Supply Chain, Lead Analyst

Lowe's Companies, Inc.•Mooresville, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Supply Chain, Lead Analyst supports Supply Chain objectives by promoting operational consistency and successful initiatives across the organization. The role provides analytical support to initiative and operational leaders and takes responsibility for delivering tactical initiatives. It collaborates extensively across Supply Chain, other enterprise functions—including Store Operations, Merchandising, Tech, and Finance—and external partners. The position is based at Lowe’s headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent years of experience in lieu of the education requirement, if applicable.
7+ years of overall experience in supply chain, logistics, operations, analytics, or project coordination roles.
7+ years of strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into business insights.
7+ years of ability to manage work across multiple projects and teams in a fast-paced environment.
3–5 years of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
3–5 years of strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
3–5 years of strong interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills.
3–5 years of high initiative and ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a retail, e-commerce, or distribution setting.
Familiarity with retail or e-commerce supply chain environments.
Lean Six Sigma Certification-IASSC.

Responsibilities

Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis to support development of Supply Chain capabilities.
Analyze Supply Chain data and provide actionable performance recommendations to leadership.
Identify operational issues, analyze trends, and support timely resolution of issues affecting operational execution.
Develop reporting and tracking mechanisms to measure Supply Chain initiatives against Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), including summarized performance views.
Support the development and tracking of project plans to ensure timely delivery of desired outputs.
Identify risks to strategic Supply Chain initiatives and support development of risk mitigation plans.
Manage cross-functional relationships to enable successful implementation of Supply Chain initiatives.
Develop or oversee change management plans to drive initiative adoption, including facilitating onsite or virtual training sessions as needed.
Collect post-project or post-event feedback to support continuous improvement.
Perform ad hoc competitive and market analysis.
Serve as project manager when needed and regularly communicate project status, issues, risks, lessons learned, and accomplishments to sponsors, business leads, and stakeholders.
Support the Supply Chain portfolio intake process as needed.
Analyze operational problems and implement analytics solutions using modeling, analytical reviews, data mining, and other methods.
Serve as a subject matter expert and liaison for cross-functional efforts; assist with design and development of value-added operational reporting and analysis across Supply Chain.