Senior Director of Information Technology

Senior Director of IT

Welcome to a better way, an authentic way. Welcome to Nature’s Way.

We believe that nature is the best way to holistic health, and it should be available to everyone.

When we help people live healthy lives, we build a happier, healthier world for everyone.

How we go about our work drives TRUST in who we are, what we do, and the products we produce. 

Our customers trust: 

• Our products to be the gold standard
• Our words to be true
• Our claims to be honest,
• Our actions to have integrity.

And we’ve been leading the way since 1969.

Be a part of helping people live healthy lives as our new Senior Director of IT. 

SUMMARY
The Senior Director of Information Technology serves as the Head of IT and stragic technology partner to the Senior Leadership Team.  This role is responsible for enterprise-wide IT vision, execution, cybersecurity, governance, and operational excellence at Nature’s Way. This individual holds accountability for a $12M+ operating budget, a diverse team of 40+ IT professionals, and the leadership of strategic partners.

This role ensures that technology capabilities spanning SAP S/4 HANA, Azure Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Data & Analytics, and Cybersecurity effectively drive business objectives across manufacturing, supply chain, finance, commercial, and corporate functions.  This position leads the continuous evolution of the IT organization, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and business value realization.

This is a hybrid role, with an expectation that the leader of this function will be onsite in Green Bay approximately 3 days per week. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned. 

Enterprise IT Strategy & Business Partnership

• Define and execute a multi-year IT roadmap aligned with Nature’s Way strategic growth priorities. Act as the primary technology advisor to the executive team, identifying opportunities where digital transformation can create competitive advantage
• Serve as a trusted partner to executive leadership, translating business strategy into scalable, secure, and cost-effective technology investments that deliver measurable ROI and operational efficiency.
• Build and maintain high-trust relationships with business partners, ensuring IT is viewed as a strategic enabler rather than a support function.
• Drive strategic alignment with the parent company, ensuring local IT execution supports broader global business and technology objectives.

Applications, Digital Platforms & Transformation

• Provide executive leadership for enterprise systems including ERP, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, and customer-facing platforms, ensuring cross-functional alignment and process harmonization.
• Lead major transformation initiatives, including system modernization, process automation, ERP transformation to S4 Hana and digital enablement.
• Ensure strong governance, adoption, and value realization from technology investments.
• Dedication to process excellence and willingness to challenge existing ways of thinking.
• Champion Enterprise Data & Analytics, driving the strategy for BI, data governance, and actionable insights to support commercial and supply chain decision-making.

People Leadership & Organization Design

• Lead, mentor, coach and develop IT leaders and teams across multiple disciplines.
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive talent development, succession planning, and organizational scalability including staffing and recruitment to ensure the IT organization creates a pipeline of future leaders.
• Must be highly self-motivated, driven work ethic, keen attention to detail with exceptional Customer Service skills.

IT Operations, Infrastructure & Service Delivery

• Oversee reliable, secure, and efficient delivery of IT services and infrastructure across the enterprise with a specific focus on Azure cloud strategy and optimization.
• Establish operational excellence through IT service management, performance metrics, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure technology platforms meet availability, scalability, and resilience expectations.

Cybersecurity, Risk & Resilience

• Provide executive accountability for cybersecurity strategies, while delegating operational execution.
• Ensure strong governance for information security, operational technology security, and business continuity as well as oversee disaster recovery planning, testing, and continual improvement.

Financial & Vendor Management

• Own IT financial management including budgeting, forecasting, cost optimization, and capital planning.
• Manage strategic vendor and system integrator relationships.
• Ensure disciplined investment decisions with measurable business outcomes.

Leadership Competencies

• Clear communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Strategic thinking with strong execution skills.
• Effective leader of leaders in complex environments, strong program and change management acumen

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• 10+ years of progressive IT experience with increasing leadership responsibility.
• 8+ years of ERP support experience (SAP ECC and S4 Hana preferred)
• Experience working with privacy regulations and compliance frameworks in partnership with Legal
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field (advanced degree preferred).
• Experience in project management and widely accepted project management methodologies.
• Management of the entire life cycle for complex projects including but not limited to: creation of project plans, research and analysis, configuration, testing, training, roll-out, and documentation.
• Experience in validated ERP environment and serve as system validation/change manager.
• Review and management of Change Requests and Incidents.
• Ability to lead an infrastructure and Services Team

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position has supervisory responsibilities.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Must have a Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from a four‑year College or University, plus a minimum of eight years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

All benefits are effective on day 1 of employment.

Medical Option to select either a PPO plan or one of 2 high – deductible medical plans that includes a company contribution to your personal health savings bank account.

Dental Delta Dental PPO & an option to select an enhanced dental plan.

Vision Routine preventative coverage under medical plan and an option to elect additional voluntary coverage

Time Off All employees receive 11 holidays off per year, as well as paid time off that starts at a minimum of two weeks per year.

401K Plan Company match of up to 4% as long as employees contribute a minimum of 6% to the account. An additional profit-sharing contribution is also made to employee accounts if the company meets its annual targets.

You’ll also enjoy a variety of other benefits that support your long-term health and wellness:

• Company provided short-term & long-term disability
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Voluntary critical illness & accident coverage
• New parent phase-in program & paternity leave
• Educational assistance reimbursement
• Product discounts & a wellness program

Start Helping People live Healthy lives today!

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)