EARVIN NICOLO HIPOL
Business Start-up Consultant and Systems
Analyst
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- Baguio City, Philippines
linkedin.com/in/Earvin-hipol
SUMMARY
Results oriented small business consultant with skills at marketing, business process, branding, marketing campaign
management, and overall business analysis. Over a career of 5+ years in business start-up, has gained exposure to and
executed multiple business initiatives. Adept at planning and implementing systems resulting in a well-structured business
process. Skilled at analyzing & improving the performance of different aspects of the business.
KEY SKILLS
• Branding • Business Management Systems • Social Media Management • Data Analysis
LANGUAGES: Tagalog, English, Japanese (Conversational)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Baked Krumbs
Operations Director, Sole Proprietor
Baguio, PH
Mar '18 - Present
Baked Krumbs is an e-commerce start-up company that offers a variety of baked goods to customers
Branding / Product Development
Planning and development of future / seasonal baked product concepts
Creating and producing marketing campaigns to create a loyal fan base
Analyzing product pricing and the potential profitability
System Integration
Conduct in depth analysis of systems to improve system performance
Plan and write programming codes to meet system requirements
Develop(ed) an Excel application that integrates inventory management, production management and customer
payment management
Relations Manager
Create relationships with suppliers and business to business clients
Employ analytics & used multiple modes of communication for customer acquisition & engagement
Key Shifters
Business Consultant, Co-Owner
Oct '16 - Present
Key Shifters is a start-up Virtual Assistant company that helps small businesses grow their business with little resource
Build relations with clients and help them materialize on business ideas.
Relations Officer
Represents the brand by creating content related to what the company offers
Establish relationships with clients
Find and pursue on opportunities
Baguio, PH
Posticino
Operations Director, Co-Owner
Baguio, PH
Oct '13 - Oct '15
Posticino was a boutique restaurant that offers a wide range of Italian Food that maintained a positive branding through good food and
good service
Responsible for building and monitoring efficient operational functions
Inventory Management
Implemented an inventory tracking system to optimize inventory control procedures
Examined the levels of supplies to determine shortages
Prepared reports on inventory operations, stock levels and adjustments
Human Resource Management
Handled employee selecting, interviewing, recruiting, orienting, training, scheduling and relieving
Handled employee payroll and employee job evaluations
Handled coaching, disciplining and counseling employees as well as hearing and resolving employee grievances
Marketing & Communication Strategy
Created and designed a wide range of different marketing materials
Planned and implemented promotional campaigns
Engineered menu by implementing designs and strategies to raise profits
Operations Management
Planning and implementation of restaurant operations such as kitchen and bar workflow.
B.C. Top Grill
Assistant Manager
Baguio, PH
Feb '13 - Jul '13
B.C. Top Grill offered a wide variety of Filipino foods located at one of the busiest tourist locations in Baguio City
Assisted in inventory management and pay roll
Created a system for sales reports and payroll
Analyzed and improved on current system
Tivoli Anna
Production Line Leader
Nirasaki, JP
Oct '08 - Jan '13
Tivoli Anna manufactures confectionery products that employs 850 workers and with an annual sales of ¥12 billion
Basic responsibilities include producing products that are made in the factory like mixing and baking biscuits in mass
production. I maintain product quality, maintain equipment such as ovens and laser guided machines, lead production line,
and manage inventory.
Key Responsibilities:
Coordinates with other Production Leaders
Maintained equipment and machinery
Checked quality
Machine Operator
Other Responsibilities:
Prepared inventory for production
Troubleshooted equipment and machinery
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES
IT Freelancer , '16 - present
Excel macro developer. Primary focus is in providing data scraping, data merging, data cleansing and data visualization.
T-shirt Graphic Designer ‘16
Clothing designer that uses a template to add variations for different clothing themes
Small Food Shop Co-Owner ‘11
Co-owned and contributed in concept planning as well as providing necessary business documentation for the startup.
E-commerce Owner ‘10 - '11
Managed site comments
Wrote and scheduled relevant articles
Developed the e-commerce site using WordPress
Wrote video scripts and edited videos
Recorded tutorials using screen cast
SEMINARS / TRAININGS
Maximo Training , Maximo Business Service, '17
Learned what asset management is and how to customize and manage Maximo.
Learned about SQL and Java
Seller Training , San Miguel Corporation, '16
Learned how to sell a product and manage inventory
Requirement for operating a franchise
Pitch Craft , Hybridigm, '12
Learned how to pitch ideas to investors, business partners or work.
AutoCAD Operator Training, '08
Learned how to operate AutoCAD.
EDUCATION
Saint Louis University
Baguio City, PH
Jun '05 - Mar '07
Saint Louis University is one of the top performing universities in the Philippines
Completed credits in Psychology and Computer Science
Baguio, PH
