Field Merchant

Lowes•Pensacola, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for leading in-depth market analysis to evaluate competitive product offerings for designated locations, ensuring alignment with market trends and customer needs. The Field Merchant will analyze sales data and reporting to identify and pursue new opportunities that enhance product performance across all categories, making informed recommendations to senior core merchandising leadership. They will also ensure compliance with local laws and regulations by proactively and effectively communicating any code violations to store and merchandising leadership at Lowe’s, taking initiative to drive corrective actions. This role plays a pivotal role in Product Line Reviews by conveying local product requirements to Core Merchandising and Assortment Planning teams, ensuring the availability of the right products in the right locations at the right time to satisfy customer needs. The Field Merchant will detect unproductive inventory opportunities within stores and lead the development of strategies to store leadership for improvement, communicating these findings and recommendations to Merchandising partners for ongoing monitoring and potential global solutions. They will collaborate closely with the Senior RFM and field merchant peers to develop strategic recommendations for local merchandising execution teams, providing guidance on assistance needed for remerchandising efforts that support localized product assortment needs. The Field Merchant will conduct regular visits to Lowe’s stores and competitor locations to assess the needs of product categories and identify gaps, delivering insights and findings to the Senior RFM and Core/Store Merchandising partners to facilitate prompt action for resolution. They will create and deliver comprehensive presentations to senior leadership and merchandising partners that highlight merchandising opportunities within store locations, communicating findings and providing actionable recommendations for improvement. The Field Merchant will collaborate closely with the command center and local leadership to address emergencies, leading the identification and communication of the product needs of both the store and the community. This role plays a pivotal role in the emergency response team by visiting and assisting in impacted locations, delivering support to both customers and store teams and communicating needs back to Senior and Divisional Field Merchants and the Command Center. The Field Merchant will demonstrate self-leadership and foster a culture of learning by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders, communicating key information and providing guidance to advance merchandising projects, influence team members in assigned store locations and districts, and adapt to competing demands and new responsibilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree Business or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
8 Years In one or more of the following: purchasing, buying, sales, merchandising, brand management or related field
3 Years Demonstrated Experience leading and working with cross-functional teams
3 Years Demonstrated experience working closely with senior leadership

Nice To Haves

5 Years Experience in retail industry, retail product merchandising or relevant product category

Responsibilities

Lead in-depth market analysis to evaluate competitive product offerings for designated locations, ensuring alignment with market trends and customer needs.
Analyze sales data and reporting to identify and pursue new opportunities that enhance product performance across all categories, making informed recommendations to senior core merchandising leadership.
Ensure compliance with local laws and regulations by proactively and effectively communicating any code violations to store and merchandising leadership at Lowe’s, taking initiative to drive corrective actions.
Play a pivotal role in Product Line Reviews by conveying local product requirements to Core Merchandising and Assortment Planning teams, ensuring the availability of the right products in the right locations at the right time to satisfy customer needs.
Detect unproductive inventory opportunities within stores and lead the development of strategies to store leadership for improvement. Communicate these findings and recommendations to Merchandising partners for ongoing monitoring and potential global solutions.
Collaborate closely with the Senior RFM and field merchant peers to develop strategic recommendations for local merchandising execution teams, providing guidance on assistance needed for remerchandising efforts that support localized product assortment needs.
Conduct regular visits to Lowe’s stores and competitor locations to assess the needs of product categories and identify gaps. Deliver insights and findings to the Senior RFM and Core/Store Merchandising partners to facilitate prompt action for resolution.
Create and deliver comprehensive presentations to senior leadership and merchandising partners that highlight merchandising opportunities within store locations. Communicate findings and provide actionable recommendations for improvement.
Collaborate closely with the command center and local leadership to address emergencies leading the identification and communication the product needs of both the store and the community.
Play a pivotal role in the emergency response team by visiting and assisting in impacted locations, delivering support to both customers and store teams and communicating needs back to Senior and Divisional Field Merchants and the Command Center.
Demonstrate self-leadership and foster a culture of learning by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders. Communicate key information and provide guidance to advance merchandising projects, influence team members in assigned store locations and districts, and adapt to competing demands and new responsibilities.