A recognized industry leader, Steve Pitzer has 28 years experience in commodity contracting and logistics   Mr. Pitzer’s tenure, both past to present, has contributed to a results oriented focus on Supply Chain Management, purchasing process development, automation, and standardization of clinical and business practices, strong customer relations and cohesiveness of business units.

Mr. Pitzer began his tenure with CHRISTUS Health in 1998, CHRISTUS Health, headquartered in Irving, Texas, includes more than 43 hospitals and facilities in seven American states and Mexico, with assets of more than $4.3 billion and net patient revenues of 2.4 billion.  Christus is ranked 6th among Catholic healthcare provides. As regional director for five years, Steve successfully managed $200 million in supply expense while documenting reductions in non-labor spend in excess of $14 million.  Moreover, he managed the purchasing and contracting for two hospital regions, totaling approximately 1,800 beds. He implemented various regional purchasing programs, system-wide supply standardization and cost savings initiatives that dramatically lowered the supply spend for a region that generated over 65,000 purchases orders annually.

Today as System Director of Supply Chain Management, Mr. Pitzer is responsible for the development and implementation of his 5 year strategic plan for all areas of the healthcare supply chain along with major capital projects and energy contracting. He oversees the entire supply chain operations for the CHRISTUS system, which exceeds $ 594 million in non-capital spending annually $ 272 million in Purchased Services and $ 36 million of regulated or de-regulated Energy spend. Under the leadership of Steve Pitzer, CHRISTUS Health continues to surpass milestones in acquisition pricing in tandem with establishing a strategic five year plan for the management of inventory, and elimination of redundancies in supply chain.

Additionally, Steve Pitzer serves on Advisory and Steering committees related to supply chain management including: Broadlane Executive Steering Committee, Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (for the past 10 years), Council of Supply Chain Executives, and HIPPA Systems Compliance Committee, Disaster preparedness and the Diversity Council to name a few.  Mr. Pitzer has been published in several journals and recognized in 2008 in The Journal of Healthcare Contracting’  “Top Ten People to Watch”.  Mr. Pitzer has been a featured speaker at a variety of Industry and Supplier events. Mr. Pitzer is an appointed Board Member, to the CHRISTUS Health Foundation where he is leading the way to develop a supply chain solution for the support of existing international Medical Missions while creating an environment to expand the Missions performed by CHRISTUS Health Surgeons.