About Catalyst Brands:
Catalyst Brands is a leading U.S.-based retail organization formed in 2025 through the merger of JCPenney and SPARC Group, combining multiple iconic fashion brands under one umbrella. The company manages a diversified portfolio of well-known brands including Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers, Nautica, Lucky Brand, and JCPenney. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Catalyst Brands focuses on delivering contemporary retail experiences while leveraging the heritage of established global brands. With a workforce of over tens of thousands and multi-billion-dollar revenue, the organization operates at a large scale across retail, e-commerce, and supply chain domains. The company emphasizes innovation, digital transformation, and customer-centric strategies to enhance brand value and consumer engagement. Catalyst Brands is expanding its global presence, including a growing capability center in India that supports technology, digital operations, and analytics. It aims to drive operational excellence and business growth by integrating technology, data-driven insights,



and efficient retail practices.

Primary Responsibilities:

Senior Planning Analyst is responsible for the assortment architecture of a category or department(s) with the goal of meeting/exceeding sales, margin and turn targets. Senior Planning Analysts are primarily responsible for developing the seasonal assortment architecture, quantifying buys, and providing receipt flow guidance with input from Sr/Buyers.
• Support Sr/Buyer strategic assortment vision
• Conduct assortment analysis to understand breadth and depth opportunities by channel and define assortment breadth and mix strategy
• Determine store clusters to drive balanced assortment across the store portfolio
• Drive Assortment Architecture by leveraging category strategy and assortment analytics to determine breadth by channel and store/cluster
• Collaborate with Buyer and Private and National Brands on product needs, ticket price, and margin r

📌 Senior Planning Analyst (Bengaluru)
🏢 Catalyst Brands India
📍 Bengaluru