Merchandising Associate

Wayfair’s Specialty Retail Brands (AllModern, Birch Lane, Joss & Main) target the $60B specialty furniture market and are incremental to Wayfair LLC.  These brands provide a tightly curated assortment of highly stylish and elevated quality products for the style-obsessed specialty customer. AllModern is currently seeking a Merchandising associate to join their Boston based team. This is a hybrid position with a 4 day in office expectation. In the Merchandising Associate role, you will drive merchandise team functions & focus on development of the Lighting category for AllModern, a Specialty Retail Brand.

What You’ll Do

• Drive merchandising strategies, implementation, and operational excellence in order to deliver best in class assortment to our customers, as well as collaborating with our supplier partners and internal stakeholders to drive our brand identity across all channels.
• Build and maintain category assortment strategies for the category; creating assortment plans on a category and SKU level
• Analyze core business KPI’s and partnering closely with cross-functional teams on inventory, merchandising, marketing, and profit management to drive business results
• Maintain relationships with key suppliers, negotiate discounts and inclusion in Wayfair programs such as major shopping holidays and product insights
• Identify business opportunities for category growth utilizing competitive analysis and internal performance monitoring as data points
• Maintain a pulse on core competitive trends and looks to support curation and category growth efforts
• Attend supplier meetings and trade shows and lead meetings with suppliers to communicate on business performance and opportunities
• 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

What You’ll Need

• ~1+ years of experience within an e-commerce or corporate retail organization preferred. Preferably experience in buying/retail merchandising or retail home furnishing planning. 
• A strong interest in building a career in buying and/or supplier relationship management
• A passion or knowledge of industry trends, style and product design 
• Ability to understand a brand vision, aesthetic, and customer base and how to bring that to life through the product assortment and operational excellence
• Ability to cut data and think critically about the business; ability to understand and interpret sales and performance trends and apply learning to the business  
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and the ability to influence cross-functionally
• A personable and energetic communicator, eager to build relationships with new business partners - both internally and externally
• Ability to communicate and feel comfortable speaking directly with C-suite level suppliers from large companies
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects at once; you don’t miss the details and can work autonomously and with partners to drive projects and tasks to completion 
• Ability to “hit the ground running” – a self-starter capable of achieving specific target goals