Yolandi Myers Vice President, CHAMPS Group Purchasing

Yolandi Myers is the Vice President of CHAMPS Group Purchasing. As Vice President, Yolandi is responsible for the continued growth of the business line, the continued focus on customer satisfaction and retention, and the continued effort to help customers maximize their savings, which in turn increases contract utilization and profits for CHAMPS Group Purchasing.

Prior to this role, Yolandi spent six years working in various positions within the department, which gives her a well-rounded perspective of the business, its employees, customers, suppliers and industry. This expansive understanding allows her to make well-informed and strategic decisions about the direction of the business and the personalized service and purchasing assistance they provide to customers.

Her results- and service-driven nature has led to many positive changes in the departments’ structure and processes. Under her leadership, the Client Services Team was formed in 2008 and quickly evolved into a critical aspect of the value CHAMPS Group Purchasing provides to customers. The Client Services team is the essential link to more than 4,000 customers nationwide; the team continuously identifies and implements methods that assist customers to save more money and time.

In this role, she also looks for additional ways to improve processes and streamline how CHAMPS Group Purchasing does business. Specifically, because of the nature of the industry, a goal of Yolandi's is to shorten the cycle between attaining a new customer and collecting revenue from that customer’s suppliers, which involves communication and better relationships with suppliers and distributors within the Premier and CHAMPS contract portfolios. Under her leadership, the business analytics and data team are also looking at ways to implement technology to automate and positively impact operations and enhance communications with suppliers and customers.

With much ambition, Yolandi quickly learned the complex nature of the group purchasing industry, created many successful and professional relationships, and helped build the strong, stable and successful team of employees who will be instrumental in sustaining and capitalizing on the tremendous growth they have experienced over the past several years. A successor to Bob Stein, the division’s previous Vice President, Yolandi is confident that she and her team can continue this trend of growth in membership, revenue and gross margin.

Yolandi Myers’ areas of expertise and speaking topics include

• Maximizing Savings by Making the Most of Your GPO Partnership
• About CHAMPS Group Purchasing and Premier, Inc.
• Frequently Asked Questions about a Group Purchasing Organization (GPO)
• Supply Chain Efficiencies

For more information or to contact Yolandi Myers, please call 800.362.2628 ext. 3612 or email jrevella@chanet.org.