About Lowe's
Lowe's 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 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 improvement retail while upholding strong commitment to social impact and sustainability. For more information, visit Lowes India
About The Team
Team builds store specific adjacency floor plans leveraging merchandising guidelines & providing data driven recommendations that positively impact space allocation enabling right space for right products. Team also supports the stores on their queries related to any floorplan strategy implementation or any changes need at the store. The goal is to place the right categories next to each other at the right location in the store to drive sales, create thoughtful in-store experiences, and ensure ease of shopping.
Job Summary
Leads visual Space (adjacency) projects, NRI Steel/Rack analysis through business & functional knowledge, drives optimization/automation of process across visual space planning.
Roles & Responsibilities
Core Responsibilities:
- Simplify / optimize and automate the process to reduce manual work using SQL, VBA, Python automation
- Support initiatives across visual teams on creation and maintenance of automations
- Train and coach associates to drive automation of processes
- Lead projects involving macro space design, planning and execution for respective business area/division.
- Leads the NRI Steel Rack Matrix process for projects across Business Areas
- Creates store specific visual space plans that illustrate layout and flow of merchandising categories/assortment by leveraging data, business context & presentation architecture.
- Responsible for developing and maintaining global partnership for seamless exchange of knowledge and context.
- Knowledge Management Create, Validate, Store & Share category/business context and execution guidelines.
- Leverage Project Management practices to help the team deliver projects within prescribed timelines with expected level of quality
- Work in a team environment with focus on achieving team goals vs individual goals.
Years Of Experience
- 4+ years of Retail Experience
Education Qualification & Certifications (optional)
Required Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree / MBA / Retail Operations Management
Skill Set Required
Primary Skills (must have)
- Understanding of Retail Industry (local or global)
- Strong communication skills ability to comprehend, articulate and seamlessly communicate locally and globally
- Technical skills - Intermediate to Advanced excel, VBA, SQL, Power query, Power BI etc.
- Problem Solving ability to leverage data, information and visuals to solve business and execution challenges.
- Strong understanding of Project Management practices
Secondary Skills (desired)
- Python
- Project Management Certification
- Six Sigma Certification
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.
