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Manager Renewable Energy
225516BR
Merchandising
0155 - Prod Innovation & Promo Merch
Regular
Full-Time
1999
CSC-Mooresville
Mooresville
NC
The Manager Renewable Energy will support the Director Renewable Energy Initiative in identifying, sizing, and developing opportunities for energy innovation in the home improvement space. This individual must be a visionary thinker, with the ability to plan and execute towards that vision to deliver innovative energy programs in store and online. This Manager will possess a sense of urgency to deliver results, but demonstrate disciplined project management to drive new products and services to successful execution.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
• Identify, evaluate and test opportunities for home energy innovation that deliver value to our customers and competitive differentiation to Lowe’s • Gather and analyze market sizing data and develop detailed financial models to evaluate potential for new opportunities • Actively research energy related innovation opportunities through various means including internet, vendor relationships, government agencies, innovation brokers, trade shows, universities, etc. • Track innovative energy technologies and inventors/companies by developing a tool which allows regular updating and periodic status reporting on each opportunity and by technology category • Perform competitive analysis and update regularly to track competitive energy programs and proactively identify and escalate emerging threats and trends • Work with customer research to understand market needs, and match voice of the customer to the energy product pipeline to ensure the most relevant opportunities are prioritized for development • Develop business cases for energy product opportunities and lead investment approval processes including clear articulation of the products competitive value and impact on overall financials • Lead day-to-day management of project pipeline with partners and stakeholders ensure projects are tracking to milestones, tasks, deliverables and timelines • Implement best practices, tools and templates to augment the existing project management process and methodology • Provides technical leadership and subject matter expertise on energy related topics (renewable energy and energy efficiency) • Assist in the preparation and delivery of presentations to senior management, business unit leaders and major stakeholders in support of identified opportunities. • Build and maintain strong relationships across the organization in pursuit of sourcing, developing and delivering innovation opportunities.
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Environmental Science, Engineering or a related field • Minimum of 5 years experience in business development, product development or technical sales • Minimum of 1 year of training or work experience in solar or other relevant energy technology • Superior internet research skills and the ability to collect and organize information to track trends and new developments • Superior analytical skills and expertise using MS Excel • Ability to perform financial modeling to evaluate the potential value of an opportunity • Excellent project management skills • Ability to communicate complex, technical concepts in simple, concise ways • Fluency in PowerPoint, Word, MS Access and Visio • Ability to travel 10%
Preferred Qualifications:
• MBA or relevant Master’s degree preferred • Experience and training in various renewable energy technologies (solar, wind, hydro, other)
With fiscal year 2010 sales of $48.8 billion, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE® 50 company that serves approximately 15 million customers a week at more than 1,750 home improvement stores in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
