Commercial Associate - Full-Time (Summer 2027 Start)
Wayfair
Boston, Massachusetts
Posted 1 weeks ago
Hybrid (4 days in office, 1 day remote)
Start: Summer 2027
Qualifications
Education
Current senior pursuing a Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline
Responsibilities
Primary Duties
- Analyze data and trends to derive actionable insights that drive business performance and optimize the customer experience across our diverse product, service, and technology portfolios.
- Own high-impact, business-critical initiatives from conception to execution, delivering measurable improvements for key operational and strategic goals across various business units.
- Partner effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, such as marketing, merchandising, technology, and operations, to implement projects and advance our competitive advantage.
- Identify, develop, and implement process improvements- including AI-powered tools and workflows- that streamline operations and enhance efficiency at scale.
- Manage relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication, transparency, and alignment across all project phases.
- Contribute to brand and customer experience excellence by applying a customer-first mindset to all strategic projects and initiatives, whether in digital, physical, or service-based environments.
About This Role
Drive Wayfair's competitive advantage as a Commercial Associate, where you will directly shape supplier partnerships and optimize the end-to-end customer experience.
Benefits & Perks
Benefits Package
- Full health benefits available (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA) on day one for eligible employees.
- No-cost access to 2nd.MD, a virtual expert medical consultation and navigation service.
- Global Traveler Health Insurance through GeoBlue.
- 24/7 access to mental, financial, physical and emotional wellbeing support, plus an enhanced offering of therapy and coaching.
- Automatic enrollment into Basic Life and Accidental Death & Disability Insurance.
- 401(k) matching with immediate vesting.
- Paid Parental Leave, Surrogacy & Adoption Reimbursement and Caregiver Services.
- Tuition Reimbursement.
- Wayfair Employee Discount.
- Gym/Fitness Discounts.
- Exclusive access to thousands of perks & discounts through BenefitHub.
- Yearly match up to $500 for personal donations made by employees to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits.
Required Skills
Technical Skills
Experience in ExcelExperience in Google Sheets
Full Job Description
Commercial Associate - Full-Time (Summer 2027 Start)
Start Dates Available: June & July 2027
Boston, MA
Salary Range: The base salary for this position is $68,000 plus a joining bonus of $5,000.
This is a Boston based opportunity with a 4 day in office expectation (Monday - Thursday) with 1 day remote (Friday).
Wayfair will not sponsor applicants for employment authorization for this position for the following work visas: STEM OPT EAD, H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, O-1, J-1, or TN.
Who We Are
Join us as we build the #1 destination for all things home!
At Wayfair, we support upcoming graduates in launching their careers in e-commerce and technology. With endless opportunities across technology, commercial, operations, marketing, and finance - there is a path for everyone. As a full-time employee, you'll be challenged to solve complex problems and build solutions to company-wide initiatives.
Drive Wayfair's competitive advantage as a Commercial Associate, where you will directly shape supplier partnerships and optimize the end-to-end customer experience. You will tackle business-critical initiatives, from leveraging data to refine product selections to spearheading strategic negotiations that define how customers create their feeling of home.
What You'll Do
What You'll Need
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Possible Team Placements
B2B (Wayfair Professional)
Catalog Merchandising
Category Management
Marketing
North America/Europe Retail Tech Analytics
Perigold
Physical Retail
Supplier Advertising
Home Services
Fintech & Loyalty
Why You'll Love Wayfair
Benefits & Perks
Purpose & Inclusion at Wayfair
At Wayfair, we pride ourselves on fostering an environment where every individual experiences a fair and equitable employee journey. We are committed to developing targeted resources that raise awareness around inclusion and eliminate barriers, ensuring Wayfair provides a fair and inclusive workplace experience for everyone.
Social Impact & Responsibility
At Wayfair, we focus on helping people on their journey to home - specifically those who have lost their way from home. We do this by leveraging our best assets, such as collaborating with leading nonprofit organizations, coordinating in-kind product donations, empowering our employees to get involved through paid volunteer time off programs, and encouraging our customers to donate. This multi-faceted approach allows us to support communities in need in authentic ways that align with Wayfair's broader mission of helping everyone, anywhere create their sense of home.
Wayfair's In-Office Policy
All Boston-based corporate employees will be in office in a hybrid capacity. Employees will work in the office on designated days, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and work remotely the other 1 day of the week.
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 Accommodations for Applicants form.
Need Technical Assistance?
For more information about applying for a career at Wayfair, visit our FAQ page here.
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 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.
Your personal data is processed in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice. If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights under applicable privacy and data protection laws, please contact us at dataprotectionofficer@wayfair.com.
Start Dates Available: June & July 2027
Boston, MA
Salary Range: The base salary for this position is $68,000 plus a joining bonus of $5,000.
