What are the responsibilities and job description for the Curation Planner Associate position at Wayfair?
Salary Range: $64,000 - $74,000 per year
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.
The Curation Planner owns the outcomes of a focused portfolio of strategic suppliers and products across our Premium, Specialty, and Foundational brands. Working as a close partner to Merchants, Supplier Relationship Managers (SRMs), Supplier Inventory Managers (SIMs) and suppliers, this role helps drive sales productivity, SKU health, and path to exclusivity at the item level.
You will execute against a SKU success playbook, using data to monitor performance, flag risks, and drive follow‑through with suppliers. Over time, you will build expertise in exclusivity planning, supplier management, and SKU health governance, becoming a core contributor to Wayfair’s differentiated, curated assortments.
What You’ll Do
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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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 (https://www.wayfair.com/careers/privacy). 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.
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.
The Curation Planner owns the outcomes of a focused portfolio of strategic suppliers and products across our Premium, Specialty, and Foundational brands. Working as a close partner to Merchants, Supplier Relationship Managers (SRMs), Supplier Inventory Managers (SIMs) and suppliers, this role helps drive sales productivity, SKU health, and path to exclusivity at the item level.
You will execute against a SKU success playbook, using data to monitor performance, flag risks, and drive follow‑through with suppliers. Over time, you will build expertise in exclusivity planning, supplier management, and SKU health governance, becoming a core contributor to Wayfair’s differentiated, curated assortments.
What You’ll Do
- Partner with suppliers (and senior planners) to support exclusivity plans for your SKU portfolio, including volume thresholds, feasibility checks, and milestone tracking.
- Where full exclusivity is not achievable, help identify product‑level differentiation or next‑best supplier options in alignment with Merchants.
- Monitor pricing, availability (across both our internal warehouses, CastleGate, and supplier dropship networks), merchandising quality, and performance marketing signals across your portfolio.
- Surface issues (e.g., uncompetitive pricing, low availability, gaps in Google Product Listing Ads (PLA), findability on site) and follow through with suppliers and cross‑functional partners to resolve them.
- Track and maintain SKU health metrics including violations, reviews, incidents, speed, and returns.
- Use customer feedback and incident data to identify root causes and propose corrective actions.
- Execute against merchandising requests on your SKUs, ensuring changes are intentional, aligned to strategy, and performance‑driving.
- Independently run and lead supplier business reviews with key supplier partners, including executive leadership.
- Lead regular supplier assortment reviews to ensure supplier alignment across Verified, Specialty & Foundational brand priorities.
- Ensure pre‑launch requirements (e.g., pricing, imagery, reviews, advertising commitments) are captured and tracked.
- Monitor early performance and inventory signals and escalate risks quickly.
- Work closely with Merchants, SRMs, SIMs, and Retail Planning & Allocation to ensure items in your portfolio hit agreed goals.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of tools, processes, and reporting used by the Curation Planning team.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Supply Chain, Mathematics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 0–3 years of experience in retail, e‑commerce, buying, merchandising, planning, analytics, or supplier management.
- Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data to identify trends, issues, and opportunities.
- High ownership and attention to detail, with the ability to manage a portfolio of SKUs and keep metrics, documentation, and supplier data accurate.
- Clear, concise communication skills (written and verbal) and comfort presenting data‑driven insights to internal stakeholders and suppliers.
- Demonstrated ability to follow through in ambiguity, re‑prioritize as new information emerges, and maintain momentum toward goals.
- Collaborative mindset; motivated by building something new and contributing to a small, high‑impact team.
- Willingness to quickly adopt new AI tools and implement in workstreams
- 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.
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.
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 (https://www.wayfair.com/careers/privacy). 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.
Salary : $64,000 - $74,000