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Paul Gidhinara, Senior Buyer

Paul Gidhinara

Senior Buyer·Sedibelo Resources (Pty) Ltd

South Africa

High school or equivalent, Certificate of achievement in Ethical Procurement and supply,

Work experience

Total years of experience: 25 years, 2 months

Senior Buyer

July 2017 - Present

Sedibelo Resources (Pty) Ltd

Rustenburg, South Africa

July 2017 - Present

Duties and Responsibilities
• End-to End S2P: lead the end-to-end S2P process for goods and services; aligning with
company strategic objectives.
• Manage, coach and mentor a team of 5 staf members including overseeing administration of all maintenance, service and other yearly agreements and provides lead work direction to staf and purchasing services.
• Develop and manage efective supplier relationships to ensure the highest level of
quality, delivery reliability and cost efectiveness are achieved.
• Efective expedite on-time/in-full (OTIF) delivery of purchase orders and monitor
supplier performance through KPI reporting and corrective action.
• Managing of all risk management activities including supply contract agreements, designed to deliver a robust and sustainable supply base.
• Lead on supplier negotiations, optimising cost through supplier reviews, product reviews and new strategic plans
• Improved savings and operational eficiency by recommending the basing of supply chain management on real-time demand and centralised purchasing.
• Collaborate and coordinate with finance department to make sure that suppliers receive their payments.
• Establish and maintain the contract register for on-going and newly planned contracts,
• critical tasks performance targets and business unit priorities including integrating procurement systems, tracking expenditure and data centralisation.
• Lead the Request for quotation (RFQ) including, RFI and RFP and supplier due
diligence processes.
• Identify varied sources of commodities and services, evaluates, bids, awards contracts, and purchase orders, develops standards for new products or services.
• Research and evaluate areas of opportunities and reduced cost of holding excess
inventory by 10%.
• Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures, during suppliers negotiations and contracts award process.

Company industry:
Mining & Quarrying
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Buyer Duties

February 2013 - June 2017

Pilanesberg Platinum mines (PPM)

Rustenburg, South Africa

February 2013 - June 2017

• Minimized costs and quality through the development and implementing a
comprehensive buying strategy.
• Improved operational eficiency by developing and enhancing the procurement policy from scratch which was approved by senior management.
• Efectively and proactively interacted with other departments as necessary regarding planning and forecasting of stock levels.
• Saved 10% of the purchasing budget by efectively managing operational issues with vendors such as delivery, quality, and negotiating with suppliers.
• Reduced freight, handling, and other relevant shipping expenses by conducting gap analysis in procurement and mitigating procurement risks.
• Expedited purchase orders by following up on order acknowledgements and keeping track of estimated arrival times whilst keeping originator updated.
• Partnered with Finance teams to ensure the full purchasing process is completed successfully, and to process all incoming invoices and ensuring a good audit trail.
• Developed and maintained good strategic relationships with suppliers to leverage of, manage supplier performance issues and resolve and discrepancies with supplier timeously.
• Improved and enhanced B-BBEE through strategic selection of suppliers where
applicable while considering quality of products.

Company industry:
Mining & Quarrying

Buyer Duties and

August 2012 - January 2013

Productive Assets Support Services (Pty) Ltd

Pretoria, South Africa

August 2012 - January 2013

• Oversaw sourcing of materials, products or services to user requirement specifications, supplier selection, evaluation and request quotation for all mining materials.
• Coordinated with courier, vendors, and overseas ofices to ensure smooth import and
export transactions.
• Created and placed orders on preferred suppliers on ERP Maximo system.
• Attended procurement process workshop meetings, negotiating contracts/orders, prepares tender committee submissions, and implement nation of supply chain process.
• Reduced the company exposure to factors that afect the procuring of goods and services through identifying and assessing risks.
• Reviewed procurement policies and procedures to streamline business supply chain and
mitigate the potential for fraud, poor quality, issues in deliveries, and cost overruns.
• Expedited purchase orders to ensure all deliveries have been received within agreed SLA.
• Negotiated prices and taking to account, service delivery and quality and negotiating credit facility arrangements with critical suppliers.
• Minimized errors throughout the supply chain, increased the eficiency of crucial KPIs, reduced and avoided unnecessary costs through compiling cost saving report and local
supplier report spending.
• Maintained an adequate organized inventory level and accurate storeroom records in order to meet multiple requirements.
• Recorded all invoices and delivery notes on Maximo, IFS system and ensure efective close outs purchase orders after completion of works.
• Reconciled purchase orders to assure accurate quantities delivered and outstanding (back orders).

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services

Procurement and Logistic Specialist

January 2012 - July 2012

Mino Global Properties Pty Ltd

Pretoria, South Africa

January 2012 - July 2012

• Commercially analyses, evaluate, negotiate and award commercially sound purchase orders.
• Develop SLA (service level agreements) with suppliers and contractors.
• Verification and authorization for payment of vendor invoices monthly.
• Optimize the total cost of ownership, reliability security of supply and quality of service through strategic sourcing.
• Development and update of rosters of suppliers and assist with stock takes and preparation of inventory reports.
• Posting of all delivery notes into Built-smart system in time and ensure effective close outs purchase orders after completion of works.
• Identify and execute opportunities for procurement cost reduction and supplier performance improvement, including alternating supplier and renegotiating contracts to account for market changes.
• Overseas supply, transportation, maintenance of fleet vehicles and equipment and ensure that all equipment ordered is within budget.
• Assure acceptable quality levels and continuity of supply for all assigned materials.
• Meet critical and stringent project schedule and budgetary requirements.

