Merchandising Project Manager

Lowe's Companies, Inc.•Mooresville, NC

12d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is based at our headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. Our corporate office is a space where you can collaborate and do your best work. Take a walk, grab a bite (or a cup of coffee), work out or get a check-up – we invest in you so you can find your inspiration. Your Impact The primary purpose of this role is to project manager within their assigned Merchandising division in order to deliver on defined scope, timeline and budget. This includes responsibility for planning and overseeing the deployment of their respective Merchandising division's go-to-market strategy by supporting each Product Group's vision, identifying project scope, developing timelines, providing status reporting, leading risk mitigation and prioritizing the day-to-day tasks of an internal CSC team across several functions. This role is critical to Lowe's because through the effective project management of these initiatives, Lowe's is able to support the market introduction of new products and selling material empowering store associates to drive incremental sales and margin

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree Business Management, Business Administration, Computer Science or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
4 Years Relevant business experience
3 Years Experience leading operational process review, design and implementation of improvements; industry related experience
2 years leadership experience with direct report responsibility, comfortable managing teams with 5+ people.
Expert in project life cycle methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, etc.), stakeholder. management, conflict resolution, executive communication (written, verbal, etc.
4 years experience developing project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) / User Stories used to create project schedules and estimates

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree Business Management, Business Administration, Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
3 Years Experience leading operational process review, design and implementation of improvements; industry related experience

Responsibilities

Delivers the planned Merchandising Division project portfolio for their respective division consisting of ~50 projects and ~$60M of expenditure annually
Supports the Merchandising Division's leadership; aligns one-to-one with a Merchandising VP and supports the go-to-market strategy for that division
Prioritizes project/task priorities across the cross-functional project team usually consisting of ~10-12 members; works closely with the project team & client to ensure timely implementation and rollout of projects and ensures that all appropriate project activities are defined and appropriately assigned for accountability
Captures project specific intent/scope and develops timelines and functional resource alignment to execute intent; escalates deviations or variances on scope, timeline and budget to appropriate Merchandising Leadership & client
Identifies risks and leads mitigation efforts, identifies system, process, and training gaps, as well as notes resource constraints and escalates to the respective client and Merchandising Leadership as needed
Supports the Portfolio forecasting and the Project Authorization Request (PAR) processes and collaborates with leaders across the organization to ensure data and information is entered on time, aligned with key reporting dates, and accurately depicts their team’s projects
Participates in the preparation for the annual forecast solicitation process with clients and portfolio team and assists in monthly updates to the forecast
Consolidates and reports spend variances to budgets/forecasts to the portfolio team and Merchandising Operations leadership throughout the lifecycle of their team’s projects
Coordinates with the Portfolio & Financial Support team to ensure their team’s portfolio is accurately represented in all dashboards, monthly reports, and quarterly solicitations
Develops and tracks project plans in the project management tool (PMT) to identify issues and opportunities, form hypotheses, design and conduct analyses, track major milestones / progress, synthesize conclusions and approve final plans to implement change and ensures ongoing project data accuracy