Global Automation Manager
Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader in interconnect solutions for Communications, Mobile, RF, Optics, and Commercial electronics markets. Amphenol Corporation is one of the world’s largest designers and manufacturers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products, and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. ACS has an expansive global presence in research and development, manufacturing, and sales, designing and manufacturing innovative connectors and cable assemblies for applications including server, storage, data center, mobile, RF, networking, industrial, business equipment, and automotive.
About the Role
The Global Automation Manager is responsible for defining, deploying, and scaling manufacturing automation solutions across all global Power Solutions manufacturing sites, with a strong focus on cable assembly operations. This role leads global and site-based automation teams, owns the automation deployment strategy, and ensures consistent execution, replication, and sustained results across regions. The position is a key enabler of productivity, quality, cost reduction, and labor flexibility across the global footprint.
Responsibilities
- Own and execute the global automation roadmap aligned with volume ramps, labor strategy, quality, and cost objectives.
- Establish a global automation governance model, including project intake, prioritization, and funding aligned to ROI.
- Define and enforce global standards for automation platforms, controls architecture, vision systems, and safety.
- Lead and develop global automation resources, including central/global automation engineers and site-based automation and manufacturing engineering teams (direct and dotted-line).
- Define roles, responsibilities, and skill requirements for site automation teams.
- Drive capability building through training, mentoring, and best-practice sharing across sites.
- Ensure strong execution discipline and accountability across regions.
- Lead multi-site automation programs from concept and business case through design, industrialization, FAT/SAT, validation, and production ramp.
- Ensure on-time, on-cost, and on-performance deployment of automation projects globally.
- Drive structured hand-off to site teams for ownership, sustainment, and continuous improvement.
- Focus on automation of cutting, stripping, crimping, ultrasonic/resistance welding, cable handling, and assembly.
- Deploy vision-based inspection, automated testing, traceability, and packing solutions.
- Partner with Quality and Operations to reduce defect rates, labor dependency, and process variation.
- Drive copy-exact replication of proven automation solutions across multiple sites and regions.
- Establish global documentation standards (URS, FAT protocols, validation, training materials).
- Build a global library of approved automation solutions and machine suppliers.
- Partner closely with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, EHS, Finance, and IT.
- Support new product introductions (NPI) with automation-ready process designs.
- Present automation progress, risks, and ROI impact to senior leadership.
Key Success Metrics
- Automation ROI and capital efficiency
- Labor productivity and headcount avoidance
- First-pass yield and quality improvements
- Speed and consistency of global deployments
- Sustainability and site ownership of deployed solutions
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Manufacturing, or similar)
- 10+ years' experience in manufacturing automation, preferably in cable assembly or electromechanical manufacturing
- Proven experience leading global or multi-site technical teams
- Strong hands-on understanding of automation equipment, controls, vision systems, and validation
- Demonstrated ability to scale solutions across multiple factories
- Comfortable operating in a global, matrixed organization