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Production / Account Manager 

Hard worker, great attitude, multi tasking, with over 24 years experience in action sports and retail industry management. My main strengths are the customer experience , sales / customer service operations management, and production management. 

Management of all daily operations for clients for screen print, garment production, and sales of off the shelf and specialty apparel for key accounts.
? Sourcing of material, trims, screen production management, pricing, and wip reporting.
? Roll out of new offerings including cut and sew line, RE/UP sustainability tee program to retailer and private label.

- Oversaw and managed customer service, warehouse, and ERP/WMS/EDI system operations for Brands division of Mad Engine LLC.  
- Facilities Management, directed facilities move of warehouse to San Diego DC and new HQ office to Irvine. 
- IT and system solutions: Point person for ERP system issues (Full Circle), system training and on boarding new employees, system report creation and distribution/scheduling, EOW & EOM reporting. 
- Standard Operating Procedures: updating, creation, and implementation for the brands division. 

Operations Manager Brands Division 

- Management of all daily production operations and EDI for Key Accounts
- Supervision of Customer Service and Account Managers.  
- Procurement and sourcing of garments and trims and negotiation of pricing with suppliers. 
- Expert in vendor compliance, pricing, and preproduction organization. 




Lead Acccount Manager - Operations Supervisor 

- Implemented and managed new sales operations processes and return to retail program with existing key accounts and new doors.
- Streamlined ASI Corporate custom co-branding program, created key co-brand opportunities with BMW, Disney, and Marvel Films.



Inside Sales Manager / Co-Branding Manager

- Managed sales and maintain accounts for Canada, Australia, Japan, Asia Pacific, and South American distributors & direct international key accounts. 
- Streamlined international distributor seasonal sample coordination to decrease staff hours and increase ready dates to improve distributor delivery and selling time.
- Canada direct ecommerce project manager, business license, Canadian tax set up, 3PL logistics setup, inventory management.


International Account Manager

- Project Manager for transition from 3rd party distribution model to Direct Distribution model, including customer retention, budgets, development of field rep teams, 3pl and Canadian business set up. 
- Consistent yearly increase of revenue from 2007 (5% of global sales) to 2012 (31%+ of global sales). 
- Devised retail segmentation programs utilizing analytics and sales data to create the best flow of products to the right retailers. 
- Managed all retail, web, and print add marketing from 2007 – 2011, athlete manager for regional Canadian skateboard team, implemented taste maker program in key metropolitan areas by connecting with the most influential “taste makers”, key event coordination and local events, tradeshow coordinator local and Canadian national shows. 
- Spearheaded smu program for key accounts, including seasonal and climate specific offerings. 


Canadian Sales & Operations Manager

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James Kolbjornsen: Production / Account Manager in Buena Park, CA

James Kolbjornsen

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