Company profile
amphenol
Amphenol
Amphenol is the world’s second largest interconnect manufacturer.
Steve Iacampo, Recruiting
manager,amphenol
A
mphenol is publicly traded on the NYSE We hire MBA’s from select schools who are given managed companies anywhere. This is because
and is a component of the S&P 500. Our very significant business assignments. Our culture we have a culture that is lean, flat, and
global diversity is one of our core of accountability does not end with GM’s. accountable. Amphenol is extremely agile and
strengths. With over 85 facilities in more than 30 Amphenol MBA interns universally state that if adaptable. We will size our diverse operating
countries, we have developed a very successful you are not willing to take initiative and accept units to meet the challenges of the current
approach to international business. Unlike many responsibility for the challenges presented, economic situations – whatever it may be.
other companies, Amphenol’s businesses are run Amphenol may not be the place for you. While many companies will engage in across
by local citizens from the countries in which they Our MBA internship program is designed the board cuts, spending freezes, and
are based. This does not mean, however, that to be a small program in which operating unit restructuring – Amphenol is able to make
there are not abundant opportunities for people General Managers can take a personal interest changes only where needed which often means
from all nationalities to intermingle. In fact we in the students they hire. Our aim is to throw increased focus on small pockets of growth even
believe that our executives from all areas of the our MBA’s into real projects very quickly so in a down economy.
world more quickly learn the intricacies of we can assess whether they are right for One of our important strategic initiatives is
international business through constant Amphenol (and vice versa). The program’s talent development within the context of our
interaction with their global colleagues.
Amphenol produces interconnect systems
for communications and information processing
markets including cable television, cellular
telephone and automotive products . Amphenol
is first and foremost an engineering company. But
you certainly do not need an engineering degree
to be extremely successful in the organization.
We work closely with our customers to create
novel, highly-engineered solution to fit their
needs. We understand that to the lay-person
interconnects may seem relatively straightforward
to design and produce. In fact this could not be
further from the truth. In mobile phones, tight
packaging requirements call for ever smaller
interconnects and ever increasing muti-
functionality. In high-speed data networks
interconnects and cables are often the primary
limitations to achieving higher bandwidth. At
Amphenol you will have the opportunity to work
on virtually any next-generation technology you
can imagine.
A cornerstone of Amphenol’s culture is
accountability and ownership. Our business is
broken up into over 65 small operating units with
their own General Manager and P&L. Each GM
is empowered to grow their business in an selective screening process, small size, culture. MBA graduates are one of the channels
entrepreneurial manner. It is a formula that has focused attention from senior managers, and from which we find our future leaders but not
worked extremely well for Amphenol over time. real projects allows us to yield a very high our only channel. Fitting our culture and
Our successful GM’s are able to grow into larger proportion of successful full time hires from performing is most important to becoming an
management roles quickly – taking on increasing our intern pool. Last year we hired 60% of our Amphenol leader.
responsibility through bigger P&L’s or multiple interns as full time employees. Amphenol is not meant for everyone but for
operating units. Our Global Management If you look at our historical financial those that have an adventuresome spirit and are
Internship Program seeks to give MBA’s a glimpse performance both in good times and bad, you willing to commit to achieving results, Amphenol
into the world of running an Amphenol business. will note we are consistently one of the best will provide rewarding work.
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