Job Information
Lowe's Analyst-Merchandising Support in Mooresville, North Carolina
Your Impact
The Merchandising Support Analyst role works in one of the functional areas of Merchandising Support to facilitate the operational strategy and serve as subject matter expert of the merchandising organization. The responsibilities of the analyst include consulting to the business and executing process and projects within their functional area. Key functional areas within the merchandising support organization include operational support, communications, capacity management, and reporting. Responsibilities may vary based on the area of work.
What you will do
Capacity & Operations Function:
Communicates regularly about projects, solutions, status, and related issues to management through both formal and informal presentations; provides recommendations from findings to achieve desired project results or identify areas of improvement.
Aides merchandising support team by assisting with creation and maintenance of standard operating procedures and job aids.
Responsible for the timely and efficient execution of the merchandising support strategy via supporting processes and projects, creating and maintaining of best practices, and designing of tools and techniques.
Analyze key processes and performance to identify areas of inefficiency or ineffectiveness and help recommend actions to improve. Shares best practices with the merchandising support team and key stakeholders to drive productivity, simplification and efficiency across the merchandising organization.
Supports relationships with stakeholders and collects their feedback regarding job tasks, obstacles, opportunities, best practices and ideas, compiling feedback from partners to offer solutions that drive productivity, simplification and efficiency across the merchandising organization.
Assists in facilitating alignment with key stakeholders to maintain a thorough understanding of the work, partners and support needed across the merchandising organization. Support the delivery of projects, best practices and process improvement initiatives.
Utilize qualitative data (focus groups, cross-functional council sessions, surveys) and quantitative analytics (financial, payroll, performance reporting) to infer insights, and inform business partners across multiple areas of merchandising (IRP, Merch Ops, Global, Core, Pricing, etc), evaluate performance and drive productivity, efficiency and simplification.
Establish trust credibility and reliability and work collaboratively to accomplish organizational goals.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree In Business, Industrial Engineering, Analytics, Communications or related field; or equivalent combination of education and related experience. and 3-5 Years Experience in merchandising, retail, merchandising support, store operations or related field
1-2 Years Experience in either communications, public relations, project management, business operations, labor productivity, engineering, quality, data analytics, statistics, or operations reporting.
Experience leveraging business insights to develop and lead business solutions that drive results
Experience in the management of overlapping, complex and cross-functional events and projects
Preferred Qualifications
Corporate experience in a large organization, preferably retail
Understanding of merchandising & store operations
Experience communicating with intent to influence decisions and drive business results
Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.
Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.