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Sr. Manager, Production Planning & Scheduling

Hadrian Automation· Manufacturing
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Los Angeles, CA$80k - $175kFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Senior leadership role owning discrete production scheduling, sequencing, and on-time delivery optimization for Hadrian's manufacturing operations. Owns the factory-side execution, scheduling methodology, and cadence across sites, partnering with site GMs and the S&OP function to translate network plans into executable floor schedules.

Responsibilities

  • Own discrete production scheduling and job sequencing across work centers to maximize on-time delivery and throughput.
  • Own work order release to the floor and control what work is released and when.
  • Set and manage priority and milestone dates, establish clear rules for what runs when, and make trade-off calls when priorities conflict.
  • Own data integrity for schedules and dates in the system, maintain accurate MRP schedules.
  • Build daily/weekly scheduling cadence and standard work from shift-level execution to weekly look-ahead.
  • Translate S&OP network allocation and capacity plans into an executable, sequenced factory schedule.
  • Partner with site General Manager to align on priorities, sequencing, and daily execution.
  • Establish system and cadence for tracking work order progress, surface at-risk jobs early, and drive rapid recovery on exceptions.
  • Own on time delivery as a primary metric, track, root cause misses, and close gaps.
  • Ensure factory readiness (materials, tooling, capacity, priorities) ahead of work.
  • Highlight and drive capacity improvements by identifying constraints and bottlenecks.
  • Feed execution signals back to S&OP to sharpen capacity models.
  • Develop scheduling methodologies and standard work; codify into repeatable processes across sites.
  • Establish communication rigor, meeting cadence, escalation paths, and reporting.
  • Build visual management schedules, boards, dashboards, and status views for clear factory status.
  • Establish key scheduling metrics (OTD, schedule adherence, past due, work center utilization, cycle time).
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of production planners and schedulers; scale the function.
  • Foster accountability, urgency, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in production planning, scheduling, or shop floor operations management in a discrete manufacturing environment.
  • Deep understanding of production scheduling, sequencing, priority management, master scheduling, capacity/constraint analysis, and OTD drivers.
  • Hands-on experience with scheduling/ERP/MES systems and strong analytical and data visualization skills.
  • Experience leading teams and developing planning/scheduling talent.
  • Strong communication and facilitation skills; ability to drive urgency and accountability on the floor.
  • ERP/MRP expertise, work order lifecycle, MRP mechanics, and maintaining schedule/date data integrity at scale.

Skills

Required:Production schedulingMRP/ERP/MES systemsData visualizationLeadership & people developmentCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
  • 401k
  • Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • Equity
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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