IND_Analyst Pricing

About Lowe’s

Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 17 million customer transactions a week in the U.S. With total fiscal year 2022 sales of over $97 billion, approximately $92 billion of sales were generated in the U.S., where 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 and helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts.

For more information, visit Lowes.com.

About Lowe’s India: At Lowe's India, we are the enablers who help create an engaging customer experience for our $97 billion home improvement business at Lowe's. Our 4000+ associates work across technology, analytics, business operations, finance & accounting, product management, and shared services. We leverage new technologies and find innovative methods to ensure that Lowe's has a competitive edge in the market.

To know more about Lowe's India, visit Lowes.co.in.

About the Team: The pricing team supports pricing managers in optimizing different pricing strategies for various product categories across channels. The team also provides reporting support for tracking and measurement along with driving rapid insights. The team leverages data analytics to forecast/measure the impact of pricing actions, reccomend data driven price changes and identify sales/margin opportunities to achieve category wise goals.

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The primary purpose of this role is to analyze data to identify trends, competitive position and industry standards, and perform reporting and present data to drive business decision. The role also involves opportunity identification to increase profits & margin and develop measurement tools to identify changing market trends. In this role, the Pricing Analyst will be assisting the Sr Pricing Analysts and Pricing managers in ensuring strategic price test development, price change recommendations, ad hoc work supporting Lowe’s strategic pricing efforts and tracking performance of new initiatives related to Pricing.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Core Responsibilities:

• Execute markdown tagging, weekly updates, and category level reporting
• Execute data pulls, price validation, and weekly operational support
• Support ad-hoc analysis to identify overuse or leakage in markdowns
• Assist in Markdown calendar hygiene and compliance tracking
• Generate rapid insights as per business needs
• Assists with troubleshooting & performs root cause analysis
• Disciplined approaches to data policies, data quality, data management and business processes
• Owns the communication and progress updates on price changes and reporting tasks, and provides best internal experience
• Partners with the right teams for any issues needing resolution
• Partners with SSC - B (Bangalore) and SSC - M (Mooresville, US) teams

Years of Experience:

1 to 3 Years

Education Qualification & Certifications (optional)

Required Minimum Qualifications:

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• Bachelor's Degree plus 1+ years’ experience in an analytical role OR 3+ years of relevant experience in a professional environment

Skill Set Required

Primary Skills (must have)

• 1+ years’ relevant experience working directly with business stakeholders
• Wrangling data using complex SQLs and data extraction processes using data tools like SQL Assistant, PowerBI etc.
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally and with global partners
• Effective communicator – ability and skill to write, present, and listen effectively

Secondary Skills (desired)

• Experience with business intelligence and reporting tools (e.g., PowerBI, Looker etc.)
• Experience working with big data & data transformation tools.

Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, 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 state or local law. Lowe’s wishes to maintain appropriate standards and integrity in meeting the requirements of the Information Technology Act’s privacy provisions.

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.