Merchandising Project Manager

Lowe's; Mooresville (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowe’s is seeking a Project Manager based at our Mooresville, NC headquarters to lead the Merchandising Division’s go‑to‑market projects. This role drives cross‑functional collaboration and ensures projects stay on scope, time, and budget.

You’ll oversee ~50 projects with around $60M in annual spend, partnering with the Merchandising VP to align strategy and execution. Strong planning, risk management and communication are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• 4 years relevant business experience.
• 3 years leading operational process review and improvements; industry related experience.
• 2 years leadership experience with direct report responsibility; managing teams.
• 4 years experience developing project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) / User Stories.

Responsibilities

• Delivers the planned Merchandising Division project portfolio for their division (~50 projects, ~$60M expenditure annually).
• Supports the Merchandising Division’s leadership; aligns with a Merchandising VP and go‑to‑market strategy.
• Prioritizes project/task priorities across cross‑functional teams (10–12 members) and ensures timely implementation.
• Captures scope, develops timelines, and escalates deviations on scope, timeline and budget.
• Identifies risks and leads mitigation; notes gaps and escalates as needed.
• Supports portfolio forecasting and PAR processes with leaders across the organization.
• Assists in monthly forecast updates and annual forecasts with clients and portfolio team.
• Consolidates spend variances to budgets/forecasts for leadership.
• Coordinates with Portfolio & Financial Support to reflect the portfolio in dashboards and reports.
• Develops and tracks project plans in PMT and ensures data accuracy.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Conflict resolution

Agile / Waterfall

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Administration/CS or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

PMT (Project Management Tool)

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

The primary purpose of this role is to project manager within their assigned Merchandising division in order to deliver on defined scope, timeline and budget. This includes responsibility for planning and overseeing the deployment of their respective Merchandising division’s go-to-market strategy by supporting each Product Group’s vision, identifying project scope, developing timelines, providing status reporting, leading risk mitigation and prioritizing the day-to-day 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

• Delivers the planned Merchandising Division project portfolio for their respective division consisting of ~50 projects and ~$60M of expenditure annually
• Supports the Merchandising Division’s leadership; aligns one-to-one with a Merchandising VP and supports the go-to-market strategy for that division
• Prioritizes project/task priorities across the cross-functional project team usually consisting of ~10-12 members; works closely with the project team & client to ensure timely implementation and rollout of projects and ensures that all appropriate project activities are defined and appropriately assigned for accountability
• Captures project specific intent/scope and develops timelines and functional resource alignment to execute intent; escalates deviations or variances on scope, timeline and budget to appropriate Merchandising Leadership & client
• Identifies risks and leads mitigation efforts, identifies system, process, and training gaps, as well as notes resource constraints and escalates to the respective client and Merchandising Leadership as needed
• 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
• Develops and tracks project plans in the project management tool (PMT) to identify issues and opportunities, form hypotheses, design and conduct analyses, track major milestones / progress, synthesize conclusions and approve final plans to implement change and ensures ongoing project data accuracy

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree Business Management, Business Administration, Computer Science or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
• 4 Years Relevant business experience
• 3 Years Experience leading operational process review, design and implementation of improvements; industry related experience
• 2 years leadership experience with direct report responsibility, comfortable managing teams with 5+ people. Expert in project life cycle methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, etc.), stakeholder. management, conflict resolution, executive communication (written, verbal, etc.
• 4 years experience developing project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) / User Stories used to create project schedules and estimates

Preferred Skills/Education

• Master’s degree Business Management, Business Administration, Computer Science or related field
• 3 Years Experience leading operational process review, design and implementation of improvements; industry related experience

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.