Strategic Sourcing Lead, Procurement

Salary Range: $112,000 - $123,500 per year.

The above base pay range may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience. The range listed is just one component of Wayfair’s total compensation package for employees. Depending on the position offered, equity, bonuses, commissions and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a comprehensive suite of medical, financial and additional benefits.

This position is based in our Boston headquarters. We believe in-person collaboration is a competitive advantage. Enterprise employees are typically in-office Monday through Thursday, with Fridays remote.

Wayfair’s Strategic Sourcing Procurement team drives cross-functional transformation through smarter purchasing and a strong focus on business enablement. We sit at the intersection of the business, technology, and finance, ensuring every dollar spent delivers outsized impact.

We are seeking someone who can shape and influence how and where Wayfair invests across different parts of the business, including supply chain, physical retail, and outsourced operations. The through-line isn't the subject matter, it's the way you approach problems: from first principles, with a clear eye on what the business actually needs, and always thinking a step ahead.

This is not a traditional procurement role. You'll work closely with senior leaders to inform decisions, challenge assumptions, and elevate outcomes through data, market insight, and disciplined thinking. You'll have real ownership over how Wayfair invests across key operational areas — and real opportunity to improve both the quality of those decisions and the results they deliver.

What You'll Do

• Partner with the business to define and solve problems
• Work directly with senior leaders to understand their goals, constraints, and tradeoffs
• Help teams get clear on what they actually need — not just execute against a brief
• Connect work across teams so decisions hold together at the business level
• Lead sourcing across key areas
• Own sourcing for business-critical categories, including supply chain, stores, and outsourced labor
• Identify, evaluate, and build relationships with the right external partners
• Structure deals that balance cost, quality, speed, and the ability to scale
• Use data to drive better decisions
• Analyze spend, market dynamics, and supplier performance to shape recommendations
• Build the business case and quantify tradeoffs so leaders can make informed calls
• Find opportunities to reduce cost, improve service levels, or rethink how work gets done
• Lead negotiations
• Own complex, high-value negotiations from start to finish
• Ground your approach in data, benchmarks, and market context — not just intuition
• Drive outcomes that hold up over time, not just in the moment
• Improve how we operate
• Find places where process creates unnecessary friction and fix them
• Introduce repeatable approaches and, where it makes sense, automation
• Help good practices spread across teams and categories
• Build strong supplier relationships
• Set clear expectations and track performance against them
• Address problems early, before they become bigger issues
• Build partnerships that can grow as Wayfair does

What We're Looking For

• A systems thinker. You see how individual decisions connect to larger objectives — and you think through second-order effects before others have spotted the first-order problem.
• Analytically sharp. You're fluent with data and use it to build a case and challenge assumptions, not just report a number.
• A credible partner to senior leaders. You earn trust quickly, navigate organizational dynamics, and get things done through influence rather than authority.
• A strong negotiator. Whether in a formal vendor negotiation or an internal conversation, you know how to find leverage and move things forward.
• Comfortable with ambiguity. You work from first principles when there's no playbook, and you adjust quickly when things change.
• A connector. You naturally spot misalignment across teams and pull the right people together.
• A finisher. You manage multiple priorities without losing momentum, and projects don't stall on your watch.
• 7+ years of experience in strategy, operations, consulting, finance, or a similar commercial role is a plus
• Bachelor's degree required; analytical field preferred. MBA is a plus.
• No procurement background needed

Why This Role

Most sourcing roles put you in a box — one category, one set of stakeholders, one established playbook to follow. This role is deliberately different. Your portfolio spans genuinely distinct parts of the business, and each area will require you to think from first principles rather than reach for a template.

The work is fast-moving and often ambiguous. You'll be the person who brings structure to problems that aren't fully formed yet, earns a seat at the table with senior leaders, and turns complicated vendor and investment decisions into clear outcomes. That kind of work compounds — the more you understand how Wayfair operates, the more valuable you become to every part of the business you touch.

If you want broad exposure, real ownership, and the chance to be a genuine thought partner rather than a request processor — this is that role.

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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.

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