Associate Analyst (Supply Chain, Freight Pay, Transportation)

Innovate in Bengaluru

This position is based at our on-site office in Bengaluru. Lowes offers an ultramodern work environment complete with cutting-edge technology collaborative workspaces an on-site gym and clinic and other perks to enhance your work experience.

About Lowes
Lowes 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 Lowes operates over 1700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300000 associates. Based in Mooresville N.C. Lowes 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 .

About Lowes India

Lowes India the Global Capability Center of Lowes Companies Inc. is a hub for driving our technology business analytics and shared services strategy. Based in Bengaluru with over 4500 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 Lowes India plays a pivotal role in transforming home improvement retail while upholding strong commitment to social impact and sustainability. For more information visit Lowes India

About the Team

The Transportation team in India is a part of the larger team that operates in Mooresville. We support our Mooresville team on various operational as well as reporting and project related activities. Our operations span across Freight Pay System Maintenance and Exception Management. We develop and support reporting for Purchase Orders Carriers and 3PLs operating our DCC buildings. We also work on projects such as Utilization Forecasting and Transportation Modeling.

Job Summary:

The primary purpose of this role is to help Lowes become more efficient at managing our Transportation Operations and serving our internal customers by facilitating a center of excellence for operational excellence and this role you will execute and own low to mid complex BAU processes drive low complex project execution with support & guidance. You will also identify operational efficiency opportunities and work with Analysts and Senior Analysts to address those opportunities.
You will focus on improving your business context & functional acumen including but not limited to processes projects tools & systems utilized within the team. It would be an added advantage if you could help the Analysts and Sr. Analysts with data gathering/cleaning/validation.

To be successful the individual in this role must deliver high standards of quality timeliness & efficiency when it comes to BAU operations.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Core Responsibilities:

• Understands and executes all the Freight Pay related activities both in Import and Domestic Transportation. Constantly keeps the leadership and stakeholders updated on the daily deliverables and meets all the deliverables with high standards of quality and timeliness.
• Executes all the Exception Management activities that are needed to support BAU (Business as Usual) for the Transportation Function both Import and Domestic.
• Executes all the System Maintenance activities that are needed to support BAU for the Transportation Function both Import and Domestic.
• Acquires business context and domain knowledge on all areas of Transportation Function
• Contributes to low to mid complex projects and analyses done by Analysts and Senior Analysts
• Communicates to leadership and stakeholders on a consistent basis regarding operational metrics and holds themselves accountable to achieve 100% quality and timeliness.
• Responsible for continuously learn and grow either technically or functionally or both depending on their interests
• Contributes towards the operational efficiency measures being undertaken within the team

Years of Experience:

Overall 1-2 years of Experience

• 1-2years of experience in Supply chain Management
• 0-1 years experience in Transportation Logistics management

Education Qualification & Certifications (optional)

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Supply Chain Management Operations Research or Related Field

Skill Set Required

Primary Skills (must have)

• Ability to learn understand and implement Supply Chain concepts quickly and accurately
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Working knowledge of transportation operations
• Adequate problem-solving and time management skills
• Basic knowledge and exposure to Excel & SQL

Secondary Skills (desired)

• Ability to identify and drive operational efficiencies without support
• Experience in Data mining and visualization tool such as Power BI
• Ability to contribute towards Focus Group action plans

Lowes 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.