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 up-to-date 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 effective 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 ma

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