This is a Boston based opportunity with a 4 day in office expectation (Monday - Thursday) with 1 day remote (Friday).
Wayfair will not sponsor applicants for employment authorization for this position for the following work visas: STEM OPT EAD, H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, O-1, J-1, or TN.
Who We Are
Join us as we build the #1 destination for all things home!
At Wayfair, we support upcoming graduates in launching their careers in e-commerce and technology. With endless opportunities across technology, commercial, operations, marketing, and finance - there is a path for everyone. As a full-time employee, you'll be challenged to solve complex problems and build solutions to company-wide initiatives.
Drive Wayfair's competitive advantage as a Commercial Associate, where you will directly shape supplier partnerships and optimize the end-to-end customer experience. You will tackle business-critical initiatives, from leveraging data to refine product selections to spearheading strategic negotiations that define how customers create their feeling of home.
What You'll Do
- Analyze data and trends to derive actionable insights that drive business performance and optimize the customer experience across our diverse product, service, and technology portfolios.
- Own high-impact, business-critical initiatives from conception to execution, delivering measurable improvements for key operational and strategic goals across various business units.
- Partner effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, such as marketing, merchandising, technology, and operations, to implement projects and advance our competitive advantage.
- Identify, develop, and implement process improvements- including AI-powered tools and workflows- that streamline operations and enhance efficiency at scale.
- Manage relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication, transparency, and alignment across all project phases.
- Contribute to brand and customer experience excellence by applying a customer-first mindset to all strategic projects and initiatives, whether in digital, physical, or service-based environments.
What You'll Need
Basic Qualifications:
- Current senior pursuing a Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
- Experience in Excel, Google Sheets
- Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship by Wayfair now or in the future. Visa sponsorship includes the following work visas: STEM OPT EAD, H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, O-1, J-1, or TN
Preferred Qualifications:
- Data and process-oriented, comfortable learning data analysis tools
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- A desire to win and steer collaboration cross functionally
- Passionate about the customer with an interest in understanding and driving user behavior
- Demonstrated ability to thrive as part of a team or individually
- Comfortable prioritizing your own work within a defined deliverable and making day to day execution calls
- An entrepreneurial spirit and mindset
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Strong comfort level to use AI in daily workflow to accelerate analysis and appetite to adopt new tools as they emerge
Possible Team Placements
B2B (Wayfair Professional)
Catalog Merchandising
Category Management
Marketing
North America/Europe Retail Tech Analytics
Perigold
Physical Retail
Supplier Advertising
Home Services
Fintech & Loyalty
Why You'll Love Wayfair
Benefits & Perks
- Full health benefits available (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA) on day one for eligible employees.
- No-cost access to 2nd.MD, a virtual expert medical consultation and navigation service.
- Global Traveler Health Insurance through GeoBlue.
- 24/7 access to mental, financial, physical and emotional wellbeing support, plus an enhanced offering of therapy and coaching.
- Automatic enrollment into Basic Life and Accidental Death & Disability Insurance.
- 401(k) matching with immediate vesting.
- Paid Parental Leave, Surrogacy & Adoption Reimbursement and Caregiver Services.
- Tuition Reimbursement.
- Wayfair Employee Discount.
- Gym/Fitness Discounts.
- Exclusive access to thousands of perks & discounts through BenefitHub.
- Yearly match up to $500 for personal donations made by employees to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits.
Purpose & Inclusion at Wayfair
At Wayfair, we pride ourselves on fostering an environment where every individual experiences a fair and equitable employee journey. We are committed to developing targeted resources that raise awareness around inclusion and eliminate barriers, ensuring Wayfair provides a fair and inclusive workplace experience for everyone.
Social Impact & Responsibility
At Wayfair, we focus on helping people on their journey to home - specifically those who have lost their way from home. We do this by leveraging our best assets, such as collaborating with leading nonprofit organizations, coordinating in-kind product donations, empowering our employees to get involved through paid volunteer time off programs, and encouraging our customers to donate. This multi-faceted approach allows us to support communities in need in authentic ways that align with Wayfair's broader mission of helping everyone, anywhere create their sense of home.
Wayfair's In-Office Policy
All Boston-based corporate employees will be in office in a hybrid capacity. Employees will work in the office on designated days, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and work remotely the other 1 day of the week.
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 Accommodations for Applicants form.
Need Technical Assistance?
For more information about applying for a career at Wayfair, visit our FAQ page here.
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 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.
Your personal data is processed in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice. If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights under applicable privacy and data protection laws, please contact us at dataprotectionofficer@wayfair.com.
Company Culture
Work Environment: Wayfair is one of the world's largest online destinations for the home.





