Analyst-Planogram

Lowe's Companies, Inc.; Mooresville (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. in Mooresville, NC seeks a Planogram Analyst to own end-to-end micro space planning for their department and coordinate with core merchandising. You will analyze and optimize categories, ensuring planograms reflect strategy and improve space productivity and customer experience.

The role involves cross-functional collaboration, onboarding, vendor management, and developing core planograms in JDA, with a focus on operational efficiency and profitability for Lowe’s.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Supply Chain, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3 years in retail merchandising, planogramming, or related background.
• 3 years in corporate/retail merchandising environment.
• 3 years cross-functional collaboration with multiple stakeholders.
• 1 year planogramming, space planning, or merchandising analytics.
• 1 year use of JDA Space Planning to create, analyze, and proof planograms.
• 1 year supporting or leading planogram resets with execution handoffs.

Responsibilities

• Document standards and criteria for category of responsibility.
• Improve the planogram process through automations, redesigns, or tech recommendations.
• Onboard new employees and train Planogram Analyst teams on new processes.
• Develop vendor relationships to support planogram development and training.
• Partner with Visual Merchandising on design and analysis of planograms reflecting merchant intent.
• Analyze planogram metrics to support reset projects and drive space productivity.
• Make data-driven recommendations for item facings and placements.
• Lead capture and creation of core planograms in JDA and define core needs.
• Document Micro Space information in reset project playbooks and transfer to vendors.
• Review POG Hand Off and documentation before deployment; ensure compliance.
• Manage Collaborative Planogram Review to align with merchant intent and customer experience.
• Ensure effective hand-off between SSCM/SSCB or vendors; manage POG strategy and execution.
• Conduct initial POG proofing and schedule project touch bases with SSCB.
• Create reporting and automations for proofing of planograms; ensure QA via reporting.
• Present information clearly for store execution and gather cross-functional feedback.
• Manage planogram assignment and timely communication to stores.

Skills

Planogramming

Space planning

Merchandising analytics

Vendor coordination

JDA Space Planning

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, or Supply Chain

Tools

JDA Space Planning

Job description

Do your Best Work in Mooresville

This position is based at our headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. Our corporate office is a space where you can collaborate and do your best work. Take a walk, grab a bite (or a cup of coffee), work out or get a check-up – we invest in you so you can find your inspiration.

Your Impact

This position is responsible for end to end process ownership of micro space planning for their department/category and serves as point of contact for Micro Space to core merchandising. This position will work cross functionally to analyze and optimize all categories within their responsibility and ensure the merchandising intent on the planogram aligns with strategy. The output of this role will be to improve space productivity, operational efficiency and enhance the customer shopping experience

What You Will Do

• This position will document standards and criteria for category of responsibility.
• Responsible for making continuous improvements to the planogram process through automations, process redesign, or technology recommendations
• This position will be responsible for onboarding of new employees and continued training of Planogram Analyst and Planogram Senior Specialist teams on new processes
• Develop and utilize vendor relationships to support planogram development that meets corporate business standards. Responsible for developing training, onboarding vendors, and managing planogram executions
• Partner with Visual Merchandising on design and analysis of planograms that reflect merchant strategic intent while simultaneously driving operational efficiency and profitability for Lowe’s
• Responsible for pulling and analyzing planogram metrics to support reset projects and drive space productivity. This work consists of analysis of business, financial and operational metrics
• Responsible for making data driven recommendations for item facings, and placement based on analytics in order to create operationally efficient planograms while optimizing micro space, thereby, enhancing the customer shopping experience
• Responsible for driving efficient process to support and lead the capture and creation of core planograms (most common POG) in JDA. Define the number of core planograms needed for planogram execution
• Document all Micro Space information within the reset project playbook and create planogram hand off document to support planogram production
• Planogram Analyst is responsible for review of POG Hand Off and all version/index documentation prior to being deployed to SSCB or Lowe’s product vendors. They must review all Core Planograms to ensure compliance with Lowe’s Standards and Merch intent prior to conducting the Collaborative Planogram Review
• Manages Collaborative Planogram Review process to ensure compliance with merchant intent and strategy, customer shopping experience expectations and product facing allocations based on business and financial metrics
• Responsible for ensuring effective hand off process between SSCM and SSCB or product vendors. This consists of POG strategy, POG execution and POG Proofing documentation as well as conducting POG hand off meeting per the teams required document. Promptly respond to business partners on any issues or concerns that arise during project
• Conduct initial POG proofing at the beginning of the planogram versioning process to ensure compliance with intent and strategy. Schedule routine project specific touch base meetings with SSCB during versioning process to ensure alignment and project progression
• Partner with Merch Infrastructure to create reporting, tables and other automations for report based proofing of planograms delivered by SSCB and vendor partners. Responsible for quality assurance via reporting and visual inspection to ensure compliance with intent and strategy
• Ensures information is presented in an easily formatted manner for store execution and seeks feedback from cross functional business partners to ensure the Strategies and Merchandising Intent are communicated effectively.
• Manage planogram assignment process to ensure timely and accurate planograms are assigned and sent to the stores to enable reset activity
• Manage planogram support mailbox and communicate to the stores in a timely manner. Escalate any issues to management
• Owns planogram portion of Post Mortem review on reset projects that are for their department/category

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree Business, Merchandising, Supply Chain, or other related field. or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
• 3 Years In retail merchandising, Planogramming or related background
• 3 Years Experience in a corporate, retail, or merchandising environment.
• 3 Years Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders (e.g., vendors, merchandising, visual, operations).
• 1 Year Planogramming, space planning, or merchandising analytics (preferably in a retail environment).
• 1 Year Use of JDA Space Planning (or similar planogram software) to create, analyze, and proof planograms.
• 1 Year supporting or leading planogram resets, including execution handoffs to stores and vendor partners.

Preferred Skills/Education

• 1 Year Strong analytical background with the ability to interpret and communicate business, financial, and operational data.

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company with total fiscal year 2025 sales of more than$86 billion. Lowe’s employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Lowe’s is a core value S&P 500 equity stock and a dividend aristocrat. Based inMooresville, 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.