Manager of IT and Controls

WHY JOIN HARVEST HILL BEVERAGE COMPANY?

At Harvest Hill Beverage Company, we craft beloved brands that create everyday joy. Our portfolio includes iconic brands such as SunnyD®, Juicy Juice®, Little HUG®, Daily’s Cocktails®, and other category-leading beverages enjoyed by consumers across North America. With more than $1 billion in annual revenue and a nationwide manufacturing and distribution network, Harvest Hill is one of the nation’s largest independent branded beverage producers.

Our Mission, Vision, Values, and Purpose guide how we operate, make decisions, and work together each day. These principles are not just words on a page. They shape our culture, our leadership expectations, and how we serve our consumers, customers, employees, and communities.

We Craft Beloved Brands to Create Everyday Joy.

To build the most vibrant family of beverage brands, honoring their heritage while innovating to delight generations to come.

Respect, Integrity, Passion, Sustainability

We combine innovation and passion to share and celebrate every moment of your life, generating well-being and sustainable development.

Harvest Hill Beverage Company manufactures, markets, and distributes beverages across Grocery, Mass Merchandisers, Warehouse Clubs, Convenience, Food service, and Liquor Distributor channels. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, Harvest Hill employs more than 1,000 people across its corporate offices, manufacturing facilities, and distribution operations throughout the United States. Harvest Hill is part of Castillo Hermanos, an international, family-owned business group founded in 1886 and a leader in the Central American and Caribbean consumer market, with a strong heritage of building trusted brands, investing in people, and driving innovation and growth for the next generation.

The Manager of IT Change and Controls will lead the development, execution, and continuous improvement of Harvest Hill’s IT change management and IT general controls processes. Reporting to the Chief Information Officer and based in Cincinnati, OH, this role will help ensure that technology changes are appropriately documented, assessed, approved, tested, implemented, and reviewed in a controlled manner. The position will partner closely with IT, cybersecurity, internal audit, external auditors, and business stakeholders to strengthen the company’s control environment, reduce operational risk, and support reliable IT services across the enterprise.

This role requires a highly organized, detail-oriented leader with strong communication skills, sound judgment, integrity, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams.

• Own and manage the IT change management process, ensuring changes are properly submitted, reviewed, risk-assessed, approved, tested, implemented, documented, and closed.
• Chair and coordinate Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings, including preparation of agendas, review of upcoming changes, tracking of approvals, and communication of decisions.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce IT change management policies, standards, procedures, and supporting documentation.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, and business teams to assess the operational, security, compliance, and business impact of technology changes.
• Monitor emergency, standard, and normal changes to ensure adherence to defined processes and appropriate evidence retention.
• Lead post-implementation reviews for significant or high-risk changes, identifying lessons learned and driving process improvements.
• Support the design, documentation, monitoring, and testing of IT general controls, including logical access, change management, IT…