Title : Chief Procurement Officer Industry : Information Technology & Services

Eric is HCL ’ s Chief Procurement Officer . In this role , he leads HCL ’ s global procurement and supply chain organization in delivering Category Management , Sourcing , and Procurement Operations for all external spend categories ( Technology , Labor , Facilities , Travel , HR , Marketing , etc .) In addition , Eric sits on the U . S . employee benefits council and chairs the HCL 401k Investment committee .

Prior to joining HCL , Eric worked for Accenture , most recently leading the Americas Procurement organization where he was accountable for Sourcing & Category Management , Procurement Operations , and Payables across the Americas region . Simultaneously , he served as the Global Sourcing & Category Management process lead in addition to the Global IT Category Director .

Prior to these roles , Eric held a variety of leadership positions within Accenture ’ s Procurement Business Process Outsourcing organization directing global teams of category-specific resources in delivering procurement services to Accenture ’ s end clients .

Prior to Accenture , Eric spent over 10 years at Dell , most recently as their first Executive Director of IT Procurement . Preceding this , he held several position in Dell ’ s IT department , leading both application and engineering teams .

Prior to Dell , Eric spent 8 years in Accenture ’ s ( Andersen Consulting ) Supply Chain practice .

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering from Cornell University ’ s College of Engineering .

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