James Ju
Objective
Buena Park, California
Seeking a position as a Senior product sourcing specialist.
90621
714-***-****(HM)
Work Experience
213-***-****(DT)
abnwk9@r.postjobfree.com
Director of Apparel / Licensing
08/2007 – 03/2009 Mantra Entertainment, Santa Monica, California
Working as a Director of Apparel / Director of Licensing creating apparel line and other
licensing duties for branded name of Girls Gone Wild. Duties include licensing
management, license Recruitment, Audit contracts and administer all customer service
for licenses for both domestic and overseas. Work closely with in-house counsels for
license contracts, intellectual property law and licensing laws.
Production / General Manager
6/2002 - 11/2006 Chilli Clothing Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Worked as a production and General manager simultaneously. Work as production
manager having duties of all necessary workloads of a production manager. As a
General manager, duties included in HR matters, Financial matters, and general
business matters of the business reporting only to the owner of the company.
Production Manager
6/1999 - 5/2002 Seal International, Los Angeles, CA
Responsible for controlling in-house cutting service, production quality control, issue
cutting tickets, controlling wash house for correct colors and shrinkage tests. Also was
responsible for issuing trims to contractors and controlling general ledgers for
accounting. Duties also include managing pre-production and sample rooms with
designers, production scheduling of in house and sub-contractor sewing.
General Manager
5/1994 - 3/1999 Apparel Manufacturers Group, Los Angeles, CA
Responsible for Garment costing, sample controls, production quality control and
shipping. Responsible for production samples from patterns and coordinate all phases
of production. Also was responsible for purchasing finished goods for exports to Asia.
Responsible for all exporting documentations for all bank negotiations. Was responsible
for all phases of production with CMT production and was responsible for all
communications with the companies that supplied the CMT contracts. Was also
responsible for sampling and producing garments and shoe products from Korea and
China for the purpose of importing to U.S.A.
Production Manager
11/1991 - 1/1994 Boy London U.S.A., Hollywood, CA
Was responsible for all phases of production. Was responsible for producing samples,
purchasing raw materials for productions, garment contractor control, cutting room
control and dye house control and screen printer control on Tee Shirt productions.
Owner
3/1986 - 11/1991 JJ's Fashion, Los Angeles, CA
Was responsible for controlling design room staffs and sales personnel. Was
responsible for all fabric and trim purchasing and research new designs and fabrics for
sample groupings. Also was involved with private label manufacturing and in-house
sewing and cutting contracting. While working as a garment sewing contractor, have
been involved with many major manufacturers in Los Angeles area which includes Area
Code Ltd., Bisou Bisou, A.K.A., Bongo, Guess, LA Movers, Kandy Kiss, Grind King,
Cheap Thrill and Yes Clothing, etc.
Production Manager
5/1984 - 3/1986 Area code, Ltd., Los Angeles, CA
Was responsible for controlling in-house cutting service, in house sewing factory,
outside sub-contractors which includes cutting, sewing, marking and grading, garment
dye house, denim garment wash house, embroidery and screen printers.
Education
6/1987 U.S.C., Los Angeles,, CA
Bachelor's Degree (Incomplete)
Studied business management. Have not completed studies for B.A. degree.
6/1984 L.A.V.C., North Hollywood, CA
Associate Degree
AA degree in Electronics Engineering
6/1980 Eagle Rock High School, Los Angeles, ca
High School or equivalent
Affiliations
3/1986 - Present Korean American Garment Association
Member
Skills
Skill Name Skill Level Last Used/Experience
Able to use Windows, Quick Book Expert Currently used/15
Speaks fluent English, Korean Expert Currently used/18
Languages
English
Korean
Spanish (70%)
Additional Info
* Factory analysis and trouble shoot.* Garment costing.* Able to run cutting and sewing
factories.* Factory followings.* Able to handle most of the industrial sewing machines.*
Contacts following in Asia.