Senior Assortment Planner & Strategy Lead

Lowe's Companies, Inc.; Mooresville (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowe’s Companies, Inc., based at our Mooresville headquarters in North Carolina, seeks a Senior Assortment Planner to lead operational strategy and serve as a category/assortment expert. You will partner with Merchandising VPs and division leaders to align initiatives and optimize merchandising productivity.

The role focuses on localization, stocking matrix development, SKU rationalization, and cross-functional collaboration to drive profitability and growth across diverse markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Statistics, Finance or related field.
• 5 Years Experience in merchandising, assortment planning, finance or related work experience
• 5 Years Experience in a retail environment, executing cross-functional project plans and collaborating across teams

Responsibilities

• Lead all line review processes for the assigned Merchandise Division to align with business objectives and optimize product offerings across the organization.
• Prepare key milestones to facilitate the smooth execution of merchandise strategies and align timelines with enterprise goals.
• Develop complex localization and assortment optimization strategies, including clustering, to enhance product relevance across diverse markets, driving overall sales and customer engagement.
• Create the Stocking Matrix to support financial targets and improve inventory efficiency across the entire business, driving profitability.
• Identify white space opportunities to unlock untapped market potential, contributing to enterprise growth and competitive advantage.
• Lead cross-functional partnerships to foster collaboration across departments, ensuring the alignment of strategies and achieving company-wide objectives.
• Coordinate strategic calendarization to ensure timely product launches and synchronize merchandising efforts with broader business initiatives.
• Identify SKU rationalization opportunities across the Business Area to streamline product offerings, reduce inefficiencies, and maximize profitability across the organization.
• Recommend assortment optimization and localization opportunities to enhance product offerings and drive customer engagement across diverse markets, aligning with overall business growth strategies.
• Create the customer decision tree to improve understanding of customer behavior and optimize strategies that support company-wide sales and marketing objectives.
• Identify customer landscape and assortment gaps to uncover opportunities for expansion and ensure that product offerings align with broader market trends and business goals.
• Surface pro customer growth opportunities to support targeted strategies that drive revenue growth and strengthen the enterprise’s position within key customer segments.
• Drive category strategic initiatives utilizing assortment optimization tools.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the assortment planning process and portfolio by providing insights to leadership to increase efficiency.

Skills

Merchandising

Assortment planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Localization strategies

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Statistics, Finance or related field

Tools

SAS

JDA

Oracle

Job description

Lowe’s Companies, Inc., based at our Mooresville headquarters in North Carolina, seeks a Senior Assortment Planner to lead operational strategy and serve as a category/assortment expert. You will partner with Merchandising VPs and division leaders to align initiatives and optimize merchandising productivity.

The role focuses on localization, stocking matrix development, SKU rationalization, and cross-functional collaboration to drive profitability and growth across diverse markets.