Retailer Lowe's announced plans to hire more than 65,000 people this year to help in roles ranging from customer service to merchandising, CNBC reports. Nearly 10,000 of the planned hires will be permanent for roles on the retailer's merchandising team, 50,000 will be temporary, seasonal positions, with the remaining hires geared towards roles as store managers, department store supervisors, and technology positions.
Lowe's also announced plans to ditch some existing roles, which the company says will help "simplify operations" in its stores.
Lowe's said that as it adds new jobs it will, meanwhile, be discontinuing its Project Specialist Interiors program in stores. It didn't disclose which other positions it would be getting rid of.
New this year is Lowe's focus on filling tech positions and finding more help for inventory management, which CEO Marvin Ellison has called out as one of the company's weaknesses.
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