Chief Information Officer

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***To maintain strong team cohesion and operational continuity, candidates

must be based in the Greater Chicago Area***

***and be committed to a full

5-day-per-week in office schedule

. All applicants must possess unrestricted work authorization in the United States. Please ONLY apply if you meet these criteria.***

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As a seated member of the Executive Leadership Team reporting directly to the CEO, this role is responsible for architecting the business-scale technology blueprint required to scale the enterprise from \~$400M to $1B\+. Moving far beyond the scope of a traditional, back-office CIO, this executive owns the strategic application of technology as a direct force multiplier for revenue growth, margin expansion, and rigorous operational discipline across the entire organization.

Why This Role Matters

Our client is a high-speed, asset-intensive leader in industrial distribution and logistics. They don’t want a technologist who expects the business to adapt to the IT department. They need a visionary business leader who views technology as enterprise leverage to accelerate speed and maximize profitability.

• True Enterprise Leverage:

You will think first in revenue, margin, working capital, and risk—using systems strictly to support and accelerate those metrics.

• A Seat at the Highest Table:

As a core member of the enterprise leader ship team, you will act as a trusted advisor to the CEO and Board of Directors, bringing constructive conflict and high-impact strategy to the room.

• Culture \& Capital Combined:

Join a leadership team that values radical authenticity, vulnerability, and people development just as much as financial throughput.

• Pragmatic Innovation:

Skip the buzzwords. You will deploy durable, scalable systems—implementing AI and automation only where it yields fast, meaningful business outcomes.

The Mission (How You’ll Lead)

• Scale the Infrastructure:

Lead massive ERP/WMS modernization and integration across complex, multi-location environments without disrupting ongoing operations.

• Weaponize Data:

Build a single source of truth and design executive dashboards that track margin leakage, customer profitability, and predictive analytics.

• Optimize the Engine:

Run a lean, high-impact operation (maintaining a tech budget under 2% of revenue) focused entirely on business outcomes over headcount.

• Protect the Enterprise:

Own the strategy for cybersecurity, ransomware preparedness, and vendor risk management, translating technical threats into clear financial terms.

• Develop Elite Talent:

Build, mentor, and accountability-map a high-performing technology team, making the tough but necessary talent decisions to keep goals aligned with company values.

What You Bring (The Must-Haves)

• Proven Scale Experience:

You have successfully scaled an organization from the $200M–$400M tier up to $750M\+, navigating geographic expansion, SKU proliferation, and system migrations.

• Industrial Pattern Recognition:

Deep experience in industrial distribution, manufacturing, logistics-heavy B2B businesses, or asset-intensive environments.

• Supply Chain \& Commerce Mastery:

Deep technical intimacy with ERP/WMS/Logistics platforms, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, EDI, and inventory visibility.

• Executive Gravitas:

The confidence to constructively challenge the CEO and executive leadership team, back up your disagreements with business data, and comfortably present to the Board.

• Change Leadership:

A track record of driving massive digital transformation where user

adoption

is prioritized over just deployment, preserving culture through growth.

First-Year Wins

Within your first 6 to 12 months, you will establish a rock-solid, real-time single source of truth for corporate data, fully integrate and optimize the independent ERP and WMS networks, and stabilize foundational operational tech to ensure zero friction for frontline teams.