Replenishment Analyst

Overview

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 modern 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 centre 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.

• Drive Instock and adhoc analysis to find opportunities and risks, providing actionable insights to Business Units, ASMs, and Inventory Distribution Analysts to meet sales, profit, and inventory goals.
• Drive and perform periodic assortment optimization by utilizing tools, providing insights to Inventory Distribution Analysts and Business Units, and managing processes for expansion and discontinuation.
• Review store level inventory ensuring it aligns with expectations, and action when stores are outside of tolerance. Identify and action store level opportunities through enhanced analytics and Plano communications.
• Manage demand planning and buy quantification in collaboration with BUs and Sourcing teams. Responsible for sending supplier information and supporting the demand planning team with data.
• Analyze and quantify vendor projections, fill rates, and in‑stock trends.
• Run replenishment orders. Review and release of all manual order types. Adjust SOQs on an exception basis and review/action on exception reports for ordering.
• Review and action Target Inventory/Minimum Safety Stock at all locations (Warehouse, Store, DLC’s)
• Manage system setup and maintenance of assortment by activating and deactivating SKUs as per buyers' intent and optimization.
• Review All Replenishment Parameters to achieve optimal inventory levels and develop and communicate parameter changes needed for product/category to ASMs, IDAs & Business units.
• Maintain logs for parameters, supersessions and safety stock templates.
• Monitor key performance indicator (KPI) reports to track inventory levels and sales performance. Use these reports to provide actionable insights and support data‑driven decision‑making.
• Deliver an outstanding in‑store and online experience through balanced, optimized inventory by channel, volume grade and climate to provide compelling and productive assortment for our customer.
• Identify, analyze, and respond to replenishment ordering and low/high weeks of supply exceptions or deviations from standard inventory needs.
• Partner with ASMs and Business units to develop and implement inventory strategies to build inventory, maximize sales, and increase productivity.

• 2 to 4 years of experience in Retail Supply Chain - planning and allocation, merchandising planning, inventory management and forecasting.

Business planning and financial analysis, Allocation, Planning, Buying, Merchandising, Inventory Control and Supply Chain knowledge.

Proficiency in Blue Yonder INFORM/JDA/EFAs or other planning and allocation operating system.

Experience with Microstrategy Planning & Reporting tools a plus.

Proficiency in intermediate to advanced excel.

Enjoy a rewarding career at Catalyst Brands Business Services, where we offer a competitive benefits package, a vibrant work environment, and the opportunity to make a difference at one of America's most iconic retailers.

Medical insurance coverage, Accident…