Founder at AdOnCar
Melbourne Area, Australia
- Current
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- Founder at AdOnCar
- Founder at Chazz
- Owner at Patchwork House
- Past
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- General Manager at BigRedSky Limited
- General Manager Sales at BigRedSky Limited
- Sales and Logistics Director at Blue Ribbon Bakeries
- State Manager at Laurens and Co
- Recruitment Consultant at Dunhill Management Services (now Robert Walters)
- Recruitment Consultant at Ecco Personnel (now Adecco)
- Education
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- Macquarie University
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Mike Hawkins’s Summary
People and fiscal management with a new business development focus within an agile and fast paced environment. Fast growth period specialist. Thrives on shaping impossible ideas into working commercial business models.
Today Mike is pioneering a marketing and advertising concept that embraces all facets of targeted media and technology. The Pilot launched 3rd April 2009.
In 2006, added retail management to the portfolio operating a small niche business based in Hawthorn Victoria.
Mike previously managed the nationwide sales team and was responsible for marketing, sales and customer service within an Internet Based Software services organisation. Mike has a vast sales and recruitment experience from his lengthy recruitment consultant career with such companies as Adecco and Dunhill (now Robert Walters). Combining his recruitment background with senior executive roles across diverse industries including financial, logistics and FMCG, Mike drove BigRedSky to be the fastest growing Australian provider of e-Recruitment systems.
Mike Hawkins’s Specialties:
Entrepreneur/New Business Development / People Management / Business Management / Software Commercialisation / Retail Management/Advertising
Mike Hawkins’s Experience
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Founder
AdOnCar
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
AdOnCar is a simple operation. The sole purposed of this venture is to provide the best advertising option available. AdOnCar supports a series of charities, community development initiatives, environmental sustainability projects and homeless youth. And finally, we subsidise the critical service provider’s research and development. The venture is quite simply a triumvirate of wins for Advertisers, Community Services and Critical Service Providers. Pretty neat huh?
So we are not a big corporate, quite the opposite really. Just a few people with an idea to help a few other people. We hope you enjoy the experience. -
Founder
Chazz
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Chazz delivers innovative targeted advertising and marketing solutions. The first foray for Chazz is high volume mobile advertising.
In start up mode throughout 2008, Chazz will launch with a pilot phase early 2009. Watch this space. -
Owner
Patchwork House
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Retail industry)
November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
Retail sales and education facility based in Hawthorn and managed by my creative genius of a wife, specialising in the ancient collaborative craft of patchwork and quilting.
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General Manager
BigRedSky Limited
(Human Resources industry)
April 2008 — November 2008 (8 months)
Drive overall revenue and profit growth across all business units. Review M & A opportunities and continue to execute the strategic direction of the organisation.
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General Manager Sales
BigRedSky Limited
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
April 2003 — April 2008 (5 years 1 month)
Online recruitment system delivering speed and time efficiencies to Human Resources.
Manage sales, customer service, marketing and product direction.
360% growth in client base over 2007 financial year.
Established client feedback process to promote product direction.
Company and Product Promotion through media outlets
Establish new sales regions and set up, staff and manage support offices in each region
Manage team of salespeople, customer service and training staff.
Manage and grow partner opportunities with software development and recruitment associated entities
Evaluation of product and marketing and driver in radical changes to the service delivery resulting in 800% client growth over 18 month period -
Sales and Logistics Director
Blue Ribbon Bakeries
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Food Production industry)
October 2000 — December 2002 (2 years 3 months)
Large scale manufacturing bread and bakery products operation.
Responsible for sales to both Supermarket and Route style outlets for a start up bread and pie bakery. In addition I set up the distribution through direct employed drivers and contract owner operator drivers.
Grew the business from start up to $40,000 per week turnover in first 3 months in the most competitve bakery market in Australia.
Managed team of 6 sales people and 9 drivers. -
State Manager
Laurens and Co
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)
April 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 7 months)
Specialist debt collection agency (using phones and legal action rather than baseball clubs).
Growth of client base across the Southern Region of Australia
Management of 8 debt collectors
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Recruitment Consultant
Dunhill Management Services (now Robert Walters)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
March 1997 — April 1999 (2 years 2 months)
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Recruitment Consultant
Ecco Personnel (now Adecco)
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
April 1995 — March 1997 (2 years )
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