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Chief Information Officer

About the Company

This is a well-established, PE-backed manufacturer and distributor with approximately $200M in revenue and a clear mandate to scale toward $400M through organic growth and acquisitions. With six operating locations and a growing footprint, the company is making focused investments in operational infrastructure and technology to support that trajectory.

The IT function has historically been operationally focused. The incoming CIO inherits a capable team and a solid core system, and is charged with bringing strategic vision, modern practices, and customer-centric thinking to a function ready for its next chapter.

This is not a seat-warming assignment. The right candidate will bring a point of view on how IT should serve the business, not just run it.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Roadmap

•      Develop the company's formal IT strategy and multi-year roadmap, aligning technology investment with business growth objectives.

•      Define how IT connects to sales, customer experience, and operational performance.

•      Establish KPIs and governance frameworks where few currently exist.

Technology Modernization

•      Lead the evaluation and potential replacement of applications.

•      Solve a persistent data accessibility problem across the organization — users struggle to find and use data effectively.

•      Drive cybersecurity posture improvements in collaboration with existing consultants.

Acquisition Integration

•      Build a repeatable IT integration playbook to support ongoing M&A activity.

•      Lead technology integration for newly acquired entities as the company scales from six to additional locations.

Team Leadership

•      Inherit and develop a team of 10-12 including six developers, an infrastructure lead, helpdesk, and administrative staff.

•      This leader will be a coach and a mentor, not just a manager.

•      Build a culture of continuous improvement and accountability within the team.

Stakeholder Partnership

•      Report to the CFO with strong engagement with the CEO, EVP of Operations, and commercial leadership.

•      Translate business needs into technology solutions

Ideal Candidate Profile

Experience

•      10-15 years of progressive IT leadership, with meaningful time in a senior leadership role.

•      PE-backed company experience is preferred

•      Background in manufacturing, industrial, or distribution is preferred; industrial business experience is strongly valued.

•      Demonstrated experience building or transforming an IT function that lacked strategic direction — builder mentality is essential.

•      Oracle database experience is a plus.

•      M&A integration experience, particularly technology consolidation across acquired entities.

•      Multi-state / multi-site

•      Cybersecurity literacy.

Leadership Profile

•      A strategic thinker who can also roll up their sleeves — this team needs both vision and operational follow-through.

•      Strong change management capability; able to shift culture and mindset, not just systems.

•      Excellent communicator and business partner — able to translate technical decisions into business outcomes for a non-technical executive team.

•      A genuine developer of people — patient with a green team and committed to building internal capability.

•      Customer-oriented perspective; sees technology as a tool for competitive differentiation, not just operational efficiency.

Technical Orientation

•      Familiarity with NetSuite or comparable ERP platforms and migration experience.

•      Cloud-first thinking and comfort with modernization within a resource-constrained environment.

•      Oracle

•      Cybersecurity frameworks and risk management.

•      Preferred certifications: CISSP, PMP, or ITIL.