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

Hadrian - Manufacturing the FutureHadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost.Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built.Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we’re building the future of American manufacturing—and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen.If you’re ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you’re exactly who we’re looking for.The RoleWe're hiring our first Manager of Sales & Operations Planning to establish the S&OP function and build the team behind it. You'll design and lead a data driven planning framework that aligns customer demand, supply capability, financial objectives, and operational execution and, critically, determines where across our sites each part is manufactured to best balance capacity, capability, cost, and delivery.The Manager will influence across the executive leadership team and work cross-functionally with Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Finance, Quality, Engineering, and Program Management to drive enterprise alignment, improve forecast accuracy, reduce volatility, and strengthen execution discipline. This position will have direct report(s) and will be accountable for establishing standard work, governance, analytics, and performance management across the SIOP process.This is equal parts builder and operator. In the first year you'll define the process, select and implement the tooling, and hire the team who will run it at scale to provide a credible answer to "can we commit to this, and what does it cost us?"What You'll Do:Build & Lead the S&OP· Build and implement a scalable S&OP process from the ground up across all 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 clear accountability for actions, owners, and outcomes.· Build and leverage analytics, dashboards, and reporting tools to drive fact based decision making.· Establish key S&OP metrics, including schedule adherence, performance, past due, capacity utilization, sellable capacity, network load balance, and supply risk.· Use data to drive executive-level visibility to trends, risks, constraints, trade offs, and the decisions required to keep plans realistic and executable.· Serve as a key integration point between commercial priorities, operational capability, and capacity.Network Planning & Site AllocationOwn the site allocation strategy. Determine which site manufactures each part, balancing capacity, capability, lead time, and customer requirements across the network.Build and maintain a network level view of load and capacity across all sites, and dynamically balance demand against available capacity to maximize throughput and on time delivery.Model network capacity scenarios evaluate the impact of demand shifts, new program introductions, and site ramp-ups on where work should flow, and recommend re-allocation ahead of constraints.Partner with Operations, Quality, and Engineering to understand each site's capability and qualification envelope, ensuring parts are allocated only to sites qualified to produce them.Lead load balancing and reallocation decisions when a site becomes constrained, escalating trade-offs (cost, delivery, risk) to leadership with clear options.Capacity & Constraint ManagementDefine and publish sellable capacity across the network, quantifying open capacity by site over the planning horizon. Communicate where and how much and what type of capacity is available to sell.Partner with Operations leaders to build and maintain capacity models by site, and work center to inform backlogs, and sellable capacity.Translate demand and pipeline scenarios into capacity implications, giving Sales a fast, data-backed answer on what can be committed, when, and at which sitePeople Leadership· Lead, coach, and develop a team of direct reports responsible for capacity planning, modeling and S&OP execution.· Build organizational capability through talent development, standard work, training, and performance management.· Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration.Qualifications· 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 also driving tactical execution and issue resolution.Education & Experience RequirementsBachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, Finance, or related discipline preferred.5+ year of progressive experience in a similar role in planning, capacity, operations, or sales.Benefits for Full-time EmployeesMedical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees 401k Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need. Flexible vacation policy EquityITAR RequirementsTo conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must 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 the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.Use of AI in hiringHadrian uses AI-assisted tools in our recruiting and hiring processes to help our team work more efficiently. This may include tools that help organize and analyze recruiting data, as well as an AI-powered notetaker that can record and transcribe interviews and help coordinate feedback. These tools support our team and are not used to make hiring decisions. All candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are performed by humans. If an interview will be recorded, you will be notified in advance and may opt out at any time with no impact on your candidacy. Candidate data processed through these tools is subject to the same protections described in our Privacy Policy.Consideration of Criminal HistoryHadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment.Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity EmployerHadrian does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental status, physical disability or any other legally protected status. When necessary, the Company also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled candidates and employees, including for candidates or employees who are disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.Compensation Range: $80K - $175KLocationLos Angeles, CAEmployment TypeFull timeLocation TypeOn-siteDepartmentManufacturingCompensation$80K – $175KWe provide the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.