Sr. Manager, Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

Hadrian Automation • Torrance, CA

2d • $80,000 - $175,000

About The Position

Hadrian is hiring its first Manager of Sales & Operations Planning to establish the S&OP function and build the team behind it. The role will design and lead a data-driven planning framework that aligns customer demand, supply capability, financial objectives, and operational execution. A key responsibility is determining which Hadrian site should manufacture each part to balance capacity, capability, cost, and delivery requirements.

The position works across executive leadership and with Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Finance, Quality, Engineering, and Program Management to improve forecast accuracy, reduce volatility, and strengthen execution. It has direct reports and accountability for creating S&OP standard work, governance, analytics, and performance management. In the first year, the successful candidate will define the process, select and implement tooling, and hire the team needed to operate it at scale.

The role also owns network planning and site allocation, capacity and constraint management, and the development of planning talent. Hadrian describes the position as a combination of building the function and operating it, providing decision-makers with a credible assessment of whether work can be committed to and what it will cost.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading S&OP, demand planning, supply planning, operations planning, or integrated business planning processes.
• Deep understanding of demand planning, capacity planning, inventory management, master scheduling, supply chain execution, and operational performance.
• Experience leading teams and developing planning talent.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and change management skills.
• Ability to operate strategically while driving tactical execution and resolving issues.
• At least 5 years of progressive experience in a similar planning, capacity, operations, or sales role.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Must meet U.S. Government export-control eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Build and implement a scalable S&OP process across Hadrian's platforms and sites.
• Establish enterprise-wide S&OP governance, cadence, standard work, and decision-making forums.
• Partner with executive leadership to align demand, supply, sales, capacity, and financial plans.
• Lead monthly S&OP reviews and ensure accountability for actions, owners, and outcomes.
• Build and use analytics, dashboards, and reporting tools to support fact-based decisions.
• Establish and monitor S&OP metrics, including schedule adherence, performance, past due, capacity utilization, sellable capacity, network load balance, and supply risk.
• Provide executive visibility into trends, risks, constraints, trade-offs, and decisions needed to keep plans realistic and executable.
• Integrate commercial priorities, operational capability, and capacity planning.
• Own the site allocation strategy and determine which qualified site will manufacture each part, balancing capacity, capability, lead time, and customer requirements.
• Maintain a network-level view of load and capacity across sites and balance demand against available capacity to support throughput and on-time delivery.
• Model capacity scenarios for demand shifts, new program introductions, and site ramp-ups, and recommend reallocations ahead of constraints.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, and Engineering to understand site capabilities and qualification limits and ensure parts are assigned only to qualified sites.
• Lead load balancing and reallocation decisions when sites become constrained, and escalate cost, delivery, and risk trade-offs with clear options.
• Define and publish sellable capacity across the network, including the amount and type of open capacity by site over the planning horizon.
• Partner with Operations leaders to develop and maintain capacity models by site and work center to inform backlogs and sellable capacity.
• Translate demand and pipeline scenarios into capacity implications so Sales can assess what can be committed, when, and at which site.
• Lead, coach, and develop direct reports responsible for capacity planning, modeling, and S&OP execution.
• Build organizational capability through talent development, standard work, training, and performance management.
• Foster accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees.
• 401(k).
• Relocation support may be provided in certain situations based on business need.
• Flexible vacation policy.
• Equity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior