Store Optimization & Planning - Undergrad Internship - Summer 2026

Store Optimization & Planning Intern

As a Store Optimization & Planning Intern at Lowe's, you'll work with a team dedicated to enhancing store layouts, operations, and merchandising strategies to ensure a seamless and productive customer experience. You'll gain hands-on experience in data analysis, project coordination, and cross-functional collaboration as you help drive improvements in store formats, adjacencies, and operational flow. Your work will support key business decisions that impact customer satisfaction, associate productivity, and overall store performance across 1,700+ retail locations.

This role is ideal for those passionate about combining analytics with creativity to solve real-world retail challenges.

Our 10-week summer internship program (May 26 July 31, 2026) immerses you in real-world retail operations. You'll work directly with industry experts across our stores, distribution centers, and corporate offices, gaining practical experience through hands-on projects that make meaningful contributions to our business and communities.

To succeed in this role, we seek future leaders who :

• Drive innovation with fresh perspectives and an eagerness to learn.
• Bring dynamic energy while staying open to inspiration.
• Take on challenges with sharp thinking and embrace new opportunities.
• Build strong partnerships through collaborative teamwork.
• Push boundaries to discover what's possible.

This internship 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.

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Benefits :

Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE : LOW) is a FORTUNE 100 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.

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.