Our Team

SCMEA is a division of RMK Business Consulting, which has been in operation since 2001.

René Kling

The founder and General Manager of SCMEA, René Kling, has extensive experience within the procurement and supply chain fields, having worked for organisations as diverse as Mobil Oil, Ford Motor Company, Local Government and Management Consulting, in addition to a range of smaller import and distribution companies.  Positions have included Purchasing Manager, Supply Manager, National Logistics Manager and Senior Management Consultant. René is the immediate past Queensland Chair for the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Australia (MCIPS qualification), and holds memberships in a number of other organisations, including the Australian Institute of Management, the Logistics Association of Australia and the Australian Institute of Training and Development.

Qualifications include a Master of Business in Logistics Management, an MBA and a Master of E-Commerce, and he is currently completing a Doctor of Education.  René also  lectures in Strategic Management, Logistics Management, Quality Management and Purchasing and Materials Management for Central Queensland University on a sessional basis. 

René specialises in assisting organisations achieve process improvements, and has published articles in the Australian Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management (AIPMM) magazine ‘Australian Purchasing and Supply’.  He has also contributed two chapters to the new AIPMM textbook “Supply Chain Management: A Procurement Perspective”, which replaced the previous editions entitled “Purchasing and Supply for Australia”, first published in 1980 and has been an indispensable guide to the Purchasing and Supply sector. René has presented papers and sessions at many conferences on a range of topics, including the Procurement Summit, the APICS International Conference in 2004 and 2006 and the AITD National Conference in 2004. In 2006, René was invited to present a paper at the International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) conference in San Diego.