**Employee Type:** Full time **Location:** IL Oak Brook **Job Type:** Information Technology **Job Posting Title:** IT Manager, R&D Business Technology **About Us:** TreeHouse Foods is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future. Named one of America's Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight - One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values- **Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together.** We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals. **What You Gain:** + Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period - you're eligible from your first day! + 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll. + Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays). + Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform - DevelopU - with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way. + An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups. + Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs. **Job Description:** **_About the Role:_** We have an exciting opportunity for an IT Manager, R&D Business Technology to join our Information Technology team based out of our corporate office in Oak Brook, IL. This role serves as the strategic technology partner for Research & Development, Product Innovation, and Commercialization, driving technology solutions that support product development, formulation, specifications, portfolio management, and commercialization. The ideal candidate will partner closely with business leaders to improve processes, enhance data quality, accelerate speed-to-market, and maximize the value of technology, automation, analytics, and AI across the innovation lifecycle. **_You'll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:_** + Serve as the primary IT partner for R&D, Product Development, Commercialization, and related business functions, building trusted relationships with business leaders to understand priorities, challenges, and future innovation needs. + Partner with R&D, Quality, Operations, Regulatory, and Growth Unit teams to identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve data quality, eliminate manual work, and accelerate speed-to-market through technology, automation, analytics, and AI. + Own the operational stability, performance, support, and continuous improvement of the R&D technology platform landscape, serving as the primary escalation point for business-critical issues. + Translate business objectives into technology strategies, roadmaps, and delivery plans that drive product development efficiency, collaboration, data integrity, and business outcomes. + Leverage deep expertise in SAP PLM, PPM, Product Specifications, Recipe Management, and related R&D processes to maximize the value of technology investments supporting innovation and commercialization. + Evaluate emerging technologies, digital capabilities, automation opportunities, and future platform solutions to support long-term business and innovation objectives. + Define and execute the technology roadmap supporting product innovation, portfolio management, and commercialization across TreeHouse Foods. + Ensure technology investments deliver measurable business value through process improvement, operational efficiency, enhanced data governance, and improved speed-to-market. + Manage key suppliers, vendors, and stakeholder relationships, ensuring effective delivery, support, and continuous improvement of technology solutions. + Collaborate with cross-functional business and IT teams to establish scalable, sustainable processes and technology capabilities that support future grow