A podcast that can help you make great decisions to get the most out of your career. Mike's a professional Sales and Marketing Director and his biggest frustration is seeing the careers of too many people slow down before they should.Be introduced to an incredible group of leaders who tell their story and how they have made it to the top.
Mini Pod: John Foong, Chief Revenue Officer, Domain
In this week's Mini Pod, you'll hear quick-fire career insights from the Chief Revenue Officer for Domain, John Foong. Stay tuned for the FULL PODCAST which will be live next Thursday at 9am!
1/31/2024 • 3 minutes, 30 seconds
Mini Pod: Nicole Parker, Director of Marketing and eCommerce ANZ, Weber Barbecues
In this week's Mini Pod, you'll hear quick-fire career insights from the Director of Marketing and eCommerce ANZ with Weber Barbecues, Nicole Parker.Stay tuned for the FULL PODCAST which will be live next Thursday at 9am!
1/17/2024 • 3 minutes, 38 seconds
Mini Pod: Jane King, Head of Marketing Communications, Cartology (Woolworths Group)
In this week's Mini Pod, you'll hear quick-fire career insights from inspiring and honest Head of Marketing Communicatons with Cartology, Jane King. Stay tuned for the FULL PODCAST with Jade Lish which will be live next Thursday at 9am!
12/13/2023 • 1 minute, 44 seconds
Mini Pod: Jade Lish, Head of Marketing, v2 Food
In this week's Mini Pod, you'll hear quick-fire career insights from the cheeky and hilarious Head of Marketing for v2 Food, Jade Lish. Stay tuned for the FULL PODCAST with Jane King which will be live next Thursday at 9am!
12/11/2023 • 2 minutes, 22 seconds
Mini Pod: Mimmo Lubrano, Director of Sandhurst Fine Foods
In this week's Mini Pod, you'll hear quick-fire career insights from the passionate & dynamic Director of Sandhurst Fine Foods, Mimmo Lubrano.Stay tuned for the FULL PODCAST which will be live next Thursday at 9am!
11/29/2023 • 3 minutes, 59 seconds
Mini Pod: Tim York, CEO of V2 Food
Enjoy our new mini pod, an intro to our next on the Your Future in Sales and Marketing Podcast. In only a few minutes, you'll find out what makes them tick and gain an insight in what's to come. This week on Your Future in Sales and Marketing, we have CEO of V2 Food, Tim York, Enjoy!
11/1/2023 • 2 minutes, 24 seconds
Episode 72: Karen Coyle & Nellie Tierney - HR and your career
In this episode, Mike Dickson chats with HR superstars Karen Coyle of William Grant & Sons and Nellie Tierney of Campari. In this HR special you'll hear our guests insight across a breadth of combined industries. You will learn their experience within HR, including their opportunities and how it functions within the business, specifically in terms of leadership. Enjoy!
10/25/2023 • 41 minutes, 33 seconds
Mini Pod: Karen Coyle HR Manager, William Grant & Sons
Enjoy our new mini pod, an intro to our next on the Your Future in Sales and Marketing Podcast. In only a few minutes, you'll find out what makes them tick and gain an insight in what's to come. This week on Your Future in Sales and Marketing, we have one of our first HR guests, Karen Coyle of William Grant & Sons. Enjoy!
10/23/2023 • 2 minutes, 4 seconds
Mini Pod: Nellie Tierney, HR Director at Campari
Enjoy our new mini pod, an intro to our next on the Your Future in Sales and Marketing Podcast. In only a few minutes, you'll find out what makes them tick and gain an insight in what's to come. This week on Your Future in Sales and Marketing, we have our first double interviews and HR guests Nellie Tierney, HR Director of Campari. Enjoy!
10/18/2023 • 2 minutes, 12 seconds
Episode 71: Jonathan Sully - Not all CMO roles are the same!
In this episode, Mike Dickson chats with Marketing Director at William Grant & Sons, Jonathan Sully.Jonathan is one of Australia's best known marketing leaders. Throughout this episode, Mike will un-pick his career journey across a range of diverse marketing functions from Hasbro to WWE. With a career that broad, there's plenty of advice to unpack. Enjoy!
