Sr Analyst, Data Analytics

Lowe's Companies, Inc.; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is seeking a senior analytics professional to translate business problems into analytic designs and perform quantitative analyses that guide key business decisions.

You will create analytics designs from diverse data sources, deliver sound recommendations, and drive optimization opportunities in a defined business area such as Supply Chain, Stores, Merchandising, or Marketing. You will lead analytic and automation projects independently, partnering with lead analysts,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business, economics, engineering, statistics or related field.
• 3 years of related experience; masters/doctorate may reduce years requirement.
• 2 years experience using analytic tools (Python, SQL, Looker/LookML, R, Excel Power Pivot, Power Automate).
• 1 year experience with enterprise databases (GCP, Azure, Oracle, DB2).
• 2 years experience with enterprise data viz tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker Studio, Excel Power Pivot).
• 1 year predictive analytics experience at a large-scale enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to or builds project plans; translates complex problems into analyzable tasks.
• Communicates timelines, scope and expectations to stakeholders.
• Delivers high-quality insights and actionable recommendations.
• Translates analyses into clear themes for business leaders and leaders' decisions.
• Leverages diverse data sources and domain knowledge to deliver business value.
• Mentors analysts and guides timely, accurate analyses.
• Ensures impact measurement framework is used and discussed with stakeholders.
• Partners with internal teams to test and deploy tracking solutions while optimizing existing integrations.

Skills

Python

SQL

R

Excel Power Pivot

Power Automate

Tableau

Looker

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Master’s degree in a related area

Tools

Looker/LookML

Power BI

Azure

GCP

Oracle

DB2

Tableau

Job description

Your Impact

The primary purpose of this role is to translate business problems into analytic designs and perform the quantitative analysis needed to help guide key business decisions. This includes applying knowledge of Lowe's data concepts to the creation of relevant analytic designs and making sound, data-driven business recommendations. This role must follow analytical best practices, analyze and report accurate results, and identify meaningful insights that directly support decision making.
This role leverages multiple resources, advanced analytic methodologies and data streams to support recommendations for business decisions.
This role typically focuses on one business function such as Supply Chain, Stores, Merchandising, or Marketing, Digital, Finance. This individual independently leads analytic and automation projects while partnering primarily with lead analyst, manager and senior associate level staff to provide expertise in problem analysis, solution implementation, and ongoing optimization opportunities in the assigned business area.
To be successful, the individual in this role must have a deep understanding of analytical techniques and disparate data sources - both internal and external, and strong domain expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Contributes to or builds project plans, ensuring clear understanding of project requirements and timelines; translates complex business problems into smaller and easier analytical problems
• Communicates project timelines, scope and expectations to stakeholders
• Provides high quality and timely delivery with insights and recommendations
• Communicates analyses and insights to leaders by summarizing conclusions and solutions; translates analytics and statistics into clear, understandable themes for business leaders; identifies specific analytic results that drive actionable insights
• Utilizes depth of knowledge on how to best leverage disparate data sources, relevant internal/external data, and strong domain expertise, to deliver on a need of the business
• Recommends actions and insights to drive business impact
• Mentors/coaches Analysts, delegating appropriate work and ensuring that the analyses and insights are accurate, impactful, timely and efficient; provide guidance to them wherever necessary
• Ensures the appropriate framework for measuring the impact of data analytics function is used where/when appropriate; ensures discussions of impact occur with stakeholders after each project
• Partners with internal development teams to test and deploy new tracking solutions while monitoring and optimizing existing integrations

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree Business, Economics, Engineering, Statistics, Data or Information Sciences, or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
• 3 Years Related experience (fewer years may be accepted with a Masters or Doctorate degree)
• 2 Years Experience using analytic tools (e.g., Python, SQL, Looker/LookML, R, Adobe, Alteryx, Enterprise Guide, Excel Power Pivot, Power Automate)
• 1 Years Experience working with Enterprise level databases (e.g., GCP, Azure, Oracle, DB2)
• 2 Years Experience using enterprise-grade data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, Looker / Looker Studio Pro, Excel Power Pivot)
• 1 Years Functional experience performing predictive analytics at a large-scale enterprise

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics or related area
• Experience with business intelligence and reporting tools (e.g., Alteryx, SQL, Looker/Looker Studio Pro, Power BI, Excel Power Pivot) and Enterprise level databases (GCP, LookML, Azure, Oracle, etc.)
• Experience working with big, unstructured data in a retail environment
• Experience with analytical tools like Python, Alteryx, Knime, SAS, R, etc.
• Experience with visualization tools like Looker / Looker Studio Pro, Power BI, Tableau
• Programming experience using tools such as R or Python
• Data Science experience using tools such as ML, Text mining
• Experience designing, developing, and governing enterprise analytical semantic layers that enable scalable, trusted self-service analytics for stakeholders
• Experience with AI prompting and Agentic/Generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude) to enhance analytical methodologies, synthesize and structure insights, automate analytical workflows and repetitive tasks, and improve stakeholder communication
• Project management experience, including managing multiple concurrent priorities, prioritizing work based on business impact and visibility, and proactively communicating progress and risks to stakeholders

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 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 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.