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Vice President of Digital Transformation
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Industrial Power Generation & Distribution Company
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Vice President of Digital Transformation will lead enterprise-wide modernization initiatives by integrating data, systems, and digital tools across operations, sales, and customer engagement, including ERP/CRM system upgrades, cloud migration, data analytics implementation, field service digitization through mobile and IoT technologies, and customer-facing digital solutions like eCommerce expansion. The ideal candidate brings 10-15 years of experience leading digital transformation or IT functions in industrial or distribution environments, with proven success implementing enterprise system modernization projects, strong understanding of service-based workflows and integrated data architectures, and excellent change management and stakeholder communication skills. This leader will develop and execute a multi-year digital transformation roadmap, build cross-functional teams, and drive measurable improvements in efficiency and customer experience while fostering a culture of continuous digital adoption in a values-driven, family-run business known for integrity, humility, partnership, and innovation.
Our placement brings 24 years of progressive leadership experience at global manufacturing and transportation organizations, with deep expertise in stabilizing complex enterprise environments, modernizing manufacturing operations, and enabling growth through digital transformation. Over 16 years with a major industrial manufacturing company, they advanced through increasingly senior roles to ultimately lead enterprise infrastructure, applications, data and analytics, manufacturing systems, and IT/OT convergence across 18 multi-site facilities, frequently serving as the CIO’s primary execution partner on the organization’s most complex initiatives. Their accomplishments include restoring enterprise platform stability to over 99.9% availability, resolving multimillion-dollar operations-to-finance data discrepancies, establishing the company’s cybersecurity program and SOC with NIST compliance, advancing enterprise analytics capabilities, leading digital modernization across 36 sites delivering 25-30% production improvements, and enabling the launch of a new product line generating approximately $20 million in initial revenue. Known for building strong leadership teams with multiple direct reports promoted into expanded enterprise roles, they combine technical depth across ERP systems, data platforms, and manufacturing technologies with proven ability to deliver results in ambiguous, high-pressure environments while developing talent and building resilient organizations.
