Laurie Bowman Dusenberry

Supported numerous Senior Vice Presidents and Group Vice Presidents. Planned and coordinated national sales meetings for Oracle's premier customers. Traveled and managed on site quarterly briefings and sales meetings for Senior and Group Vice Presidents and our top sales force for Cloud. Managed multiple calendars for high level VPs and responsible for securing, planning and being the lead point of contact for national meetings. Organized and planned customer and sales calls on a daily basis. Managed expense accounts for senior C level executives and prepared reports and spreadsheets for sales meetings. Proficient with Microsoft Office products and Google Drive.

• Responsible for all new product categories for the largest art stamp company in the United States. Managed a team responsible for the creation and development of private label product. Responsible for all Quality Control and set up the quality process for the manufacturing plants abroad and DC channels. This included setting up Color Inspection and evaluation.

• Responsible for launching Tsunami’s first overseas production and building joint partnerships with factories in India, China and Korea. Managed designer and art director to facilitate and expedite Tsunami art and finished product. Developed brand recognition for the Tsunami printed PJ line. Worked with Marketing department to direct photo shoots and catalogue layout for Tsunami’s yearly buyer’s catalogue. Worked with sales force to insure proper technical knowledge of product.

• Managed all product, personnel and factories for the men’s pant division for Banana Republic Stores and Catalogue. Responsible for costing and placing all production for the men’s pant division. Worked with test market departments to insure proper brand and style testing. Developed production teams, uniting countries around the world. Worked to educate factories and vendors of manufacturing goals and standards. Traveled and assessed factories and vendors in India, Korea, Indonesia, Dubai, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, Philippines, Hong Kong, and China. Responsible for costing and cost negotiations of all product. Sourced fabrics from around the world to procure one of the largest pant lines in the men’s retail business.

• Managed personnel in 3 departments. Responsible for the set up of color operations and dyestuff documentation. Worked with sales and marketing staff to execute customer printing standards on final product. Traveled with Sales and Marketing teams as their technical arm. Responsible for engineering the total system flow from sales to production.

• Responsible for the birth of the Victoria’s Secret Color Center which systematized all color/quality operations. Sourced mills and dyeing facilities in China, Hong Kong and Korea. Traveled and worked with all responsible country representatives to set up quality procedures for business relations with Victoria’s Secret stores and catalogue.

• Responsible for developing and managing product for the Victoria’s Secret Dressy Sleepwear division. Designed and developed color and garments for the sleepwear division. Responsible for working with all of Mast’s overseas offices and factories to insure proper timing and execution of product.