Transportation Associate

Transportation Execution Team Member

The Wayfair Transportation & Delivery team strives to continually delight our customers by providing the fastest, most reliable, most convenient delivery options for all things home. The Transportation Execution team helps bring this to life by building and executing repeatable, scalable processes as goods are transported from our suppliers to our customers, all while embracing Wayfair's entrepreneurial creative and fun atmosphere.

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Schedule

• Monday - Friday 8 AM - 5 PM

What You'll Do

• Assess loading quality of truckloads in our middle mile network, including utilization, load securement, and packaging damage.
• Build strong partnerships with our fulfillment teams to drive improvements in loading practices.
• Communicate directly with our truckload and small parcel carriers to adjust schedules, ensure on time pickup, and manage delivery performance.
• Update Manhattan TMS with truckload movements and milestones.

What You'll Need

• 2+ years of experience in a warehousing or transportation function - experience in dispatching or trailer loading are a plus
• Ability to walk the cross dock floor and physically inspect trailers for load quality, including climbing stepladders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Track record of building collaborative relationships and ability to partner with managers in other departments
• Experience using a Transportation Management System such as Manhattan, Oracle, JDA or similar
• Experience using Excel/Google Sheets
• Ownership mindset and ability to be a self starter

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.

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.