Analyst-Merchandising
About The Position
The Analyst-Merchandising partners with Merchants to execute omni product decisions and provides analytical and strategic support for product category strategies. The role reviews categories, analyzes performance, and recommends opportunities to grow sales and margin. It also serves as a liaison among suppliers, stores, and internal support teams, providing category-informed support and helping onboard suppliers and vendors and set up items while ensuring cost and stocking information is accurate. The analyst supports business planning and execution, including product insights, performance metrics, presentations, product line reviews, inventory analysis, vendor negotiations, product data maintenance, assortment and content reviews, promotional activity, and resolution of vendor or product concerns. The position is based at Lowe’s headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience in retail or merchandising.
- Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Responsibilities
- Plan, prepare, and execute key business activities with the Merchant or Online Merchant, including developing and organizing product insights, performance metrics, and presentations.
- Review and analyze in-store and online category performance and recommend ways to improve product profitability and optimization.
- Create reporting and recommendations based on data, metrics, and analysis to provide insights into product or category performance.
- Support Product Line Reviews by compiling financial targets and coordinating with internal teams for successful execution.
- Analyze inventory and identify opportunities to improve inventory health.
- Support preparation for vendor negotiations and participate in ongoing negotiation support.
- Develop and maintain partnerships with merchants, vendors, stores, the online business, and internal support communities.
- Collaborate with internal teams on new item setup and maintenance and assist with new vendor setup and maintenance.
- Maintain accurate product data in Lowe’s designated software systems, including product costs, vendor agreements, and stocking information.
- Review content to ensure assortments, planograms, item descriptions, and product specifications are correct for in-store and online, coordinating with support teams on protocols and standards.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve vendor or product concerns raised by stakeholders.
- Ensure category promotional activity is accurate and aligns with agreed strategies and timelines.
- Maintain working knowledge of Lowe’s policies and procedures, industry standards, and compliance needs for assigned product areas.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
