Your Impact

The Sr Analyst-Merchandising Operations role works in Pro Merchandising Initiatives supporting the Pro business. The Sr Analyst will focus on their level of responsibilities to include more advanced consulting to the business and addressing challenges within their area of responsibility. This role will actively review categories, provide analytical support, and provide recommendations on assortments for the PFN locations. This role will serve as the liaison with cross-functional support teams.  As it relates to Merchandising, the role acts as the primary point of contact for the Pro team, merchant, and all internal support communities and provides input based on knowledge of PFN. 

What You Will Do

• Analytics- Handle interpretation, higher level analysis, storytelling of data. Consumer - utilizing segmentation. Utilize internal and external facing applications, Microsoft data analytics tools. 
• Building Relationships- Promote cooperation and teamwork; strong interpersonal skills; establish and maintain trust and credibility with leaders and team.  
• Communication- Addressing challenges and issues within area (not day to day). Deliver some of the internal training. Gather and create content.  
• Issue Resolution-May take on more complex issues and helps drive resolution.  
• Training/Development-Works with leaders on identifying needs and developing solutions for the functional area.  
• Reporting-Gathers and analyzes data and helps translate date into action and insights.  
• Process Improvement-Identifies opportunities and helps design solutions.  
• Project Management-Provide customer feedback, manage project timelines with own projects.  
• Merchandising & Vendor Engagement- Focus on Pro Merchandising strategic initiatives; trusted partner for the Pro team, merchants, vendors, Supply Chain, and all cross-functional partners. 
• Business Alignment - Focused on Pro Fulfillment Network and ensuring Merchandising alignment to support the project’s successful expansion.  
• Creates usage standards, guidelines, and statements of direction for JSD assortments, product requests, and applicability of data throughout all facilities and expanding markets. 
• Tests, implements, and supports solutions to ensure alignment to Pro initiatives and continued success. 
•  Use relevant data, analytics, and field/internal partner feedback to help develop localized assortment solutions to drive jobsite delivery sales and growth. 
•  Works to on-board and train cross-functional teams on best practices, updates, and/or changes for all JSD assortments. 
• Technology Requirements- Gather customer data; input; Subject Matter Expert for PFN assorting. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field or equivalent experience and 3-5 Years Relevant business experience
• Experience in structuring and writing formal documents, developing and delivering group presentations, project planning, and/or cross-functional collaboration

Preferred Skills/Education

• Experience in Microsoft products (Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.) and relational business software

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

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.