Vice President of Information Technology

Darn Tough Vermont / Cabot Hosiery Mills•Waterbury, VT

27d•Onsite

About The Position

Founded in 1978, Cabot Hosiery Mills is an American manufacturer of premium socks with brands including Darn Tough Vermont, Wide Open, and Cabot & Sons. The company is family-owned and committed to making the world’s best socks in Vermont, USA, backed by an Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee. This executive IT leadership role is a high-impact opportunity at a mid-size, values-driven company, seeking an IT leader with experience in high-growth consumer goods businesses. 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, acting as a trusted business partner to executive leadership, ensuring technology investments drive operational excellence, innovation, and measurable business value. The VP of IT will translate business strategy into technology strategy and vice versa, ensuring technology becomes a competitive advantage. This role is responsible for enterprise technology strategy, execution, and leadership across Cabot Hosiery Mills, Inc (DTV, C&S, WO), owning ERP, application development, data & analytics, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and end-user services. The VP of IT ensures technology enables scalable manufacturing, supply chain excellence, and customer growth. This position 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: ERP Group, Development Group, Data & Analytics Group, and 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
Background in apparel, textile, and/or non durable consumer manufacturing
Experience in multi-site manufacturing environments
Experience scaling systems during periods of rapid growth

Nice To Haves

Infor M3 strongly preferred
SAP acceptable with comparable depth
Familiarity with AWS-hosted SaaS ERP platforms
Familiarity with 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, including: Infor M3 hosted as a multi-tenant SaaS platform in AWS
Manage targeted on-premise systems: SANs, Microsoft servers supporting manufacturing data collection and reporting
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: Snowflake (data warehouse), dbt (data transformation), Power BI (dashboards, KPIs, and reporting)
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: ERP extensions, Manufacturing systems, eCommerce platforms
Executive ownership of system integrations, including: ERP Manufacturing systems, ERP Shopify, ERP Logistics, EDI, and B2B platforms
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