Replenishment Analyst

JCPenney; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Accident insurance

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

Creche/day care

Adoption assistance

Paid leaves

Maternity leave

Paternity leave

Free cab services

Ekin Care

Job summary

Catalyst Brands, a leading U.S.-based retailer, is expanding its capability center in India with a focus on technology, analytics, and supply chain excellence. This replenishment role supports cross-brand inventory optimization and demand planning to drive sales, service levels, and profitability across channels.

You will collaborate with business units, ASMs, suppliers, and IO teams to implement inventory strategies and optimize SKUs across stores and online platforms.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years in Retail Supply Chain, with planning and allocation experience.
• Experience in forecasting, inventory management, and merchandising planning.
• Proficiency with planning tools such as Blue Yonder/JDA and MicroStrategy is a plus.
• Advanced Excel skills required for analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Drive instock analysis and provide actionable insights to meet sales and inventory goals.
• Perform assortment optimization and manage expansion/discontinuation.
• Review store inventory and identify opportunities through analytics.
• Lead demand planning and supplier data exchange.
• Analyze vendor projections, fill rates, and in-stock trends.
• Run replenishment orders and adjust SOQs as needed.
• Monitor KPI reports to track inventory and sales performance.
• Collaborate to develop inventory strategies to maximize sales.

Skills

Retail supply chain

Planning & allocation

Merchandising planning

Inventory management

Forecasting

Advanced Excel

Tools

Blue Yonder INFORM/JDA

EFAs

MicroStrategy Planning

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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.

Primary Replenishment Responsibilities:

• 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

Core Competencies & Accomplishments:

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

Critical thinking, Problem Solving & Decision-making

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.

Benefits:

• Medical insurance coverage
• Accident insurance
• Life and Gratuity insurance
• Employee assistance program
• creche/day care support
• adoption assistance program
• paid leaves
• maternity leave
• paternity leave
• bereavement leave
• adoption leave
• compensatory leave
• free cab services(door pick up and door drop)
• Ekin Care.

On-site amenities:

• Onsite sick/wellness room
• office doctor visits
• cafeteria services (free lunch)
• tuck shop
• nursing/lactation room
• footstools for expecting mothers
• gym
• innovation lab
• recreation room
• vibrant co-working spaces and meeting rooms.

Exciting location:

Our office is located in one of India's largest contiguous and most-well known business parks. Spanning 15.2 msf, Embassy Manyata is located in a prominent growth corridor, which connects the international airport to the city centre.

Opportunities for growth and development:

We are committed to helping our employees grow their careers and develop their skills. We offer a variety of training and development programs, as well as opportunities for advancement.

Collaborative and supportive culture:

We believe in creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We encourage teamwork and collaboration, and we are always looking for ways to support our employees' success.

Pay Range

INR ₹0.00 - INR ₹0.00 /Yr.