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.
Sr. Data Analyst, Business Insights
Job Functions
- 4+ years of experience in Retail and Merchandising reporting
- Communicates with various levels of management including P&A Managers, Leads,
other merchandising leaders, buyers, business analysts and planners.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business objectives and support
strategic planning and allocation initiatives.
- Understand business’ reporting requirements to develop and deliver reports to be
reviewed and confirmed by the Plano leader, buyers, and business analysts.
- Responsible for executing weekly reporting on various reporting platforms using tools and
systems such as SQL, Tableau, Power BI & Python.
- Utilize data visualization techniques to communicate actionable insights.
- Develop and maintain reporting tools and dashboards for tracking key performance
indicators (KPIs).
- Generate ad-hoc reports and analyses to address specific business questions and
challenges.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify key performance metrics and design actionable
performance reports that support decision-making.
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of internal databases and data
sources to streamline data extraction and analysis processes.
- Analyze historical data to identify patterns and trends, offering insights that support
planning and allocation decisions.
- Redefine and make functional changes to enhance existing Business Intelligence data
availability and enhance the performance of current reports.
- Design and deliver training programs on reporting tools, and data analysis techniques.
- Stay abreast of industry trends and best practices in P&A and data analysis.
- Leverage AI and Machine Learning tools to support predictive analytics, automation,
and decision‑support solutions.
Technical Skills
- Proficient in Advanced Excel (VBA, Power Query and Power Pivots ), Power BI, SQL,
Datameer, Tableau, MicroStrategy, Python and other reporting tools.
- Experience with MicroStrategy, JDA, PIM or other related inventory managements
systems
- Proficient in AI/ML tools
- Knowledge of Power Platform (Power Automate and Apps).
- Experience with data extraction, cleaning, and manipulation.
- Familiarity with statistical analysis techniques.
Core Competencies
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong attention to detail.
Pay Range
INR ₹0.00 - INR ₹0.00 /Yr.
Job description provided by JCPenney.
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