Chief Information Officer

Reporting to the President/CEO, the CIO shapes Sentry’s technology strategy, elevates day-to-day operations, and leverages modern solutions to drive productivity, efficiency, and competitiveness. You’ll partner across engineering, operations, finance, and the full business to align tech investments with results that matter., * Set the vision & lead the way. Define and communicate a business-aligned technology vision, strategy, and multiyear roadmap; lead a high-performing IT team; and advise executives on innovative solutions that fuel growth and great customer experiences. Stay ahead of industry trends to maintain our edge.

• Digitize and automate. Drive enterprise digital transformation. Identify and implement automation to simplify workflows and boost operational efficiency. Champion Industry 4.0-IoT, AI/ML, and smart factories-where it truly moves the needle.
• Turn data into decisions. Build a data-driven culture and BI environment that delivers actionable insight. Stand up and mentor a cross-functional analytics community, and partner with external data science experts on large-scale initiatives.
• Deliver Purpose-built solutions. Oversee software development and product customization with a focus on timely, high-quality delivery, modern coding standards, agile ways of working, and DevOps practices. Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements, prioritize value, and allocate resources.
• Protect what matters. Establish and enforce strong information security policies, controls, and incident response in collaboration with internal teams and trusted partners.
• Maximize value from partners. Evaluate and manage technology vendors, negotiate smart contracts, set service expectations, and monitor performance to ensure cost-effective, high-quality outcomes.
• Invest thoughtfully. Build and manage the IT budget, balancing capital and operational spend to maximize ROI and keep critical projects on track.
• Develop people & culture. Mentor and grow IT talent. Set clear goals, coach for performance, and foster a collaborative, curious, high-standards team where people can do their best work.
• Lead for the enterprise. As a member of Sentry’s Executive Team, you’ll help steer the business, facilitate big-picture strategy, mobilize support for key initiatives, uphold fiduciary duty, and contribute to a cohesive, trusted leadership team.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 8+ years in senior IT leadership, ideally in manufacturing or adjacent industries.
• Depth in ERP/CRM, supply chain, and production processes.
• Proven leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills.

Together, we make it better. At Sentry Equipment Corp, we believe our greatest strength is our people-employee-owners working side by side to safeguard processes and deliver trusted solutions for a better world. Our collaborative culture means we’re always learning, improving, and supporting one another. At Sentry, we are better-together.

Why Sentry

We’re guided by a clear purpose and a practical promise: combine proven engineering, manufacturing, and technical service strengths to deliver a best-in-class experience for customers everywhere. We lead with honesty, integrity, trust, and respect; we strive for a positive environment; we act with fairness; and we stay relentlessly customer driven. That’s the Sentry way-and the foundation of our employee-owner culture.

We’re also building wealth for employee-owners and growing capabilities through continuous learning and improvement-because capability is timeless and we’re better together., We look for people who show Awareness, Aptitude, Agility, Anticipation, Alliance, and Accountability-the behaviors that help Sentry employee-owners succeed together.

What makes this role special

• Collaborative impact: You’ll shape enterprise value as an employee-owner and steward of our mission, working with a team that believes we are better-together.
• Guardian brand: We explain, reveal, and prove-never hype. You’ll lead with competence, clarity, and care to build durable trust.
• Enterprise breadth: From factory floor to customer experience, this remit spans strategy through execution to measurable outcomes.