Associate Inventory Planner IRP

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Your Impact

The Associate Inventory Planner develops and executes inventory plans for assigned merchandise categories or business units to support product availability sales performance and inventory productivity. This role analyzes demand sales inventory and supply data to identify risks and opportunities and recommends actions that balance customer demand with inventory investment. The Associate Inventory Planner partners with Merchandising Replenishment Assortment Planning Supply Chain Finance and Store Operations to support promotions seasonal events assortment transitions and other business priorities. This role maintains inventory planning assumptions and parameters monitors inventory performance and provides data-driven insights that support inventory decisions across stores distribution centers and digital fulfillment channels.

What You Will Do

• Develop and maintain inventory plans for assigned merchandise categories or business areas in support of sales in-stock service-level inventory-turn and financial objectives.
• Evaluate system generated forecasts and inventory scenarios applying business knowledge to validate assumptions challenge model outputs and recommend strategic inventory actions.
• Oversee inventory performance management prioritizing exceptions validating recommendations and adjusting planning strategies as business conditions evolve.
• Maintain inventory targets planning assumptions safety-stock levels service levels and other planning parameters within inventory systems.
• Partner with Merchandising Replenishment and Supply Chain teams to support inventory execution for promotions seasonal events product launches resets assortment changes and product transitions.
• Collaborate with Replenishment partners to ensure inventory plans are effectively executed across stores distribution centers and fulfillment channels.
• Support assortment and product lifecycle decisions by providing inventory analysis and identifying potential availability or inventory-investment impacts.
• Investigate complex inventory exceptions distinguish data-quality issues from business risks and improve planning processes to reduce recurring exceptions.
• Translate system generated insights into clear business recommendations that influence planning decisions across merchandising supply chain and finance.
• Communicate inventory insights and recommendations to leaders and cross-functional business partners.
• Monitor performance against inventory plans and adjust assumptions or recommendations based on actual results and changing business conditions.
• Support inventory-planning system enhancements testing implementation activities process documentation and user adoption.
• Identify opportunities to improve inventory-planning processes reporting data accuracy and system utilization.
• Maintain accurate planning data and follow established inventory controls operating standards and planning processes.
• Develop knowledge of assigned merchandise categories customer demand patterns vendor capabilities and end-to-end retail supply chain operations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management Operations Management Business Administration Finance Economics Business Analytics Data Analytics Mathematics or a related field; or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement if applicable
• 3 years of experience in retail manufacturing or supply chain.
• 2 years of experience in inventory planning replenishment merchandise planning demand planning retail operations merchandise buying or assortment planning.
• Working knowledge of inventory-management concepts including demand forecasting safety stock service levels inventory turns weeks of supply and product lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills including the ability to interpret inventory demand sales and supply data and develop recommendations.
• Experience using inventory-planning replenishment forecasting ERP or other supply chain systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel including formulas pivot tables lookups and analysis of large datasets.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintain accurate inventory and planning data.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills including the ability to explain analysis and recommendations to business partners.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with partners across Merchandising Supply Chain Finance Operations and other business functions.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work through defined and moderately complex business problems in a fast-paced retail environment.

Preferred Skills/Education

• Experience supporting inventory planning in a large-scale retail wholesale distribution or omnichannel organization.
• Experience with RELEX SAP Oracle Blue Yonder Manhattan or a comparable inventory-planning or supply chain platform.
• Experience using Power BI Tableau SQL or similar reporting and data-analysis tools.
• Experience supporting promotions seasonal events product launches resets or assortment transitions.
• Knowledge of merchandise financial planning assortment planning purchase-order management or retail category management.
• APICS certification or other relevant supply chain education or certification.

About Lowes

Lowes Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE 100 home improvement company with total fiscal year 2025 sales of more than$86 billion. Lowes employs approximately 300000 associates and operates over 1750 home improvement stores 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Lowes is a core value S&P 500 equity stock and a dividend aristocrat. Based inMooresville 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.

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