Merchandising Program Manager Position Available In Iredell, North Carolina

Merchandising Program Manager 1000 Lowes Boulevard
Location
Mooresville, NC (SSC) 1999
Category
Merchandising
Job Id

JR02113859

Job Type
Full time
Department
Project Planning
Your Impact
The primary purpose of this role is to reallocate resource capacity as necessary to ensure the assigned Merchandising Business Area’s project portfolio is delivering on defined scope, timeline and budget. This includes responsibility for planning and overseeing the deployment of a full Merchandising Business Area’s gotomarket strategy by supporting each Merchandising Division’s vision, identifying project scope, developing timelines, providing status reporting, leading risk mitigation and prioritizing the daytoday 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
Oversees the planned Merchandising Business Area project portfolio for their respective Business Area consisting of ~200 projects and ~$250M of expenditure, per MPM, annually
Supports the Merchandising Business Area’s leadership and gotomarket strategy; aligns onetoone with a Merchant VP, as well as supports between 46 Merchant VPs
Acts as the key point person for SVPs on understanding the performance of their portfolio of projects; this may require Merchandising Program Managers to also function as a Project Manager during peak demand
Develops and leads a team of Project Managers; provides Merchandising functional guidance and direction to Project Managers for their assigned projects, as well as manages and trains the team on existing and new processes/procedures
Monitors the project team’s performance and key metrics around on time, on budget and in scope; tracks key metrics and consolidates performance data for Merchant Leadership to ensure successful delivery
Receives first escalation from Project Manager team to attempt risk mitigation and remove barriers for execution; escalates deviations to the client leadership and Merchandising Leadership as necessary
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
Reviews & analyzes current data (performance, timing, etc.), systems, processes and training to form hypotheses and recommendations around process improvements and variance reductions within the project management team, the larger team, and Lowe’s for continuous improvement
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree Business Management, Business Administration, Computer Science or related field
8 Years Relevant business experience
5 Years Experience in project management and leading crossfunctional efforts involving multiple linkages across an organization; People leadership experience with at least 2 direct report responsibility
Preferred Skills/Education
Master’s Degree Business Management, Business Administration, Computer Science or related field and 5 Years Experience leading operational process review, design and implementation of improvements; industry related experience
About Lowe’s
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (

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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 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.