Production Manager

Description:

Nice to meet you - we are Kornit Digital!

Kornit Digital is a worldwide market leader in sustainable, on-demand, digital fashion and textile production technologies. The Company is writing the operating system for fashion with end-to-end solutions including digital printing systems, inks, consumables, and an entire global ecosystem that manages workflows and fulfilment.

Every day we take the chance to re-invent, create, solve, adapt, improve and conquer the unexpected. Our engagement drives us to change the way people print on textiles today and in the future.

You are invited to be part of it to #expressyourbest!

Click to learn more > www.kornit.com

Location: Ink Plant - Kiryat Gat, Israel

We are seeking an experienced, results-driven Production Manager to oversee and elevate our manufacturing operations. In this role, you will be directly responsible for leading two critical operational pillars: Ink Production and Printhead Production Labs.

Your primary mission is to direct day-to-day shop floor activities and maximize manufacturing efficiency within each independent production line. You will bridge the gap between strategic planning and hands-on execution, ensuring that both ink and printhead manufacturing outputs meet their own quality, timeline, and volume targets

Key Responsibilities

• Day-to-Day Operations: Oversee the routine, ongoing production activities for both the Ink and Printhead manufacturing departments, validating delivery timelines by setting flexible production plan and proactively collaborating with multiple interfaces (Warehouse, Planning and Quality)
• Team Leadership & Structure: Manage, mentor, and guide both the team leaders and production team for production excellence and efficiency by fostering a culture of accountability and high performance
• Work Plan Execution: Build and run weekly work plans based on the main ink plant schedule to match production capacity with the planning demands
• Capacity & Schedule Management: Maintain full accountability for meeting target production capacities and ensuring operational timelines and delivery schedules are met
• Employee Training & Qualification: Manage employee onboarding, continuous skill matrix developments, and formal qualification processes to ensure a highly flexible and cross-trained team
• Continuous Improvement & Efficiency: Drive shop-floor efficiency by applying Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles to identify bottlenecks, optimize manufacturing cycles, eliminate waste to ensure highly cost-effective operations
•  Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with the Site Manager, Quality Assurance, Planning departments and Engineering to resolve operational stoppers and maintain full business continuity

Requirement & Qualification

• Experience: 3-5+ years of experience as a Production Manager or Senior Production Supervisor within an industrial manufacturing ecosystem (experience in ink, chemical, cleanrooms, printhead manufacturing is a major advantage)
• Leadership Skills: Proven track record of managing team leaders or direct line managers; ability to lead, motivate, and develop technical manufacturing teams
• Technical Skills: Strong background in capacity planning, shop-floor scheduling, shift management, and tracking production KPIs (volume, yield, timeline management)
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related operational field
• Soft Skills: Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and time-management skills. Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.



Don't check all the boxes? Don't sweat it. We're passionate about building a diverse team of humans and as such, if you think you've got what it takes in our passionate-and-fun, remote-friendly, fast paced environment—apply anyway. While we have a pretty good idea of what we need, we're ready for you to challenge our thinking on who needs to be in this role.

KORNIT is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We are committed to ensuring that our technology is made available and accessible to everyone. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.