external partners, our suppliers, and internal cross-functional teams to advance your category’s business agenda and drive strategic business decisions. You will have ownership of one of our categories or product classes and manage key supplier relationships thereby making a direct impact on the category and Wayfair’s bottom line. You will be expected to define overarching goals and strategies for your category, problem-solve, articulate and execute against tactical plans, and manage key business KPIs.

What You’ll Do

• Build strong relationships with your portfolio of partners and manage them to success at Wayfair, eg. executing negotiations to secure best pricing and promotional support
• Analyse data to identify opportunities for profit growth for the category and your supplier partners 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
• Attend trade shows to meet key suppliers (a few times per year)

What You’ll Need

• A Bachelor Degree in business or a related field
• Fluency in both German and English
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint expertise; knowledge of SQL and Tableau is desirable
• Articulate and persuasive communication skills, both written and verbal
• A track record of successful negotiation and relationship management skills
• Demonstrated ability to identify problem root causes and implement solutions with innovative problem solving
• A structured, proactive approach to your work, eager to progress professionally and motivated to drive business growth
• Experience and ability to work within a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment

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.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read and understand the Candidate Privacy Notice available here, and that the information you submit as part of your job application will be used in accordance with such notice. You consent to the processing of your information as described in the Candidate Privacy Notice, including that your information may be transferred to other jurisdictions in the United States, the UK, and the European Union, and, that in some circumstances, Wayfair may share your information with trusted third parties, to assist in certain phases of the hiring process (such as conducting background checks).By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read and understand the Candidate Privacy Notice available here, and that the information you submit as part of your job application will be used in accordance with such notice. You consent to the processing of your information as described in the Candidate Privacy Notice, including that your information may be transferred to other jurisdictions in the United States, the UK, and the European Union, and, that in some circumstances, Wayfair may share your information with trusted third parties, to assist in certain phases of the hiring process (such as conducting background checks).