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About the Role

This role supports key Department Store, Chain, and Specialty retail partners and plays a critical role in driving profitable growth through data-driven insights and disciplined inventory management. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical capabilities with commercial acumen and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where strategic decision-making is driven by data.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain seasonal, quarterly, and annual sales, inventory, margin, and OTB plans by brand/account and channel.
• Own weekly and monthly forecasting, retail sell-out analysis, and financial recaps.
• Partner with Sales teams to align forecasts, replenishment opportunities, order pacing, and business plans.
• Monitor and analyze POS trends, inventory productivity, sell-through, and weeks of supply.
• Identify risks and opportunities and recommend actions to maximize revenue and margin.
• Support inventory optimization, transfers, liquidation strategies, and fulfillment planning.
• Build and maintain reporting, dashboards, market tools, and hindsight analysis.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal Sales/Planning partners as well as external retail buying/planning teams.
• Support monthly reforecasting and scenario planning activities.
• Prepare management presentations and strategic business recommendations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Retail Merchandising, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 3–5+ years of wholesale planning, account planning, forecasting, or related retail experience.
• Experience supporting wholesale, specialty retail, or department store businesses preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables/lookups/forecasting models) and strong retail math proficiency are required.
• AI proficiency a plus.
• Strong understanding of wholesale planning, forecasting, OTB, inventory management, margin, sell-through, and retail productivity metrics.
• Transforms data into actionable insights and business recommendations.
• Builds strong relationships with internal and external partners to drive business results.
• Supports account business plans and executes against financial objectives.
• Presents data, insights, and recommendations clearly and effectively.
• Demonstrates initiative, accuracy, accountability, and follow-through.
• Manages multiple priorities while maintaining strong attention to detail.
• Embraces change and seeks process and reporting improvements.
• Focuses on achieving sales, margin, and inventory goals.
• Understands retail trends, account dynamics, and consumer behavior.

Skills

• Advanced Excel skills
• Pivot tables
• Lookups
• Forecasting models
• Retail math proficiency
• AI proficiency
• Wholesale planning
• Forecasting
• OTB
• Inventory management
• Margin analysis
• Sell-through analysis
• Retail productivity metrics
• Analytical thinking
• Account partnership
• Collaboration
• Strategic planning
• Execution
• Communication
• Presentation skills
• Ownership
• Accountability
• Organizational effectiveness
• Adaptability
• Continuous improvement
• Results orientation
• Customer focus
• Market focus

Experience Level

• 3-5+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Retail Merchandising, Supply Chain, or related field.

Salary/Compensations

• USD $62,700.00 - USD $114,000.00 /Yr.

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision
• Term life insurance
• Paid vacation/holidays
• 401(k) with Company match
• Associate discount on Catalyst Brands merchandise

About the Company

• Brands include Lucky Brand, Nautica, Brooks Brothers, and Aéropostale.