Paul Smith

Background

About Paul Smith

A Purchasing and Supply professional with significant hands-on experience for managing supply operations in a purchasing capacity across Mining, Oil & Gas and Rail environments. Originating from a busy warehouse background, onto repairs and purchasing has helped me evolve into an effective and rounded Procurement professional today with diverse site based experience, good product knowledge combined with widely developed local vendor awareness and relationships. • Purchasing & Supply experience gained from operating at various levels in Multi-Warehousing Environments obtaining required skills and knowledge, including: effective negotiation, procurement and ordering techniques, collection & evaluation of contract tenders, recievals, inventory management, logistics and cataloguing a good command of many Supply system packages in use ie. SAP, Pronto & Oracle ERP systems. • Problem Solving – a diversity of supply problems encountered has ensured solid development of a strong problem solving skills base that can be invaluable in a team environment. • Communication Skills – able to open up communications at all levels to be more client focused and safety aware while running greater efficiency in procurement. • Customer Service – dedicated and focused customer service skills capable at resolving supply problems through clear and effective communication from expediting to offering an alternative resourcing of goods enabled by strong product awareness & a good knowledge of other vendor capabilities.