The Company:

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.

The Company:

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 Company is seeking an IT leader who has experience with high growth consumer goods businesses owning strategy, execution, and organizational leadership across all technology domains.

Job Summary:

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)

Key Responsibilities:

ERP & Enterprise Systems (Critical Requirement)

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
SAP experience acceptable where depth of ERP leadership is demonstrated

Infrastructure & Operations

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

Cybersecurity & Risk Management

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).

Data, Analytics & BI

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

Application Development & Integrations

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

eCommerce Technology

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

Leadership, Strategy & Governance

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

Required Qualifications:

15+ years of progressive IT leadership experience
Significant ERP leadership experience required
- Infor M3 strongly preferred
- SAP acceptable with comparable depth
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
Familiarity with:
- AWS‑hosted SaaS ERP platforms
- Shopify

Working Conditions:

Office Environment
Flexible nature to manage competing and changing priorities
Travel locally to all the organization’s sites and locations
Business travel inside and outside the US on an as needed basis

At Cabot Hosiery Mills, we have a list of shared company values – one of them is We Value Differences. Where you come from, how you identify, your age, and other descriptions are something that makes you, you, and we respect that. We’re an honest group of people and work hard, if you like that, we encourage you to apply.

This job description should not be interpreted to be a complete list of all the duties, qualifications and responsibilities performed by the jobholder. To maintain organizational flexibility, the organization has the discretion to add, drop or change at any time the duties, responsibilities and expectations of this position. This job description does not constitute an offer of employment, continuous employment or an employment contract. Reasonable accommodation will be considered to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

The Pay Range For This Role Is:

210,000 - 260,000 USD per year(Waterbury, VT)

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