Your Impact
**Corporate Field role that includes Southeast Austin, TX and surrounding areas. Travel is required based on location and would be assigned a territory of 50+ stores.**
The primary purpose of the Field Project Manager (FPM) role is to drive the on-time execution of remerch and new store projects to meet Lowe's merchandising standards within budget. This includes responsibility for major projects such as remerchandising, new store deployments and disaster relief. The FPM will oversee the performance of capital remerch projects and new store openings as well as identify issues and opportunities and develop recommendations to ensure successful execution. This role is critical to Lowe's as it oversees all aspects of projects concerning key areas to store operations and future growth for Lowe's.
What you will do
- Responsibility to understand merchandising standards across the various projects within their project portfolio.
- Understand the individual project needs for their assigned stores and ensure the execution of those identified needs.
- Develop relationships with third party companies and cross functional partners to help maintain workflows and processes for on-time project execution.
- Directs sales floor rack installation, display construction, merchandising and pricing of capital merchandising projects and new store openings to meet Lowe’s standards
- Oversees the identification, data entry and corresponding dot process for outstanding issues
- Conducts daily meetings with Store Management & Staff for project status updates while building an engaged project team in each store location for the project life cycle
- Performs inspections with subcontractors, third party providers and dedicated store personnel
- Partners with key field and corporate leadership (e.g., District Managers, Regional and District MST Leaders, Regional Field Merchants, 3PL Leadership, Project Planning, POG/Assortment Team, etc.) to help define project execution needs, goals, and concerns of the stores and ensure in-store execution needs are met
- Makes recommendations to expedite completion of timelines
- Responsible to execute defined New Store and Remerch processes in a consistent manner between all assigned projects. This includes Pre-Execution, In-Store Execution and Post-Execution activities across all projects as well as those that are project specific.
- Maintains frequent communication with all labor trades and assigned store personnel to assure compliance with Company policies and procedures and adherence to all safety guidelines
- Builds and develops a strong working relationship with SSC, MST, store personnel in assigned geography as well as all outside vendors, subcontractors, etc.
- Recruits and trains new candidates to join the remerchandising and new store department
- Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members
- Participates in the project planning process and is assigned a Project Planning Analyst to act as the field execution subject matter expert for projects in assigned product categories
- Identifying and solving merchandising and/or Planogram issues in assigned projects, leveraging knowledge and understanding of the overall remerch process, and communicating opportunities for improvement to the Remerch and New Store Manager to be shared across other projects
- Responsible for gathering cost increases associated with scope changes and submitting change order requests from our third-party companies. These are rolled up to their assigned Sr and New Store and Remerch Manager
- Responsible for escalation of third-party labor gaps, productivity issues and all activities which have a negative impact on delivering on-time project execution to Lowe’s merchandising standards
- Act as the main point of contact for upcoming third-party capital projects for regional and district teams
- Maintain individual travel and entertainment to financial plan of the department
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree OR 4 additional years of relevant experience in leu of a Bachelors Degree.
- 2 years Relevant Experience
- 1-2 Years Lowe's experience
- 1-2 Years Professional communication experience
- Organizational skills
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 2023 sales of more than $86 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 and helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts. 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.
Pay Range: $73,900.00 - $123,200.00 annually Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.
