Sourcing Analytics Lead

About Lowe's

Lowe'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 Lowes.com.

About Team

Enterprise Strategic Sourcing (ESS) is responsible for managing all Indirect categories within Lowe's collaborating with all business functions, legal, IT and Finance. The Analytics, Market Intel and Process (AMP) team within ESS is responsible for all indirect spend data (>

$10B), all procurement processes, systems, policies as well as external market data and insights. The AMP team forms a core part of category management within ESS / Lowe's ensuring value is brought in across projects through valuable insights.

Job Summary

The primary purpose of this role is to drive execution of projects in the Analytics vertical within Enterprise Strategic Sourcing (ESS). The individual is expected to work in conjunction with ESS teams (category managers, sourcing managers, etc), business teams, legal and finance in executing projects. The individual is responsible for overseeing end to end project execution, ensure quality of deliverables and meet timelines. The projects would be focused on sourcing and procurement.

Roles & Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities :

• Support RFP analytics across categories including bid data analysis, scenario building and recommendations on awards
• Support TCO modeling in sourcing projects using existing tools and without tools
• Support execution of key transformative projects identified and deliver on time – comparing different data sets including contract data, spend data, invoice data, PO data, etc.
• Own specific dashboards – category, supplier, regional, etc. Ensure dashboards are refreshed on time and delivered to respective stakeholders
• Constantly connect with key stakeholders to improve existing dashboards, add / edit metrics and improve visualization of dashboards
• Analyze data and rates associated to historical / current spend for baseline development. Coordinate with the business and finance when discrepancies are identified
• Own / support creation of new dashboards
• Support data analysis across all categories – both reactive and proactive
• Responsible for key metrics reporting
• Support Advanced Analytics modelling and build using SQL, R, Python, others as applicable
• Increase accuracy of data
• Collaborate with Market intel team as required

Years Of Experience

Education Qualification & Certifications (optional)

Required Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree

Skill Set Required

Primary Skills (must have)

Secondary Skills (desired)

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.

Skills Required

Ppt, Powerbi, Data Analysis, Excel, Python, Sql