Bachelor of Business Administration in Fashion Merchandising

Fashion

Lifestyle

Trail running

Passionate about outdoor activities: hiking

Beach. (trying to get better at surfing!)

Art! i love design and all art forms and frequently visit museums to learn and get inspiration. love live music... i have a wide range of genres i mix up!

Product Development Manager

Engineering & Production

• Manage $70M business across knit and woven apparel, denim, outerwear and accessory categories
• Lead cost negotiation and development trips in Hong Kong & India
• Built multi-phase sourcing strategy to streamline supplier base and improve product margins
• Identified opportunity to move production from China to India before new tariffs became effective
• Leverage technical garment knowledge to identify opportunity and solutions
• Lead weekly sales analysis by class and SKU to identify risks and opportunities within assortment
• Establish new product category opportunities through competitive market trend research
• Set pricing for new categories and develop promotional strategies for total assortment; collaborate
with design and buying teams to ensure development meets department IMU and margin targets
• Drove $2M additional sales by updating outerwear assortment to fill white space opportunities
• Oversee production process utilizing PLM system and maintain BOM throughout product lifecycle
• Monitor and track production calendar ensuring all approvals and deadlines are met for on-time
product delivery
• Developed and promoted Assistant and Associate Product Managers through personalized projects
and individual areas of ownership within business to empower team and drive results
• Built cross functional relationships with buyers, planners, suppliers, technical and design teams
• 2017 Make Magic Award winner for building cross functional relationships; improving efficiency

• Developed pre-season financial targets for $200M businesses across 5 departments, 8 product teams and 4 Buyers
• Improved replenishment performance by revamping production flows to maximize inventory
• Collaborated on seasonal assortment strategies with cross functional teams
• Managed open-to buy and advised recommendations to Product and Buying teams
• Managed in season performance through business deep dives to offer proactive solutions


Associate Business Strategy Manager

• Drove additional $1M sweaters sales, on flat receipts by adjusting regional flow to address climate needs
• Managed $30M knit & sweater categories from developing seasonal class plans and SKU plans through on the floor sales performance
• Identified regional flow opportunity within knit category, leading to category AUR improvement of $2
• Acted as manager on vendor cost negotiation trip to Asia with departmental Director & Division VP
• 2015 Make Magic Awards for driving results; triple crown winner within Men’s

Associate Product Manager

• Collaborated with cross- functional teams including licensing and marketing teams for Greg Norman Golf apparel
• Communicated daily with overseas teams in Hong Kong and Taipei to ensure all deadlines and approvals were met
• Managed lab dip approvals and collaborated with design team on all communication and updates to overseas merchandising teams
• Managed and tracked all samples and approvals to ensure integrity of performance claims
• Created POs and tracked status for on-time delivery and sales
• Built and maintained all seasonal line lists in preparation for market
• Presented weekly analysis of sales performance on style/ SKU level in business meetings
• 2013 Make Magic Award for driving results
• Executive Development Program Graduate

Product Development Assistant

Freelance Production and Merchandising Assistant

• Assisted in Costing and PO maintenance


Freelance Production Assistant

Freelance Sales Assistant

Find out detailed information about Noel Bell, Product Development Manager in Los Angeles, CA

Noel Bell: Product Development Manager in Los Angeles, CA

Noel Bell