10/11/2023 • 45 minutes, 24 seconds
Mini Pod: Jonathan Sully, Marketing Director of William Grant and Sons
Enjoy our new mini pod, an intro to our next on the Your Future in Sales and Marketing Podcast. In only a few minutes, you'll find out what makes them tick and gain an insight in what's to come. This week on Your Future in Sales and Marketing, we have one of Australia's best known marketing leaders, Jonathan Sully, current Marketing Director of William Grant and Sons. Enjoy!
10/5/2023 • 2 minutes, 54 seconds
Episode 70: Yash Gandhi - From Agency Creative to FMCG CMO
In this episode, Mike Dickson chats with Head of Marketing at Baiada, Yash Gandhi.Yash is a regular in Australia's Top 50 CMO's. His career spans great breadth of knowledge across FMCG both client and agency side. Throughout this episode you will learn from an industry expert on how he has progressed throughout his career, with some interesting moves along the way. Don't miss his expert advice on how to impress in your next interview and how you could exceed in marketing.
9/27/2023 • 41 minutes, 1 second
Episode 69: Kate Bean - The evolution of category management
In this episode, Mike Dickson chats with Head of Category at Kelloggs, Kate Bean. Kate is one of our first category experts, and she comes with a great breadth of knowledge. Her career spans great experience within FMCG. Throughout this episode you will hear Kate's insight and advice into the world of category where she explains the importance of gaining breadth throughout your career. She's talking from experience! Don't miss it!
9/13/2023 • 50 minutes, 46 seconds
Episode 68: Daniela Stapleton - The risk and the reward of tier 1 to fast-growth SME
In this episode, Mike Dickson chats with current Sales Director of Mutti, Daniela Stapleton.Throughout this episode, you will understand Daniela's career movements, milestones and key takeaways from her impressive career so far within FMCG. Having worked for Unilever, Cerebos, Pernod Ricard and now Mutti, Daniela has gained some great insights into what it takes to succeed within FMCG and provides us with great advice on how to further your career, as well as what questions you should ask yourself before you take the next step. Don't miss it!
9/1/2023 • 41 minutes, 15 seconds
Episode 68: Daniela Stapleton - The risk and the reward of tier 1 to fast-growth SME
In this episode, Mike Dickson chats with current Sales Director of Mutti, Daniela Stapleton.Throughout this episode you will understand Daniela's career movements, milestones and key takeaways from her impressive career so far within FMCG. Having worked for Unilever, Cerebos, Pernod Ricard and now Mutti, Daniela has gained some great insights into what it takes to succeed within FMCG and provides us with great advice on how to further your career, as well as what questions you should ask yourself before you take the next step. Don't miss it!
8/30/2023 • 41 minutes, 29 seconds
Episode 67: Ariah Michel - Don't wait!
In this episode, Mike Dickson chats with Founder and Managing Director of Drinx Factory, Ariah Michel. Ariah is our youngest guest we have interviewed on the podcast so far, and although he may be at the early stages of his career in terms of time, he is not waiting to make things happen. Ariah has already gained heaps of experience within the liquor industry, working in sales previously for Ampersand Projects and Saintly before going on to launch his own marketing business, Drinx Factory. His unique positive and driven attitude is stand-out throughout this episode and is a great listen for all, especially those at the beginning of their career.Give it a crack!
8/16/2023 • 35 minutes, 47 seconds
Episode 66: Paul Bull - Revenue Management Special - turning complexity into clarity
In this episode, Mike Dickson chats with Commercial Director of FMCG Analytics Paul Bull.Paul is a well experienced FMCG superstar who has recently helped head up FMCG Analytics. FMCG Analytics is a specialist revenue management business, set up to help clients optimise growth through a combination of revenue growth management and cloud based tools. This, alongside Paul's exciting career at businesses such as Kellogg's, Campbells and The Advantage Group makes this a great episode, filled with lot's of insight and advice on how you can excel within your career. Don't miss it!
8/2/2023 • 46 minutes, 17 seconds
Episode 65: Susan Catania - This is how you create a path towards the top of a Tier 1 FMCG
In this episode Mike chats with Susan Catania, Business Executive Officer at Nestle, on how you create a path towards the top of a Tier 1 FMCG.Throughout this episode, Susan reflects on her 19 year long career at Nestle providing insightful advice on how she progressed throughout her career. Her authentic leadership approach and strong commercial expertise can be recognised throughout, as well as great FMCG career advice throughout the episode. Don't miss it!
