Sr Analyst-MST Reporting & Systems (Merchandising Service Team)

Lowe’s Home Improvement

3.5

(24)

Mooresville, NC

Why you should apply for a job to Lowe’s Home Improvement:

  • 5/5 in supportive management
  • 65% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 65% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • All eligible, full-time salaried or hourly associates receive up to 10 weeks of paid maternity leave and 4 weeks of paid parental leave.
  • Our Women Empowered Business Resource Group helps women achieve their full potential inside and outside of Lowe’s.
  • Recognized as one of the 2023 NBIC Best of the Best Companies for Inclusion
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    Position summary

    area of work.

    Key Responsibilities:

    Reporting Function:
    • Builds and references dashboards using multiple data sources and business analytics tools (Power BI, Excel, etc.) to provide detailed, actionable insights and data analysis to merchandising and other business partners in order to drive business decisions, advance business goals and solve complex problems.
    • Utilizes business intelligence software solutions to provide accurate reporting, analysis, and identification of insights in order to drive productivity, accuracy, and simplification in merchandising organization.
    • Responsible for the timely and efficient execution of the merchandising support strategy via leading processes and projects, creating and maintaining of best practices, and designing of tools and techniques, with limited guidance from the Merchandising Support Manager.
    • Reviews and evaluates key processes and performance to identify areas of inefficiency or ineffectiveness and develops recommendations, processes and actions to improve. Owns facilitation of sharing best practices across the team to drive efficiency.
    • Owns relationships and collaboration with stakeholders to collect their feedback regarding job tasks, obstacles, opportunities, best practices and ideas, compiling feedback from partners to offer solutions that drive productivity, simplicity and efficiency across the merchandising organization.
    • Facilitate alignment with key stakeholders to maintain a thorough understanding of the work, partners, and support needed across the merchandising organization. Provide support and collaborate cross functionally to effectively deliver projects, best practices, and process improvement initiatives.
    • Build and utilize qualitative data (focus groups, cross functional council sessions, surveys) and quantitative analytics (financial, payroll, performance reporting) to infer insights, inform business partners across multiple areas of merchandising (IRP, Merch Ops, Global, Core, Pricing, etc), drive action and evaluate performance and drive productivity, efficiency and simplification.
    • Establish trust and credibility and promote action and team working during collaborative projects to accomplish organizational goals.
    • May direct the work of junior team members on specific projects, provide feedback on tasks and help facilitate communication.

    Required Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree in business, Industrial Engineering, Analytics, Communiations or related field; or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
    • 5 Years experience in merchandising, retail, merchandising support, store operations or related field.
    • 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 management of overlapping, complex and cross-functional events and projects
    • Experience optimizing processes to reduce drive productivity, simplicity efficiency and overall satisfaction

    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
    Reporting:
    • Experience gathering, reporting, and analyzing business data leveraging multiple data systems and software
    • Experience optimizing reporting processes to reduce reporting complexities, while placing end user needs and report functionality as top priorities
    • Advanced experience with Excel, and Power Bi or Comparable business intelligence software

    About Lowe's

    Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2023 sales of more than $86 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 and helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts. 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.
    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.

    Why you should apply for a job to Lowe’s Home Improvement:

  • 5/5 in supportive management
  • 65% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 65% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • All eligible, full-time salaried or hourly associates receive up to 10 weeks of paid maternity leave and 4 weeks of paid parental leave.
  • Our Women Empowered Business Resource Group helps women achieve their full potential inside and outside of Lowe’s.
  • Recognized as one of the 2023 NBIC Best of the Best Companies for Inclusion