Vice President of Information Technology - Waterbury, VT

Darn Tough Vermont®•Duxbury, VT

4d•$210,000 - $260,000

About The Position

Founded in 1978, Cabot Hosiery Mills is an American manufacturer of premium socks with uncompromised comfort, durability, and fit. With a family of brands including Darn Tough Vermont, Wide Open, and Cabot & Sons, our mission is to make the world’s best socks, in Vermont, USA, and back them with our Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee. We are family owned, three generations strong, and have yet to produce our best sock. This role is a rare opportunity to step into a high‑impact executive IT leadership position at a mid size, values‑driven company. The Conpany is seeking an IT leader who has experience with high growth consumer goods businesses owning strategy, execution, and organizational leadership across all technology domains. The Vice President of Information Technology is a strategic member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) responsible for aligning technology strategy with business objectives. This role leads the organization’s IT function while acting as a trusted business partner to executive leadership, ensuring technology investments drive operational excellence, innovation and measurable business value. As a member of the senior leadership team, the VP IT will speak the language of the business, bring technology insights proactively, help leaders understand risk and opportunity, and ensure technology investments drive ROI. The VP of IT will translate business strategy into technology strategy and vice versa, ensuring technology becomes a competitive advantage rather than just an operational function. This role is responsible for the enterprise technology strategy, execution, and leadership across Cabot Hosiery Mills, Inc (DTV, C&S, WO). This role owns ERP, application development, data & analytics, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and end‑user services, and ensures technology enables scalable manufacturing, supply chain excellence, and customer growth. This role requires a hands‑on, business‑oriented IT executive with deep ERP and manufacturing systems expertise, strong people leadership, and the ability to align technology with operational and strategic objectives. The VP of IT leads four major functional groups, each with an experienced manager reporting into this role: ERP Group Development Group Data & Analytics Group Infrastructure, Cybersecurity & End‑User Services Group (including Helpdesk)

Requirements

15+ years of progressive IT leadership experience
Significant ERP leadership experience required
Proven experience supporting manufacturing operations
Experience leading multi‑discipline IT organizations (ERP, Dev, Data, Infrastructure)
Strong understanding of cloud‑based enterprise systems
Experience with system integrations, APIs, EDI, and B2B solutions
Executive‑level communication and stakeholder management skills

Nice To Haves

Infor M3 strongly preferred
SAP acceptable with comparable depth
Background in apparel, textile, and/or non durable consumer manufacturing
Experience in multi‑site manufacturing environments
Experience scaling systems during periods of rapid growth
Familiarity with: AWS‑hosted SaaS ERP platforms Shopify

Responsibilities

Executive ownership of Infor M3 ERP, including: Manufacturing Finance (AP, AR, GL) Purchasing Sales & Allocation Logistics & Supply Chain
Lead ERP configuration, enhancement strategy, governance, and vendor relationships
Ensure ERP supports scalable manufacturing and growing order volumes
Drive continuous improvement of ERP processes and data integrity
Partner closely with Operations, Finance, Supply Chain, and Sales leadership
Oversee a primarily cloud‑based infrastructure
Ensure availability, security, disaster recovery, and operational resilience
Own end‑user computing, support, and helpdesk services
Develop and maintain enterprise cybersecurity strategy and governance.
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
Manage risks related to data protection, privacy, and business continuity both domestic and international (GDPR compliance).
Own enterprise data and analytics strategy and governance.
Lead and evolve the analytics platform
Partner with business leaders to define and operationalize KPIs
Enable data‑driven decision‑making across manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and sales
Own all application development across
Executive ownership of system integrations
Oversee EDI and B2B solutions supporting wholesale and partner channels
Ensure scalable, well‑architected integration patterns and governance
Own technology supporting Shopify‑based eCommerce
Ensure seamless integration between eCommerce, ERP, inventory, fulfillment, and analytics
Partner with Marketing and Sales to support growth and customer experience
Serve as a strategic member of the Senior Leadership Team contributing to corporate strategy and organizational priorities.
Develop and execute a technology strategy aligned with the company’s business objectives.
Identify opportunities where technology can accelerate revenue, improve customer experience and increase operational efficiency.
Collaborate with leaders across the business to translate business needs into technology solutions.
Ensure IT initiatives deliver measurable business outcomes and ROI.
Act as a consultative partner to departments on technology-enabled innovation and process improvement.
Lead, mentor, and develop managers and teams across all IT disciplines
Develop talent, leadership capabilities and modern technology skills
Foster a culture of innovation, accountability and service excellence
Establish IT governance, prioritization, and execution frameworks
Own IT budgeting, forecasting, and investment planning prioritizing initiatives based on business value and strategic impact.
Manage vendors, partners, and system integrators
Ensure security, compliance, and best practices across all systems