Commercial Intern (Polish Speaking)

Acquisition Associate (Supply Acquisition & Onboarding)

Duration: 6 months

About the Role

Wayfair is seeking an ambitious, entrepreneurial individual to join the Supply Acquisition & Onboarding (SA&O) team. You will help grow one of Wayfair’s home categories and revolutionize how people shop for their home through Wayfair’s online customer experience.

On the SA&O team, you will gain a full understanding of the Wayfair brand, our core customer, internal tools, and how and why suppliers partner with us. You will play a fundamental role in growing supplier partnerships by proactively approaching and acquiring potential new suppliers—supporting suppliers through onboarding from “lead to live.”

As an Acquisition Associate, you will identify, pursue, and come to agreement with new supplier partners to drive impact to Wayfair’s bottom line. You will use competitive intelligence, analysis, and intuition to identify valuable supplier partners, make contact with decision-makers, negotiate business terms and pricing, and help set both Wayfair and suppliers up for success.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive benefits to Wayfair by acquiring new suppliers that can meaningfully impact revenue and product selection.
• Cultivate business relationships and build a lead pipeline.
• Negotiate supplier agreements to support mutually beneficial business relationships with new suppliers.
• Maintain accurate supplier data and ensure key information is captured and updated in internal systems.
• Lead meetings and calls with suppliers to review the benefits of the Wayfair partnership.
• Travel to trade shows with your Manager and cross-functional Category Management teams (about 4–6 times per year).
• Adapt quickly to change with a positive, proactive approach.
• Establish and maintain effective professional relationships to gain trust, buy-in, and respect from business partners.
• Use competitor and market trend knowledge to make strategic acquisition decisions.

What You’ll Need

• An interest in e-commerce, retail, merchandising, or related early career experience.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Fluency in English and Polish.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think analytically in a fast-paced environment.
• Outstanding organizational skills and the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects at once.
• Ability and willingness to travel to industry trade shows.
• Desire to work as part of a team while also working independently.
• Professional, bright, and customer-focused mindset.
• Ability to accept and act on managerial feedback.
• Ability to understand and drive results, metrics, and key performance indicators.

Benefits & Perks

• Full health benefits available (Medical, Dental, Vision) for eligible employees.
• Global Traveler Health Insurance through GeoBlue.
• 24/7 access to mental, financial, physical, and emotional wellbeing support, with enhanced therapy and coaching options.
• Automatic enrollment into Life Insurance (at no cost to the employee).
• Company matched Pension Plan.
• Personalized financial planning through LearnLux.
• Wayfair employee discount.
• Yearly match up to $500 for personal donations made by employees to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits.
• Paid parental leave, surrogacy & adoption reimbursement, and caregiver services.
• Exclusive access to thousands of perks & discounts through BenefitHub.
• “Cycle to Work” commuter benefits.
• Gym/fitness discounts.
• Support for individuals with disabilities.

About Wayfair

Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in Boston at global headquarters or in warehouses and offices worldwide, Wayfair is reinventing how people shop for their homes through industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving.

Wayfair values innovation, risk-taking, and trailblazing, and celebrates diverse perspectives to build a better Wayfair—and world—for all.