7/12/2023 • 50 minutes, 54 seconds
Episode 64: Tyler Martin - the Olympian entrepreneur who’s cracking open FMCG
In this episode Mike chats with Tyler Martin, the previous Olympian, now entrepreneur who is cracking open FMCG.Throughout this episode, Tyler talks us through all 3 of his start-up businesses, where he found his inspiration, his learnings along the way and some crucial advice on how to succeed as an FMCG entrepreneur.Don't miss it!
6/28/2023 • 43 minutes, 45 seconds
Episode 63: Katie Steele - Now that's what I call career breadth! A must listen!
In this episode Mike chats with Katie Steele, an experienced retail professional who has achieved success at companies such as Dyson, Dan Murphy's, Diageo, and Asda. Throughout this episode, Katie explains the role of a sales director in detail and what is takes to become one. It's filled with useful info and advice for all listeners. Don't miss it!
6/15/2023 • 47 minutes, 45 seconds
Episode 62: Building an FMCG from SME to Aussie category leader with Claire Wait
In this episode, Mike chats with Sales Director of Obela, Claire Wait.Claire is a growth-minded commercial sales leader with experience driving revenue and profit growth across a variety of FMCG categories, customers and channels. Throughout the podcast Claire reflects on her career journey, what's led to some of her career decisions and gives some insightful advice for all listeners.Don't miss out on hearing how Claire helped grow the now category leader from 6 sku's to becoming a market leader and all the other useful insights she provides throughout the episode.Enjoy!
5/31/2023 • 39 minutes, 58 seconds
Episode 61 - Discussing the [axr] Salary Guides with Andrew Cannock
In this episode, Mike Dickson chats with fellow Sales, Marketing and Category recruitment consultant, Andrew Cannock, dissecting the newly re-launched [axr] Recruitment and Search 2023 Salary Guides. Here they discuss renumeration, trends in roles and what makes our Salary Guides the best in the business.Enjoy!
5/17/2023 • 38 minutes, 23 seconds
Episode 60 - Disrupting Consumer Loyalty with Sue Temple, General Manager at L-Founders of Loyalty
In this episode, Mike Dickson chats with Sue Temple, a global superstar of retail, FMCG, category, insights, shopper and loyalty. We chart Sue's career to her current role as ANZ General Manager of L-Founders of Loyalty, and learn her career mantra; ABC - ability, breaks and courage. Enjoy!
4/26/2023 • 49 minutes, 19 seconds
Episode 59 - The Retailer Turned Sales Director, Chris Walker, Pacific Sales Director at Hasbro
In this episode, Mike Dickson chats with Chris Walker, Pacific Sales Director at Hasbro. In this episode, Mike Dickson chats with Chris Walker, Pacific Sales Director at Hasbro. Chris is a Sales Director with his roots in retail and a career path that has seen him move half way around the world to lead some of Sydney's highest profile consumer brands in market. He highlights the importance of being open minded, learning what you like, and learning what you're good at early in your career.Enjoy!
4/19/2023 • 51 minutes, 19 seconds
Episode 58 - 2023 Job Market Predictions with Andrew Cannock
In this episode, Mike Dickson chats with one of our newest recruitment consultants, Andrew Cannock, on their predictions for the 2023 FMCG consumer sales, marketing and category job market.Andrew joins us from a strong sales and category career, however most recently making the move from internal recruitment at George Weston Foods to join us here at [axr]. Mike and Andrew chat about what we learned from 2022, what they think is going to happen in 2023 and how can you position yourself to get the most out of your career.Enjoy!
2/21/2023 • 36 minutes, 15 seconds
Episode 57 - Getting Interview Fit with Mike Dickson and Greg Madden from [axr] Recruitment & Search
In this episode of Your Future in Finance, we are joined by our very own [axr] recruitment & search Directors, Greg Madden and Mike Dickson, who will chat about Getting Interview Fit. They will share insights and their experience with interviews and how to better perform in "meetings". Enjoy!
1/10/2023 • 42 minutes, 5 seconds
Episode 56 - Own your own development, every day with Imran Khan, Managing Director at TCC Distributors
In this episode, Mike Dickson chats with Imran Khan, Managing Director at TCC Distributors about owning your own development, every day! Imran is a well experienced FMCG Manager with fantastic leadership skills and a clear understanding on driving performance across businesses, teams and individuals. He highlights the strategic moves you can make in your career for long term success. Enjoy!
