Ind-senior Manager

About Lowe s Lowe s is a FORTUNE 100 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 Lowe s India the Global Capability Center of Lowe s Companies Inc is a hub for driving our technology business analytics and shared services strategy Based in Bengaluru with over 4 500 associates it powers innovations across omnichannel retail AI ML enterprise architecture supply chain and customer experience From supporting and launching homegrown solutions to fostering innovation through its Catalyze platform Lowe s India plays a pivotal role in transforming home improvement retail while upholding strong commitment to social impact and sustainability For more information visit About the Team The Supply Chain team is responsible to enable product availability across channels in optimized cost as well as time This team delivers on strategic priorities and provides support through transformation to help Lowe s build best in class Supply Chain capabilities Job Summary The purpose of this role is to support the Transportation function within Supply Chain This role will be responsible to Oversee teams responsible for three verticals - Transportation Operations such as Freight Audit System Maintenance Exception Management First Middle Mile Transportation Optimization Analytics and Last Mile Fulfillment Optimization Analytics This role will involve the responsibility of streamlining processes creating and maintaining reports key metrics resolving challenges faced in Transportation and defining implementing transportation strategies This role will operate with a high level of cross-functional collaboration both across Supply Chain as well as with other enterprise functions DACI Tech Finance and others SSC-Mooresville colleagues field Leaders Additionally this role could interact with external partners service providers carriers product vendors Roles Responsibilities Core Responsibilities Oversee the team responsible for Transportation Operations including identifying areas to streamline and automate processes Oversee the team responsible for First- Middle-Mile Transportation Optimization and Analytics Provide direction in defining strategies and resolving challenges with a data driven approach Directly lead the team responsible for Last Mile Fulfillment Optimization and Analytics Includes leading a team of analysts responsible to support overall fulfillment strategies through data driven recommendations Identify areas where Lowe s India can own support Transportation processes and transition responsibilities Lead coach and drive the Transportation team in SSC-Bangalore including hiring and building of the team Partners with product engineering teams in identifying and defining technology enhancements Develop and implement an operating model that enables single source of truth reporting across the Supply Chain engaging cross functionally on various initiatives involving data Reinforces change management and adoption efforts with key stakeholder groups Establish Global working best practices to enable effective partnership and build execution ownership Create drive problem solving culture within teams to solve execution business problems Drive operational excellence practices within the team Responsible for selecting hiring developing engaging retaining talent Years of Experience 12 years of experience in Supply Chain and Transportation preferably in retail 8 years of Retail experience 7 years of Leadership experience in leading teams people management 5 years of experience in project management 2 years in Supply Chain issue management 1 years in Analytics Education Qualification Certifications optional Required Minimum Qualifications Bachelor s master s degree in engineering supply chain management Operations Research Statistics or related field MBA or master s degree in supply chain would be a plus Skill Set Required Primary Skills must have Experience in Supply Chain Management within the Retail industry Strong analytical skills with proven ability to transform raw data into tangible and actionable insights Experience in data mining and visualization tools such as Excel PowerBI SQL GCP programming languages such as Python or R Problem Solving - ability to leverage data information visuals to solve business problems Experience in leading teams with a global operating model and global interactions preferably with experience of building teams Strategic critical and thought leader to develop deliver on a roapmap Experience of working in dynamic fast changing environment Strong analytical and critical thinking skills Ability to communicate prioritize effectively in demanding situations Excellent writing and communication skills including the ability to develop analytical documents for presentation to management Secondary Skills desired Experience in the field of analytics Experience in Retail GCC Industry 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