Analyst – Inventory Analytics

Job title: Analyst – Inventory Analytics

Company: Lowe’s


Job description: About Lowe’sLowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit .About the TeamThe Inventory Replenishment & Planning team ensures the right product, in the right quantity, in the right location, at the right timing. It all starts with an accurate sales forecasting. The Demand Planning team provides this forecast by analyzing trends and market intelligence, which guides inventory ordering and replenishment. The Inventory Replenishment team places orders based on the demand forecast adjusted for factors like safety stock, lead time, and current inventory. The Inventory Analytics team provides crucial data and insights to enhance inventory management, reduce costs, and boost profitability. They develop reports and dashboards that drive strategic decisions and foster innovation.Job Summary:Inventory Analyst works closely with Inventory Replenishment Planning (IRP) team and generates critical business reports that help in inventory planning, replenishment and fulfillment. The analyst develops, maintains and enhances critical data assets required to deliver quality business insights to the IRP team. Analyst follows through with detailed research whenever any issue arises, identifies and corrects the root-cause. Analyst maintains high service level agreements, ensures quick turnaround for data pulls, ad hoc analyses and report creation.Roles & Responsibilities:Core Responsibilities:

• Generates reports and dashboards as per the established service level agreements
• Performs root-cause analysis, locates bugs, log defects and corrects them on priority
• Extracts data from source system, transforms it according to business rules, visualizes and presents it to the stakeholders
• Performs data validation and ensures that all reports and dashboards are accurately updated
• Collaborates regularly with cross-functional teams, manages complex systems and processes

Years of Experience:

• 2+ years of experience in analytics / business intelligence, preferably in retail or supply chain

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Engineering / Statistics

Skill Set RequiredPrimary Skills (must have)

• Proven ability of generating insights from raw data and visualizing it in Excel or Power BI
• Ability to drill-down into large data sets running into millions of rows and perform root cause analysis
• Proficient in using complex SQL queries to extract, transform and load data (ETL)
• Proficient in R or Python and Power BI
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Ability to communicate & prioritize effectively in demanding situations
• Excellent writing and communication skills, including the ability to develop analytical documents for presentation to management

Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under state or local law. Lowe’s wishes to maintain appropriate standards and integrity in meeting the requirements of the Information Technology Act’s privacy provisions.Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.

Expected salary:

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka

Job date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:38:47 GMT

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