Job Description

Wayfair Outlet Transportation Associate

Come join the team that is reinventing home! Wayfair is hiring a Transportation Associate for our returns Outlet retail store in Attleboro, MA! If you are looking for rapid growth, constant learning and dynamic challenges, Wayfair’s Outlet store might be the future home for your career.

Starting Pay Rate: $23.00/HR

Shift M-F 8am - 4:30pm

Benefits to building a HOME for your career with Wayfair:

• Growth opportunities (Conversions, Promotions, and more!)
• Health benefits start day one
• Wayfair company discount
• 401(k) with company match
• Overtime hours & pay
• Referral bonuses
• Professional development and learning opportunities

Job Description

As a Transportation Planner for outlet retail stores, you will play a crucial role in optimizing the logistic and transportation processes that drive our retail operations. This position requires a keen understanding of supply chain management and the specific needs of the outlet retail environment. You will collaborate with various stakeholders to develop efficient transportation plans that enhance team satisfaction while ensuring cost-effectiveness. Your expertise will contribute to improving delivery accuracy, reducing transportation costs, and ultimately supporting the growth of our outlet stores. If you are passionate about transportation and logistics within the retail industry, we invite you to join our dynamic team.

We are Wayfair; we deliver a best-in-class customer experience in the furniture and home space because of people like you, who are driven, determined, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. We’ve been busy building a best-in-class retail outlet network that allows us to delight customers by having a physical space to see and feel items before purchase and to provide cost effective solutions to style their home. We are looking for talented hard-working individuals to join our growing team – your professional home awaits you at Wayfair!

What You'll Do

• Review inventory for outlets and support inventory sourcing for new store launches. This includes weekly connections with existing locations for replenishment as well.
• Set up transportation lanes with help of T&D; plan truckloads to be available at FCs to transport loads to outlets.
• Use Wayfair and Wayfair Outlet inventory systems and tools to ensure inventory replenishment runs smoothly from request of inventory to the receipt at the outlet stores.
• Identify exceptions such as damage, short shipments, mis shipments, overweight/oversized cartons, etc., and reconcile these issues, engaging Fulfillment Center teams and other partner teams as needed to escalate unresolved issues.
• Assist with store managers as needed to collaborate with our Liquidations team to schedule requested outgoing freight (returns, liquidation, donation, disposal) for the outlet stores.
• Provide any necessary paperwork for delivery teams, correcting any errors, and maintaining clear and appropriate records.
• Write and distribute a weekly report to all L3+ in outlet operations, FC contacts, and any necessary partner teams
• Provide feedback on processes and tools to continuously improve
• Support outlet operations and other partner teams in efforts to maintain high satisfaction and accurate shipments.

What You'll Need

• 2+ years of relevant experience in a similar role
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a strong customer-centric approach
• Ability to prioritize and navigate through various systems and tools
• Well organized and detail oriented
• Strong data analysis skills are essential as this role requires interpreting metrics and generating actionable insights to improve efficiency and decision making
• Comfort with Google Suite and learning new technologies that may be developed in house to improve inventory management and tracking
• Proactive in identifying opportunities for improvement and driving solutions
• Experienced in Logistics and/or Transportation industries is preferred
• Ability to lift 75+ lbs to assist the warehouse team as needed to support store launches, preferred
• BA/BS preferred

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.

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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 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, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

We are interested in retaining your data for a period of 12 months to consider you for suitable positions within Wayfair. Your personal data is processed in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice (which can found here: If you have any questions regarding our processing of your personal data, please contact us at dataprotectionofficer@wayfair.com. If you would rather not have us retain your data please contact us anytime at dataprotectionofficer@wayfair.com.

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 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, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

We are interested in retaining your data for a period of 12 months to consider you for suitable positions within Wayfair. Your personal data is processed in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice (which can found here: If you have any questions regarding our processing of your personal data, please contact us at dataprotectionofficer@wayfair.com. If you would rather not have us retain your data please contact us anytime at dataprotectionofficer@wayfair.com.

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