IND-Senior Manager - Transportation

About Lowe's

Lowe's 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. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

Lowe's India, the Global Capability Center of Lowe's Companies Inc., is a hub for driving our technology, business, analytics, and shared services strategy. Based in Bengaluru with over 4,500 associates, it powers innovations across omnichannel retail, AI / ML, enterprise architecture, supply chain, and customer experience. From supporting and launching homegrown solutions to fostering innovation through its Catalyze platform, Lowe's India plays a pivotal role in transforming home improvement retail while upholding strong commitment to social impact and sustainability. For more information, visit Lowes India

About The Team

The Supply Chain team is responsible to enable product availability across channels in optimized cost as well as time. This team delivers on strategic priorities and provides support through transformation to help Lowe's build best in class Supply Chain capabilities.

Job Summary

The purpose of this role is to support the Transportation function within Supply Chain. This role will be responsible to Oversee teams responsible for three verticals - Transportation Operations such as Freight Audit / System Maintenance, / Exception Management, First & Middle Mile Transportation Optimization & Analytics and Last Mile / Fulfillment Optimization & Analytics. This role will involve the responsibility of streamlining processes, creating and maintaining reports / key metrics, resolving challenges faced in Transportation and defining & implementing transportation strategies. This role will operate with a high level of cross-functional collaboration both across Supply Chain, as well as with other enterprise functions (DACI, Tech, Finance, and others), SSC-Mooresville colleagues & field Leaders. Additionally, this role could interact with external partners (service providers, carriers, product vendors.)

Roles & Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities :

• Oversee the team responsible for Transportation Operations, including identifying areas to streamline and automate processes.
• Oversee the team responsible for First- & Middle-Mile Transportation Optimization and Analytics. Provide direction in defining strategies and resolving challenges with a data driven approach.
• Directly lead the team responsible for Last Mile / Fulfillment Optimization and Analytics. Includes leading a team of analysts responsible to support overall fulfillment strategies through data driven recommendations.
• Identify areas where Lowe's India can own, support Transportation processes and transition responsibilities.
• Lead, coach and drive the Transportation team in SSC-Bangalore, including hiring and building of the team.
• Partners with product & engineering teams in identifying and defining technology enhancements
• Develop and implement an operating model that enables single source of truth reporting across the Supply Chain, engaging cross functionally on various initiatives involving data.
• Reinforces change management and adoption efforts with key stakeholder groups.
• Establish Global working best practices to enable effective partnership and build execution ownership.
• Create & drive problem solving culture within teams to solve execution & business problems.
• Drive operational excellence practices within the team.
• Responsible for selecting, hiring, developing, engaging & retaining talent.

Years Of Experience

Education Qualification & Certifications (optional)

Required Minimum Qualifications

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

Gcp, Powerbi, Supply Chain Management, Excel, Python, Sql