About Lowe s (India)
Lowe s is a FORTUNE 100 home imp rovement 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 imp rovement 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, imp roving 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 India, the Global Capability Center of Lowe s Companies Inc., is a hub for driving our technology, business, analytics, and shared services strategy. Based in Bengaluru with over 4,500 associates, it powers innovations across omnichannel retail, AI/ML, enterprise architecture, supply chain, and customer experience. From supporting and launching homegrown solutions to fostering innovation through its Catalyze platform, Lowe s India plays a pivotal role in transforming home imp rovement retail while upholding strong commitment to social imp act and sustainability. For more information, visit Lowes India
Job Summary:
The primary purpose of this role will be to analyze and communicate insights related to how the forecasted flow of product will impact the inventory levels compared to the capacities of the supply chain network. This role will collaborate with various stakeholders to gather inputs which inform and enhances the forecast.
Roles Responsibilities:
Core Responsibilities:
- Assist in the report creation and analysis to assess how both short and long-term volume forecasts may impact storage and product flow capacities for one node
- Support the integration of volume flows into the weekly/monthly/yearly capacity and network forecasting processes
- Communicate rationale behind Forecast plans to Field Operations Team.
- Create and use analytics to assist in the establishment, monitoring, and communication of inventory targets assigned to merchandising product divisions
- Assist the Supply Chain Optimization team with combining and comparing proposed product flow plans to the established flow plans and their relation to capacity
- Perform root cause analysis of current sales and product velocity shifts to determine how they may impact upcoming storage forecasts and capacities
- Analyze, predict, and monitor how the Inventory and Replenishment Planning groups activities will affect future inventory and product flow
- Work with the Flow Forecasting analysts to ensure clear and concise communications through email and direct communications for both strategic and tactical consumption to the appropriate stakeholder groups
- Conduct Ad-Hoc analysis using existing data sources and reports to provide any additional actionable insights as they may be needed
Years of Experience
Overall 6+ years of Experience
- 4+ years of experience in Supply chain Management
- 3+ years experience in Project Management
- 2+ years experience in optimization principals, modeling, and tools
- 1+ years experience of SOP/SOE
Education Qualification Certifications
Required Minimum Qualifications :
Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Research or Related Field
Skill Set Required
Primary Skills (must have)
- Experience in data mining tools SQL
- Experience in visualization tools Excel, PowerBI
- Experience in analytical automation tools VBA, R/Python
- Prior experience in building reports to provide visibility to business
- Experience in building analytical models, proficient in mathematical and Statistical analysis
- Ability to manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and accurate
- Working knowledge of Merchandising decision-making tools for Suppliers, Items and Sourcing to include Financial determinations
- Familiar with Inventory Management, Planning, Forecasting, and Transportation processes and systems
- Excellent writing and communication skills, including the ability to develop analytical documents for presentation to management
Secondary Skills (desired)
- Experience in MS Access
- JDA Demand Fulfillment experience
- Experience in or knowledge of Supply Chain Planning and Optimization through use of modeling and simulation tools