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services

Material/Stock Controller

July 2009 - January 2012

Mino Global Properties Pty Ltd

Pretoria, South Africa

July 2009 - January 2012

• Regular monitoring of stock & fuel levels to tally target level, unloading and loading of materials to sites.
• Responsible for with annual and Monthly stock takes, overseas the stock security and sport checks.
• Facilitating stock transfers to other sites and month end stock reconciliation.
• Managing consignments of stock in bound and out bound in collaboration with logistics department.
• Cycle counts, ABC analysis and classification of stock and receipt and dispatch.
• Maintaining adequate processes to ensure stock accuracy and daily reporting to the Procurement& warehouse manager.

Company industry:
Construction & Building

Senior Buyer

July 1999 - January 2007

Quest Motor Corporation (Pty) Ltd

Harare, Zimbabwe

July 1999 - January 2007

• Overviews foreign suppliers of purchased motor vehicle services spares, analyzing performance items, analyzing performance of continuity of supply, pricing, delivery, and quality satisfaction.
• Negotiation, placing orders, expediting of all on local and foreign orders and liaison with current suppliers.
• Capturing of all motor vehicle spares and consumables into Automate IV system.
• Keeps abreast of import regulations, taxes and political and economic situation in supplier’s countries to ensure reliability of sources.
• Recommends prospective suppliers to General Manager for approval.
• Monitoring delivery dates to mitigate out of stock risk.
• Provides suppliers with feedback report.
• Negotiates payment terms for cost of cutting and agreeing new contracts with suppliers.
• Determines most advantageous payments methods for local and imported motor vehicle parts and consumables.
• Overall responsibility for all administrative and management tasks for the procurement for 4 services centers.
• Identify metrics, tools and process to optimize sourcing and supplier activities and efficiencies.
• Effective supplier evaluation, establish and maintain good relationships with suppliers.

Company industry:
Automotive Repair, Spare Parts, & Support Services

Trainee Buyer

June 1998 - January 1999

Quest Motor Corporation (Pty) Ltd

Harare, Zimbabwe

June 1998 - January 1999

• Requesting quotations and procurement from local supplies
• Following up outstanding orders and ensuring purchases are processed within time frames.
• Managing pricing, posting stocks and update the prices.
• Managing the goods receiving function, supplier performance
• Updating the customers on their job standings and maintain & update prices in the computer system.
• Weekly update and report of all costs and job summaries to the General Manager

Company industry:
Automotive Repair, Spare Parts, & Support Services

Education

CIPS

January 2023

January 2023

High school or equivalent, Certificate of achievement in Ethical Procurement and supply,

United Kingdom

UNISA

January 2021

January 2021

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Commerce in Supply Chain and Operations Management

South Africa

CIPS

January 2020

January 2020

Higher diploma, Professional Diploma in Procurement and supply

United Kingdom

CIPS

January 2016

January 2016

Diploma, Advanced Diploma in Procurement and supply

United Kingdom

University Of South Africa

January 2015

January 2015

Diploma, Diploma in Procurement and supply (CIPS)

United Kingdom

IAC

January 2006

January 2006

High school or equivalent, Diploma in Purchasing& Material management

Zimbabwe

IAC

January 2004

January 2004

Diploma, Diploma in Marketing Management

South Africa

LCCIEB

January 2001

January 2001

Diploma, Diploma in Business Studies

United Kingdom

City University London

January 1997

January 1997

High school or equivalent, Certificate in Marketing Management (LCCIEB)

United Kingdom

Skills

Negotiation
Expert
Negotiation
Expert
Purchasing Management
Expert
Purchasing Management
Expert
Stock Management
Expert
Stock Management
Expert
Time Management
Expert
Time Management
Expert
Supplier Evaluation
Expert
Supplier Evaluation
Expert
MANAGEMENT
Expert
MANAGEMENT
Expert
PROCUREMENT
Expert
PROCUREMENT
Expert
PURCHASING
Expert
PURCHASING
Expert
NEGOTIATION
Expert
NEGOTIATION
Expert
MFG/PRO (ERP)
Expert
MFG/PRO (ERP)
Expert
RESEARCH
Expert
RESEARCH
Expert
KPI REPORTING
Expert
KPI REPORTING
Expert
RELIABILITY
Expert
RELIABILITY
Expert
RISK MANAGEMENT
Expert
RISK MANAGEMENT
Expert
SUPPLY CHAIN
Expert
SUPPLY CHAIN
Expert
Automate IV
Expert
Automate IV
Expert
Internet & Email
Expert
Internet & Email
Expert
Purchasing practices and procedures
Expert
Purchasing practices and procedures
Expert
Built-Smart
Intermediate
Built-Smart
Intermediate
Maximo
Expert
Maximo
Expert
Supplier management
Expert
Supplier management
Expert
Contract management
Expert
Contract management
Expert
Sourcing
Expert
Sourcing
Expert
Purchasing Management
Expert
Purchasing Management
Expert
Stock Management
Expert
Stock Management
Expert
Time Management
Expert
Time Management
Expert
Supplier Evaluation
Expert
Supplier Evaluation
Expert

Social profiles

Languages

English

Expert

Memberships

Institute of Administration and Commerce of Zimbabwe

Associate member

January 2006

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY

FULL MEMBER

January 2021

Training and Certifications

Certifications
MCIPS
Chartered institute of Procurement
Jan 2021 - Dec 2026
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MCIPS
Chartered institute of Procurement
Jan 2021 - Dec 2026

Hobbies and interests

Mountain Biking, jogging,Mountain hiking

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