Meredith Tilney Email & Phone Number

Fort Myers, Fl, Us

Naples, Florida, United States

United States

United States

Bonita Springs, Florida, United States

Team building, sales, visual merchandising, organization, operations

Fort Myers, Florida Area

Sales oriented, customer building

Orchard Park, New York

Customer Service /Sales

Orchard Park, New York

Invoicing, inventory control, customer service...

East Aurora, Orchard Park, Ellicottville, Buffalo Ny

Retail Manager for a local owner, 4 locations ($4 million), in charge of anything that comes up! Driving sales, Merchandising, Human Resources, Buying, Management, Marketing, etc... Vera Bradley, Alex and Ani, Baggalini, Chamilia Beads, Brighton (East Aurora) and much more... Promoted to District manager within 3 months of working for them.

Orchard Park

Drive sales individually and as a manager. Leader in sales ($2 million), merchandising, operations and also the "Talent Manager"...

1 Buffalo St, Hamburg, Ny 14075

Owner/Manager, marketing, merchandising, buying, human resources, and all customer service aspects of a successful ladies accessory boutique. Was able to sell the store in Dec of 2011 for a profit. A fabulous ladies accessory boutique.

Redesigned and grew the Travel Stores within all 15 locations ($12 million+) of AAA Travel and Insurance Centers by buying innovative, unique, reasonably priced items. Managed Travel Store merchandise including: luggage, travel/car accessories, movie/carwash tickets, amusement tickets, foreign currency, Visa Travel money cards, Visa gift cards, and Amex Travelers cheques. Purchased merchandise, negotiated contracts with vendors, and handled merchandise presentation. Implemented product training to front line staff by visiting store locations, webinars, newsletters, emails, and conference calls. Managed/marketed all Club Financial Services. Handled vendor relations and managed contracts for customer programs including auto purchase, loans, and warranties. Handled two major income drivers; Bank of America/AAA Visa and MasterCard Program as well as Discover Bank - IRA's, Money Market Accounts, and CD's.Increased sales within Travel Store by 25% in 2007, and 10% in 2008 while also increasing margin incrementally each year.Developed a Brand Management Audit for consistency within all branch locations. Successfully managed almost $2 million dollars in financial services revenue, a total of $3.5 million in revenue combined (Store/Financial Services) for AAA. Implemented product placement that maximized sales; established plan-o-grams and consistent look and feel across locations. Participated on task force that developed SOP (Standard Operating Procedures).Restructured new "Intranet" information for front line staff, resulting in more product knowledge and less customer service issues. Received Walt Disney World Ticket Sales of the Year Award, 2008.

Directed all aspects of four specialty shoe and accessory stores. Managed up to 25 employees and handled sales ($3 million), marketing, purchasing, accounting, payroll, budgeting, and maintenance.

As, Liberal Arts

Activities and Societies: ChorusI took Liberal Arts classes

Education record

I took Microsoft Excell classes