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Why AUMACON?

No sustainable success without knowledge, that's our vision. To be the best knowledge supplier for the automotive sector is our mission.

AUMACON is pre-eminently knowledgeable about the automotive sector. In our opinion, that knowledge is an essential basis for a sustainably high quality of our services. We focus mainly on providing guidance on business issues. We partly make the market knowledge we have gathered for this available through our own media, but we also serve external media through content productions. When knowledge becomes repetitive, we prefer to package it in specific concepts.

Our clients are very different in nature, ranging from advertising agencies to banks, from product suppliers to publishers - but they have one thing in common: they are all looking for up-to-date knowledge of automotive (sub-)markets; knowledge that AUMACON - like no other - can provide.

In short, we are a very good business intelligence agency, specialising in automotive. We market our knowledge and services in three product areas: consultancy, concept development and content production.

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Working at AUMACON

AUMACON is looking for automotive researchers

Due to an increase in the number of industry researchers, independent knowledge agency AUMACON is looking for some freelance research staff. HBO/WO level, industry experience desired.

Interested? Mail to Clem Dickmann

Associate Consultant at DealerSupportNet

Are you a professional in the automotive field, but is 'working alone' not always easy? Then maybe DealerSupportNet is for you?

Working as part of a team but maintaining your autonomy. A GC (associate consultant) works independently at his/her own risk and expense, but uses DealerSupportNet's name, network and facilities to promote, market and improve the quality of his/her services. This is not an employment contract, but a partnership with other self-employed people. Clear agreements are made about this. DealerSupportNet is an AUMACON concept.

Interested? Read the job profile below.

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Job profile Associate Consultant (GC)

The GC works independently and for his/her own account and risk, but uses the name, network and facilities of DealerSupportNet/AUMACON to promote, market and improve the quality of his/her services. This is not an employment contract, but a partnership with other self-employed persons. Clear agreements are made about this.

The GCA actively recruits in the market for new assignments. In addition, the GC is alert and supportive in the recruitment of his/her fellow consultants.
The GC guides clients through advice and/or coaching and - if applicable - cooperates as much as possible with the other consultants of DealerSupportNet.

The GC is responsible for a high quality of the services provided to clients and to the other consultants of DealerSupportNet.

Job requirements:

  • HBO/WO working and thinking level, obtained through education and experience
  • Ability to work independently
  • customer and solution-oriented
  • well-developed business and commercial insight
  • creativity with regard to the development of new services
  • excellent knowledge of the automotive industry

Requirements:

The right candidate wants to be able to determine his/her own results, but also sees the added value of working as part of a team.

Company profile:

DealerSupportNet supports automotive companies with expert advice and concrete solutions. The target group includes not only individual companies but also dealer associations. To ensure adequate services, DealerSupportNet's consultants come directly from practice and are continuously well informed about the latest market developments in the Netherlands and the rest of Europe. Our mission is to be the best in our business. The best reward for this is a long-term relationship with clients.

The disciplines in which DealerSupportNet operates are: strategy, management, aftersales, automation, marketing and personnel & organisation.

Comments to: dealersupportnet@aumacon.nl

Advertise at AUMACON

AUMACON.nl is the only knowledge website in the Dutch automotive industry. We do not aim for high visitor numbers; we focus only on the top officials in the industry. Each month we record some 4,500 unique visitors, accounting for an average of 14,000 page views.

The AUMACON website offers the possibility of placing banners. There is one format: 260 x 210 pixels. Both dynamic (gif) and static banners (jpg/png) can be placed. To activate visibility, the banners change places permanently by means of a rotation carousel. Each banner is thus displayed an equal number of times.

Banner on aumacon.nl + CARmonitor.nl:
Dimensions: 260 x 210 pixels
Type: GIF or SWF (animations); preferably GIF for visibility on tablets/mobiles
Rate 2025: € 455 per month ( = € 29 /cpm)

CARmonitor Update is AUMACON's newsletter. On average three times a month, the approximately 7,000 subscribers are informed about the latest developments. The Update differs markedly from other automotive B2B newsletters in its choice of topics. You will have to miss the 'family announcements' and other useful 'news' with us. CARmonitor Update bases its topics on its own research or on knowledge from its knowledge partners. A subscription is free of charge.

CARmonitor Update offers the possibility of placing banners. There is one format: 600 x 75 pixels. Only static banners (jpg/png) can be placed. To activate visibility, the banners - per Update - switch places.

