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Lowe's 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.\nAbout Lowe’s\nLowe’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 Lowes.com.\nAbout Lowe’s India\nLowe’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 Lowes India\nAbout The Team\nLowe’s Demand Forecasting team, commonly known through its Lowe’s Internal Forecast Tool (LIFT), develops and operates data-driven forecasting capabilities that improve demand-planning accuracy and reduce manual intervention. The team applies time-series analysis and AI/ML models to support supply-chain efficiency, inventory optimization, and fulfillment decisions. Its forecasts span weekly item-location demand across Lowe’s stores, store-level sales for labor planning, new-store sales estimates, truck arrivals, and transportation shipment volumes. The team’s work is central to inventory ordering, allocation, replenishment, and exception management. By incorporating trends, seasonality, and market intelligence, it creates demand and sales forecasts that support planning partners across supply chain, merchandising, inventory fulfillment, and transportation.\nJOB SUMMARY\nThe Analyst - Forecast Intelligence supports the evolution of Connected Forecasting across Demand, Pricing, Promotion, Network, and Fulfillment. The role monitors forecast accuracy and bias, identifies trends and anomalies, and translates data into actionable insights for Product, Data Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Merchandising, and business partners. Through hands-on data preparation, analysis, and automation, the Analyst helps measure and improve in-stock availability, inventory productivity, excess inventory reduction, and working-capital efficiency\nKey Responsibilities\nMonitor forecast accuracy and bias across products, locations, channels, and forecast horizons; investigate trends, anomalies, and drivers of performance.\nBuild and maintain data pipelines for analytical needs, including extraction, transformation, validation, and scheduled refreshes of forecast, sales, pricing, promotion, inventory, and fulfillment data.\nDevelop dashboards, scorecards, and repeatable analyses that connect forecast performance to business outcomes and highlight opportunities for action.\nPerform root-cause analysis to distinguish data quality issues, changing business conditions, and forecasting limitations; recommend improvements with supporting evidence.\nPartner with Product, Data Science, Engineering, and business teams to define success 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