With the closing of Chaparral in the mid 80’s Barry joined forces with Al Side, a prominent business man in Grande Prairie and began what is now the legacy known as Baron Oilfield Supply.
“The company has always been my vision for excellence. To be excellent meant that above all else the customer and level of service our company provides could be second to none.” With that as his mantra he set out to distinguish his company as an industry leader.
“I have always known that to be successful you must surround yourself with knowledgeable people, represent quality product from supply sources with proven track records, set checks and balances that ensures customer satisfaction. The byproduct of that is exceptional service”. In fact today Baron Oilfield Supply is the largest independently owned and operated Oilfield Supply chain in Western Canada, with branch locations spanning across Alberta and Northern B.C. The people Barry has chosen to represent his company come with an array of expertise in many different aspects of the industry.
Barry has long since made it his mandate to instill his version of what it takes to provide exceptional service in every employee in the company. “There are two very distinctive things that set us apart from our competitors. The first is our people. The second is our hands on style of management. I believe in empowering every employee to bring ideas to the table, allowing employee input into structuring their business model to fit their specific demographic, automatically gives the people in that unit a sense of ownership. Every leader in this company works daily side by side with junior employees, including myself. This allows us to react very rapidly to our ever changing environment and shift to be proactive rather than reactive to market transitions.”
Recently, Barry lead the charge of re-branding the company. “We have seen many changes in our industry over the past few years. In keeping with those changes we felt a bit of an update was needed. Our logo represents our involvement in both the Oil and Gas sector and our slogan of People. Service. Quality. , frames what has always been our message to our customer.”
If you read the content of the leaders featured on Baron’s website, you will find Barry’s message echoed in the words and beliefs of each Manager regardless of position or logistics.
