<p><strong><u>Position Overview</u></strong></p><p>Daisy Brand is seeking a Senior Manager of Infrastructure to lead and evolve our enterprise IT infrastructure function. This role is responsible for the strategy, reliability, security, and scalability of Daisy’s infrastructure environment, supporting both corporate operations and manufacturing facilities.</p><p><br></p><p>This leader will balance long-term infrastructure strategy with hands-on technical leadership, ensuring systems are resilient, secure, and aligned with business growth. The ideal candidate is comfortable making architectural decisions, leading through complexity, and developing a high-performing team.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Responsibilities</u> </strong></p><p>Infrastructure Strategy & Leadership</p><ul><li>Lead, mentor, and develop a team of infrastructure professionals, building strong technical capability, accountability, and succession.</li><li>Own the infrastructure strategy and roadmap, aligning technology decisions with business priorities, risk tolerance, and future growth.</li><li>Oversee the design, implementation, and ongoing support of network, server, and cloud infrastructure.</li><li>Champion IT Service Management best practices, including incident, problem, and change management</li><li>Participate in major implementations, upgrades, and modernization initiatives.</li></ul><p>Collaboration & Support</p><ul><li>Partner with IT and business leadership to translate operational needs into scalable, secure infrastructure solutions</li><li>Act as the escalation point for complex incidents, outages, and root‑cause analysis.</li><li>Drive continuous improvement in infrastructure reliability, security, monitoring, and service delivery.</li></ul><p>Vendor & Financial Management</p><ul><li>Manage infrastructure budgets, vendor relationships, and licensing to ensure cost‑effective operations.</li><li>Evaluate and select vendors; negotiate SLAs, contracts, and performance expectations.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Qualifications</u></strong></p><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related technical field.</li><li>5+ years of experience leading IT infrastructure teams in a complex enterprise environment.</li><li>Strong experience with Microsoft hybrid environment: AD, Entra, Azure, Intune, Exchange, etc.</li><li>Familiarity with best-of-breed hardware, applications and administrative tools (e.g., Rubrik, Palo Alto, Cisco, SolarWinds, HPE) strongly preferred.</li><li>Demonstrated experience defining and executing infrastructure strategy, not just supporting it.</li><li>Proven ability to lead and develop both junior and senior technical staff.</li><li>Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across technical and non‑technical audiences.</li><li>Experience supporting manufacturing, distributed operations, or 24/7 environments strongly preferred.</li><li>Strong business acumen with responsibility for budgets and vendor negotiations.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Company Overview</u></strong></p><p>For five generations spanning over a century, Daisy Brand has been a family-owned company committed to providing the freshest, most wholesome dairy products. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with manufacturing facilities in Garland, Texas (1998), Casa Grande, Arizona (2008), and Wooster, Ohio (2015).</p><p>Daisy is the market leader in two billion-dollar categories, sour cream and cottage cheese, and generates over half a billion in revenues annually. Daisy Sour Cream represents 1 out of every 2 sour cream purchases in the United States and is the largest sour cream brand in food service, military, and club. It is recognized by consumers for A Dollop of Daisy, a tagline that put this once small brand on the map. Daisy Cottage Cheese is America’s #1 cottage cheese brand and continues to bring new consumers into the category with its innovative single serve packaging and consistent high quality. Daisy recently expanded into a new category with the launch of two dip products and is in the process of expanding distribution.</p><p>Daisy's core values, Clean and Trust, resonate in all aspects of our business operations. In 2008, the Foundation for Financial Service Professionals awarded Daisy the prestigious American Business Ethics award.</p><p>While maintaining a strong culture of curious and innovative problem-solvers, Daisy Brand has more than doubled employment over the last 15 years and is continuing to grow. Currently, we are proud to employ over 650 full-time staff across more than 25 states throughout the United States.</p><p>At Daisy Brand, we value longevity and aim to foster a working environment where employees can envision a long-term career. Companywide, the average employee tenure stands at over seven years. Our corporate office and sales team each boast an average tenure exceeding eleven years, while our manufacturing facilities also demonstrate strong employee retention with tenures averaging over seven years.</p><p><br></p><p>Daisy Brand offers an industry-leading benefits package that includes:</p><ul><li>A no-deductible, $0 premium option for employee-only health coverage.</li><li>401(k) with 50% company match on first 8% of earnings you contribute.</li><li>Safe harbor and profit-sharing company contributions to 401(k).</li><li>Company paid short- and long-term disability coverage.</li><li>Company paid 2X annual salary Life and AD&D insurance.</li><li>4 weeks annual paid time off.</li><li>20 floating holiday hours and 6 company paid holidays.</li><li>Extra time off for volunteering.</li><li>Tuition reimbursement.</li><li>Fitness membership reimbursement.</li><li>And more</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Daisy Brand is a nicotine-free company. Daisy Brand is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans and disabled encouraged to apply.</p><p><br></p>