Merchandising Project Manager - (Lumber & Building Products)

Project Manager

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.

What You Will Do

• 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.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Skills / Education

About Lowe's

Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE : LOW) is a FORTUNE 100 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week, with total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion. Lowe's employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,700 home improvement stores, 530 branches and 130 distribution centers. 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 Lowes.com.

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.

Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and / or experience. For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https : / / talent.lowes.com / us / en / benefits.