Fullbanner in CARmonitor Update (newsletter):
Dimensions: 600 x 75 pixels
Type: JPG or PNG (static banner)
Rate 2025: € 185 per placement.

All prices are exclusive of VAT.

Pricing policy: AUMACON aims to offer the most attractive proposition for B2B advertisers with its media; low rates coupled with high-quality reach. Our offer always offers the best price/value ratio.

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Our team

Clem Dickmann

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Clem Dickmann studied business economics (HEAO and EUR) and marketing (NIMA-C1/C2). Worked for a marketing intelligence agency, followed by some four car manufacturers and importers. Served as CEO of Hyundai Netherlands until 2002.

Besides working for AUMACON, he is active as NIMA examiner and analyst/columnist for various trade magazines. Strategy and marketing are his specialisms.

In 2003, he became - as the first person from the Dutch automotive sector - certified as a Register Marketeer (RM). In 2007, he was among the first batch of Qualified Examiners of the NIMA, followed in 2010 by the appointment as Senior Marketing Professional (SMP).

In 2016, Clem Dickmann was ranked in position 97 of the The 100 Most Powerful People in the Dutch Automotive Sector; the list was compiled by Autoweek and Automobiel Management. In March 2017, he had an interview with Automobiel Management. Also read the interview in accountants magazine the SRA Advisor in December 2017.

Ellie Guijt

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Ellie Guijt began her career in the automotive industry at a dealership for Volkswagen and Audi, where she held various positions. From 1977, she worked for this company for more than 22 years, most of which as marketing coordinator.
To broaden her knowledge of the Internet, Ellie took the web marketing course in 2000 and started her own company in the same year.

Under the name E-linkX PR and marketing, she performs support work for various (car) companies. Over the years, E-linkX has grown into a full-service agency. Entrepreneurs can turn to it for texts, organisation of shows and events and for support, building and maintaining websites, among other things. At AUMACON, Ellie is responsible for the content research and quality of the websites.

Ellis Kon started her career at the Nijmegen Municipal Police. As an expert by experience, she spent several years at the Ministry of the Interior to guide a number of police forces towards automated administrative processes.

In 1986, she first became acquainted with the automotive sector at RDC in Amsterdam. Initially as project leader and later as (ultimately) responsible for the internal and corporate communication of the data centre.

In 2008, she set up her own communications and graphic design company. In this capacity, she contributes to the B2B and B2C concepts such as the AUMACON Dealerholding Top-100, the AUMACON Garage Formula Top-40, the AUMACON Schadeketen Top-25 and the AUMACON Lease Companies Top-50. In addition to her work for AUMACON, Ellis is active in the field of communications and graphics media.

John Mulder

John Mulder (1964) graduated from the IVA in Driebergen in 1985. Before starting his own business in 1994, he worked for a large dealership and two car importers. Since 1994, he has been a freelance journalist. Initially, he wrote about cars for management magazines and later about management for car magazines.

He now writes on both subjects, but now only for car magazines. Clients include Automobiel Management, Zakenauto, Autopress, TopGear and Automobiel Klassiek. He has also been editor-in-chief of the latter title. His stories often have a historical and critical component. To support the former, he has a library of both amusing and precious & rare prints, which he himself thinks is perhaps one of the finest car libraries in the Netherlands.

Arno Onink

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Arno Onink started his career in the mid-1990s as a controller at Mobil Oil. He soon switched to financial services, where he initially worked as a marketer and marketing intelligence specialist. Arno then landed in the mergers and acquisitions world to end up as a strategy advisor to the Board of Directors and management boards.

Since 2017, Arno has been running his own strategy consultancy Trend-Rx. This agency investigates social and technological developments and their impact on companies. Based on concrete data, Arno translates the outcome of extensive environmental analysis and scenario studies into the possible impact of changes on the business model of companies. Arno focuses primarily on automotive companies and financials and on the link between these two sectors.

Arno's career has given him a special combination of commercial and financial knowledge, which he uses at AUMACON, among other things, for the Leasing Company Top 100 for the Netherlands.

Bart Schimmel

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Bart Schimmel started his career at a facilities call centre in 2001. After holding various positions within this company, he started doing reporting for them.

In December 2004, he ended up in the automotive sector by chance. He started at the passenger car division of Mercedes-Benz Netherlands, processing product and price information for the quotation and order systems. From mid-2008, he started working on creating and further developing the marketing and sales reports.

At the end of 2012, he decided to continue as an independent entrepreneur. With his company WACI, he now concentrates mainly on processing data in order to translate it into management information.