Greg Vanmeter Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Managed a team of 12 people to accomplish the responsibilities and goals for my department.•Processing of Purchase Orders. We create about 175K purchase orders per year with a spend of 1.5 million per day on average. I manage the requisition, approval, and purchase order process in a Workday environment.•Invoice dispute resolution. I work with Account Payable and our Transaction team to resolve disputes between purchase orders that have been placed and invoices that are received.•Vendor Management. I use Green Security to vet the Vendor Representatives that come into our facility. I hold the Representatives accountable for signing in and out of our facilities.•Sourcing of Substitute products for backorders. I created a comprehensive process to report backorders to the health system and accept and process requests for substitute items to be sourced.•Created a comprehensive process to manage the bill only requests for the health system.•Capital Purchasing Process•Developed KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to track department performance and hold individuals accountable for meeting work standards

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

•Processing of Purchase orders•Implemented and Managed the Recall process using MDBuyline for the entire health system.•Developed KPI process to measure performance

Kansas City, Kansas

Responsible for capturing, mining, and archiving of data as it relates to Change Management projects•Project manager for recall management process improvements (MDBuyline)•Project manager for standardized label program and templates (NiceLabel)•Developed and maintained KPI’s for supply chain functions•Developed dashboards and archives using Access, Excel and Smartsheet•Developed a standardized training program base on TJI and SIPOC methodology•Created Project tracking and planning template based on PMI / PMBOK principles

Overland Park Kansas

Manage all aspects of materials management operations for the University of Kansas Hospital - ICC•Lead team with 8 members to support all logistics and materials management aspects of hospital operations (Surgery, IR, MRI, Radiology, Breast Imaging, Pre/Post, Inpatient, Surgical Specialty Eye Center)•Support all hospital functions in a Lean environment while establishing / following standard work (SOW)•Implemented and established best practices for UDI tissue tracking.•Track KPI’s and adjust as needed. •Assure tissue and breast implants are available for scheduled surgeries.•Implemented DCP expiration tracking software at my location.•Maintain MSCM and Epic location•Pull product for cases and assure accuracy and layout of the case cart per SOW•Work with other members of management to ensure that standards are being meet and implement new products or processes.•Manage the Bill Only process for Indian Creek.•Support Surgical Specialty at State Line (Eye Center)

Overland Park Kansas

Manage all aspects of materials management operations for Heartland Surgical Specialty Hospital, and Satellite offices.•I was a one-person department. I have absorbed all responsibilities of the OR Materials Manager, Purchasing Agent and Materials Clerk along with other programs and tasks after layoffs in 2010•Work with Meditech software but also experienced in using Advantex•Established and administrate vendor tracking program using Reptrax software•P&L responsibility for the Materials department.•Manage the annual physical inventory and maintain data base accuracy •Create items in system and establish par levels, home locations, and codes for proper billing for all departments.•Create vendors in the system, collect W-9 information, establish payment terms and locations•Create procedure codes for items to ensure proper coding and billings.•Work with two GPO’s (Novation & Amerinet) to obtain the best possible pricing.•Work with the CEO and CFO in contract negotiations•Work with vendors to resolve billing disputes and ensure contract compliance•Work with UHS to maintain accurate equipment inventory, ensure repairs are done in a timely manner, and ensure preventative maintenance has been performed on schedule •Created and manage an Access data base to track instrument repairs and track repair history.•Screen tissue vendors for proper FDA and AATB certifications