Chief Information Officer

The ideal CIO candidate is a strategic, business-minded, problem-solving technology leader with executive presence, operational discipline, and the ability to partner effectively across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Product, Human Resources, and Operations. Success in this role will be demonstrated through secure, resilient, scalable platforms; strong cyber and incident preparedness; disciplined ERP/application rationalization and data governance; responsible AI adoption; optimized vendor and contract value; effective M&A technology integration; and an IT organization recognized for service, accountability, partnership, and business impact.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:

• Enterprise technology strategy and governance
  • Define and mature the enterprise IT strategy, technology portfolio, governance model, and operating framework to support business priorities, manufacturing objectives, growth plans, and measurable value.
  • Provide direction and accountability for infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity, risk, privacy, and service delivery leaders, with clear ownership, service levels, and performance expectations.
  • Establish portfolio prioritization, investment governance, KPIs, and reporting for project delivery, system performance, cybersecurity posture, adoption, ROI, and business value.
• Business partnership and executive alignment
  • Partner across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Product, Human Resources, and Operations to align technology priorities, timelines, and business goals.
  • Present technology strategy, roadmaps, risk posture, investment priorities, and performance metrics to executives, investors, board members, and other stakeholders.
• Cybersecurity, risk, privacy, and compliance
  • Provide executive oversight for cybersecurity, enterprise risk, privacy, vulnerability management, incident preparedness and response, SOX compliance, third-party risk, and security governance.
  • Strengthen cyber resilience across factory networks, enterprise systems, cloud platforms, and company data by reducing ransomware exposure, improving recovery readiness, and minimizing disruption.
  • Serve as executive escalation point for major technology incidents, cybersecurity events, compliance issues, enterprise risks, and regulatory matters; translate lessons learned into stronger controls and readiness.
• Enterprise applications, ERP, data, and analytics
  • Oversee ERP, enterprise applications, data systems, reporting tools, and digital capabilities supporting manufacturing, supply chain, sales, finance, product, customer service, and corporate functions.
  • Drive ERP/application rationalization, standardization, data governance, master data discipline, project execution, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.
• Manufacturing technology / IT-OT resilience
  • Integrate IT and OT across manufacturing environments to improve plant performance, system reliability, data visibility, and operational resilience.
• AI, automation, and digital transformation
  • Champion a technology-curious culture that encourages experimentation, learning, collaboration, and responsible adoption of emerging tools.
  • Lead AI and automation initiatives that improve productivity, decisions, customer responsiveness, manufacturing performance, and back-office efficiency; establish responsible AI governance, use-case intake, risk review, vendor evaluation, data protection, adoption enablement, and value tracking.
• Infrastructure, cloud, service delivery, and business continuity
  • Maintain disaster recovery, incident preparedness, and business continuity plans that protect critical operations, strengthen recovery, and support site continuity.
  • Modernize infrastructure and operations with scalable, secure, cost-effective cloud and enterprise technology solutions where appropriate.
• People leadership, vendor management, budgets, and M&A integration
  • Manage IT capital and operating budgets, technology investments, vendor relationships, contracts, service expectations, and outcomes; optimize vendor performance, contract value, renewals, and total cost of ownership.
  • Lead, coach, and develop the IT organization by building capability, clarifying roles and decision rights, supporting succession planning, and fostering service, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Lead M&A technology due