Sourcing Analytics Lead

Job Description

About Lowe s Lowe s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE 50 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, 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, 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. About Team Enterprise Strategic Sourcing (ESS) is responsible for managing all Indirect categories within Lowe s collaborating with all business functions, legal, IT and Finance. The Analytics, Market Intel and Process (AMP) team within ESS is responsible for all indirect spend data (>$10B), all procurement processes, systems, policies as well as external market data and insights. The AMP team forms a core part of category management within ESS/Lowe s ensuring value is brought in across projects through valuable insights. Job Summary: The primary purpose of this role is to drive execution of projects in the Analytics vertical within Enterprise Strategic Sourcing (ESS). The individual is expected to work in conjunction with ESS teams (category managers, sourcing managers, etc), business teams, legal and finance in executing projects. The individual is responsible for overseeing end to end project execution, ensure quality of deliverables and meet timelines. The projects would be focused on sourcing and procurement. Roles & Responsibilities: Core Responsibilities: Support RFP analytics across categories including bid data analysis, scenario building and recommendations on awards Support TCO modeling in sourcing projects using existing tools and without tools Support execution of key transformative projects identified and deliver on time - comparing different data sets including contract data, spend data, invoice data, PO data, etc. Own specific dashboards - category, supplier, regional, etc. Ensure dashboards are refreshed on time and delivered to respective stakeholders Constantly connect with key stakeholders to improve existing dashboards, add/edit metrics and improve visualization of dashboards Analyze data and rates associated to historical/current spend for baseline development. Coordinate with the business and finance when discrepancies are identified Own / support creation of new dashboards Support data analysis across all categories - both reactive and proactive Responsible for key metrics reporting Support Advanced Analytics modelling and build using SQL, R, Python, others as applicable Increase accuracy of data Collaborate with Market intel team as required Years of Experience: Min 5 years of business experience or bachelors degree Education Qualification & Certifications (optional) Required Minimum Qualifications : Bachelors Degree Skill Set Required Primary Skills (must have) Data Analysis, Excel and PPT Knowledge Excellent analytical skills - must have worked with large data, reports, dashboards and metrics Experience in PowerBI Exposure to Indirect categories in any Industry Exposure to sourcing / procurement spend analytics is a must Better than intermediate level in Microsoft Office (Access, Outlook, Excel, Word), Macro Must be proficient in communicating with stakeholders globally. Prior Experience with global stakeholders preferred. Financial Analytical Modeling, collation, and representation skills Collaboration & communication skills Secondary Skills (desired) Sourcing experience Prior experience with coding in SQL, R, Python for advanced analytics preferred Cost optimization tool experience