Commercial Analyst Intern, Wayfair
Summer 2026
The base pay for this position is $26 per hour
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4 days a week in office
A global online homeware marketplace
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A global online homeware marketplace
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
The base pay for this position is $26 per hour
More information about location
4 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone, anywhere create their feeling of home.
Role
Who you are
- Currently pursuing a Bachelors in a relevant discipline (e.g. Marketing, Business, Analytics, Statistics, Economics) with the expectation that degree will be obtained between December 2026 and May 2027
- Must be returning to the course of study following completion of the internship
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
- 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
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets and SQL or Google Big Query
Desirable
- Strong consultative skills: ability to work effectively and persuasively with a highly cross- functional group of business partners
- Strong business acumen: ability to understand how various parts of the business interact; can identify and approach problems from a customer or supplier perspective
- Exceptional analytical and quantitative skills: excited about working with and synthesizing big data into actionable insights; comfortable using data software to conduct analyses and synthesize findings
- Exceptional problem-solving and execution skills: ability to make decisions, reprioritize tasks, and draw conclusions in the face of ambiguity
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Familiarity with any programming language is a plus, including motivation to learn and develop the skill-set
- Strong comfort level and appetite to use AI in daily workflow
What the job involves
- Program Dates: June 1 - August 7, 2026
- As a Commercial Analyst Intern at Wayfair, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape strategies that deliver value to our customers and strengthen supplier partnerships
- Your responsibilities will involve diving into data, identifying key trends, and using your insights to support decision-making across various areas of the business
- Data Analysis & Reporting: Work with large datasets to identify trends, perform analyses, and develop reports to drive business decisions across different commercial functions
- Strategic Execution: Contribute to the development and execution of key initiatives across marketing, pricing, product curation, and competitive analysis that align with Wayfair’s growth strategies
- Supplier Partnership Optimization: Partner with suppliers to optimize product offerings, refine selection, and enhance the shopping experience by using data to guide decisions
- Customer Experience Enhancement: Use insights from customer behavior and feedback to continuously refine and enhance the shopping experience across Wayfair platforms
- Problem-Solving: Tackle ambiguous challenges by leveraging your analytical skills to generate actionable solutions that deliver measurable improvements in profitability, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiency
- Technology Utilization: Use advanced analytical tools and techniques (Excel, SQL, R, Python) to build data-driven insights and recommend improvements to business processes and outcomes
- Possible Team Placements Include:
- Global Marketing: The Marketing team drives growth for Wayfair on every major advertising platform, owning the strategy, analytics, and operations for our portfolio of cutting-edge digital and offline marketing channels. It includes teams such as Brand & Integrated Growth, Performance, Strategy & Operations, B2B, and Specialty Retail Brands
- Profit Management: The Profit Management team drives the pricing strategy, execution, and ultimately the gross margin profitability across all Wayfair brands, including Wayfair.com, Canada, Perigold, Specialty Retail Brands and Wayfair Professional
- Business Trends: The Business Trends team works with Wayfair’s most senior leadership and all business functions in identifying, monitoring, and intervening on metric trends which drive revenue and long-term customer lifetime value (CLV)
- B2B & Global Sales: Wayfair Professional (aka Wayfair B2B) is an industry leading business to business sales organization dedicated to help businesses make good spaces great. Wayfair Professional is the ‘gated’ experience of Wayfair dedicated to all business customers
- Curation, Brands, & Stores Analytics: The Curation, Brands, & Stores Analytics team is the centralized analytics group covering all brands and channels with the goal of giving our curation teams the tools, reporting, and insights to drive excellent customer outcomes, to put the best items in front of customers, and to merchandise those items perfectly
- Physical Retail: The Physical Retail team aspires to be the first and favorite destination for anything home by building a retail platform that supports our expansion into physical retail across the Wayfair family of brands (AllModern, Joss & Main, Birch Lane, Perigold, Wayfair)
- Catalog Merchandising Analytics: The Catalog Merchandising team at Wayfair plays a crucial role in ensuring Wayfair is an easy, intuitive, and stable place for suppliers to sell their products through Product Addition, Curation/Health, and Presentation, and that customers are able to discover the item that is right for them with confidence and satisfaction
Our take
Wayfair emerged in the early era of eCommerce with a mission to revolutionize online shopping, offering customers a convenient platform to purchase goods. Today, it stands as one of the foremost global players in the online furniture delivery industry, boasting an impressive inventory of over 33 million products.
Renowned for its extensive product range and comprehensive service offerings, Wayfair distinguishes itself by providing an end-to-end customer experience, from browsing to doorstep delivery. Despite its prominence, the company faces profitability challenges attributed largely to expansion expenses. Nonetheless, its solid presence in the competitive online homeware sector solidifies its position as a key contender.
With ambitious global expansion plans, Wayfair remains committed to maintaining its leadership in the industry. As it aspires to become the ultimate destination for all home needs, its more recent ventures into physical retail represent significant strides toward this overarching goal.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Prudential / St. Botolph, Boston, MA
Leadership
Niraj Shah
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Engineering at Cornell University before co-founding Spinners, a Boston-based IT services company. Previously acted as Entrepreneur in Residence for Greylock and has served as CEO of Wayfair since co-founding the company in 2002.
Steven Conine
(Co-Founder)Co-founded Spinners before working for Operations at iXL. Conine also co-founded Pillar VC in 2016.
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