Lead Production Planning & Control (f/m/d)

TYTAN Technologies At TYTAN , we aim to set a global standard in autonomous air defense with AI-driven, cost-efficient systems that counter unmanned aerial threats at scale. We protect people. We protect critical infrastructure. We protect Europe’s sovereignty. We are looking for a Lead Production Planning & Control to own how TYTAN plans, schedules and controls its manufacturing — from demand to delivery . This is a leadership role within the Operations leadership team, reporting directly to the CMO . You own the full PPC (Production Planning & Control) function: the S&OP interface with Commercial, the Master Production Schedule, capacity planning, order release and shop-floor control, and the material and progress tracking behind it. On top of the operational mandate you drive the operational excellence agenda — ERP, ISO 9001, production software, and cross-functional improvement programmes — and end-to-end project management for customer deliveries. You take over an established function in the middle of a steep ramp. The plan you build, the discipline you enforce and the systems you mature will determine how fast and how reliably we scale toward high-rate production. Your Roadmap to Make an Impact Production Planning & Control Own the Master Production Schedule (MPS) across all product lines, variants and shifts. Own production control : order release, dispatching, sequencing, progress tracking and back-reporting against plan. Define and enforce planning horizons (frozen / slushy / free) and a disciplined change-control process for plan changes. Own MRP logic, planning parameters and planning master data in the ERP — lead times, lot sizes, safety stock, BOM and routing planning relevance. Drive material availability checks and shortage management with Supply Chain, Procurement and Logistics; manage inventory and WIP targets. Run the operational planning rhythm : daily shortage call, production meeting, weekly plan review. Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Own th