Operations Associate Co-op - July 2026 Start Job at Wayfair, Boston, MA

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  • Wayfair
  • Boston, MA

Job Description

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Program Dates: July 6th, 2026 - December 18th, 2026

The base pay for this position is $23 per hour.

This is a Boston based opportunity with a 4 day in office expectation (Monday - Thursday) with 1 day remote (Friday).

At this time, 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

Wayfair’s Operations organization is revolutionizing the customer experience through the development of a proprietary logistics network and optimization platform that manages the end-to-end supply chain, from overseas production to the customer’s front door. Top candidates will possess strong business acumen and an appetite for solving challenging business problems. This is a unique opportunity to help build another competitive advantage for Wayfair while growing your own communication, analytical, and cross-functional partnership skills.

What You’ll Do

  • Communicate performance trends and improvement opportunities to management both within and outside your immediate line of reporting
  • Work cross-functionally with a variety of teams across Operations
  • Monitor key performance indicators and work collaboratively to improve the quality of our logistics and supply chain operation
  • Create and deliver communication plans with external partners including suppliers, logistics, Wayfair’s proprietary freight forwarding service (CastleGate Forwarding), and external 3rd party logistics companies (3PL)
  • Assist team in day to day operations and find ways to improve process efficiency

What You’ll Need

Basic Qualifications:

  • A student pursuing an undergraduate degree graduating between May 2027 - December 2029 in a relevant discipline (eg. Business Administration, Operations, Supply Chain/Logistics, Economics, Management)
  • 3.0 GPA minimum
  • Must be returning to the course of study following completion of the Co-op
  • Ability to commit to working 40 hours/week (9am-5pm, Monday-Friday) from July 6 to December 18, 2026 in our Boston office
  • You must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship by Wayfair now or in the future

Preferred Qualifications

  • Excellent communication, both written and verbally
  • Collaborative mindset that thrives as part of a team
  • Data and process-oriented, demonstrated ability to continuously learn new tools
  • High attention to detail and proven ability to consider multiple priorities simultaneously
  • Ability to navigate an environment of continuous improvement
  • Ability to work through ambiguity in an evolving organization
  • Drive to win and steer collaboration cross-functionally
  • Strong comfort level and appetite to use AI in daily workflow
  • Investment in the customer experience

Possible Team Placements Include

CastleGate Forwarding

CastleGate Forwarding is a digital freight forwarding organization within Wayfair's broader CastleGate Logistics network. We offer a full suite of shipping services that aims to provide Wayfair suppliers with competitive and convenient logistics solutions.

Planning & Analytics

Wayfair’s Planning & Analytics team consists of 5 interrelated teams: Forecasting & Replenishment Analytics, Network Management, Operations Analytics, Operations Performance Management/Global Analytics Tech, and Operations Research (OR). Together, these teams deliver insights and support capability development that cuts across the other functional areas and helps us make better decisions across various time horizons, and drive overall network performance/network outcomes. This includes, for example: (a) driving operational planning and coordination across all functional areas for our order-to-delivery chain, (b) shaping long-term strategy and network design, (c) providing the single source of truth for performance across Operations, and (d) applying advanced optimization techniques to enable automated, yet high-quality operational decisions at scale.

Catalog Merchandising

The Global Merchandising organization is responsible for building and maintaining Wayfair’s e-commerce catalog of over 24 million+ products. The organization consists of multiple teams who each play a crucial role in defining and executing on best-in-class merchandising. The Global Operations Platform teams guide the management of our enormous product catalog and provide suppliers with tools to continually expand our product assortment. The Merch teams drive product discovery, consideration and purchase on all of our stores and marketing channels by ensuring customers have complete, accurate and relevant product information, and removing friction for suppliers to provide it. The Data Integrations & Analytics teams leverage Big Data to optimize internal merchandising processes. Together, these teams deliver on key merchandising goals.

Supplier Inventory Management

On the Supplier Inventory Management team, we partner with thousands of suppliers to maximize customers’ experience. This means driving speed and availability through supplier inventory and positioning strategies, leveraging both Wayfair’s fulfillment services (CastleGate) as well as suppliers’ existing supply chains. On this team, you'll have a "COO" mindset, and be responsible for individual supplier and category inventory strategy, including integrating with Wayfair's e-comm and physical retail.

Why You’ll Love Wayfair

Throughout the Co-op Program, we provide co-ops with the opportunity to engage in social and community building activities including:

  • A calendar of events including social networking, professional development, and dialogue events with senior leaders
  • Formalized mentorship program along with an assigned reporting manager for impactful professional development and feedback
  • Skills-based training
  • Coffee chat opportunities for co-ops to get to know one another

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.

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 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.

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Job Tags

Hourly pay, Internship, H1b, Work at office, Immediate start, Remote work, Overseas, Work visa, Monday to Friday

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