
Lowe's
Job Description
At Lowe’s India, we are the enablers who help create an engaging customer experience for our nearly $90 billion home improvement business at Lowe’s. Our 3100+ associates work across technology, analytics, business operations, finance & accounting, product management, and shared services. We leverage new technologies and find innovative ways to ensure Lowe’s has a strong competitive edge in the market. Lowe’s India is certified as a Great Place to Work by the Great to Place to Work® Institute, India, and has been recognized as one of Economic Times Best Brands for 2020.
Our Technology team supports E-commerce, Mobile, IT & Cloud Infrastructure, and Corporate Systems at Lowe’s India, enabling various functions such as supply chain, merchandising, distribution, corporate services, etc. The Data & Analytics teams help make data-driven decisions in merchandising, store operations, finance, and supply chain. The Business Services team builds business services capabilities across Merchandising, Marketing, Supply Chain, Store Operations, Enterprise Item Content, and Private Brands. The Finance and Accounting team manages Transaction Accounting, Customer and Inventory Accounting, Margin and Cost Accounting, Financial Planning and Analysis, Business Finance support, Tax and Enterprise Strategic Sourcing for the U.S. and Canada business. The Product Management team builds and manages tech products and solutions for our stores and online channels. And Lastly, our Shared Services team empowers other groups to do their job well. To know more about Lowe’s India, visit www.lowes.co.in
Roles & Responsibilities:
Core Responsibilities:
- Analyze data, understand trends within the data and provide valuable and actionable insights regarding the data.
- Drive strategic initiatives to improve supplier performance
- Define & Execute proactive performance measurement and communication strategy to drive inventory availability and supplier engagement
- Lead data driven projects from definition through interpretation and execution stages
- Proactively analyze vendor data and identify and address issues
- Assist management with special projects and process improvements
- Liaise between core teams at Lowe’s Supply Chain, Operations, Accounting and Merchandising team to ensure resolve vendor issues quickly
- Partners with core teams at Lowe’s and within the vendor network Merchandising, Supply Chain planning and Replenishment to improve vendor performance and provide teams with data and metrics to ensure vendor performance is considered in business decisions (i.e. Product Line Reviews)
- Daily, weekly communication with vendors in effort to drive ship on time improvements and reduce cancellations
- Prepares management level reports
Years of Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree; Business or Related Field Freshers up to 3 years relevant experience
OR
Relevant work experience in retail merchandising, inventory planning, vendor performance management, assortment planning or forecasting roles for total of 7-year experience in lieu of education
Education Qualification & Certifications (optional)
Required Minimum Qualifications:
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- Bachelor’s Degree BBA, Bcom, Operations Research or Related Field
Skill Set Required
Primary Skills (must have)
- Experience with data analysis and providing insights about the data
- Experience working with Excel and other data/reporting tools
- Excellent writing and communication skills, including the ability to develop analytical documents for presentation to management
- Excellent problem-solving and time management skills
- Understanding of core supply chain principles
Secondary Skills (desired)
- Experience managing small to medium sized projects
- Experience in Data mining and visualization tool such as PowerBI, SQL, MS Access, VBA or Excel
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