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FINDING
YOUR
ELEMENT
As a distributor of technology products and
solutions worldwide, a diverse and cultured
workforce is vital to the success of Farnell
element14. Could you be a part of this venture?

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arnell element14 is a global
leader in high service distribution
of technology products and
solutions for electronic system
design, maintenance and repair.
Its differentiated proposition includes
29 local language transactional
websites, and the critically important
'element14 Community' speciﬁcally
for design engineers - an industry
ﬁrst (www.element14.com).

With sales last year of £952million,
the group distributes its comprehensive
portfolio of products and services
throughout Europe, North America and
Asia Paciﬁc, supported by a global supply
chain of more than 3,500 suppliers and an
inventory proﬁle developed to anticipate
and meet its customers' needs.
While global in scope, it recognises the
individual needs of each market and has
continued to internationalise its model
accordingly. It trades locally as Farnell
element14 in Europe, Newark element14
in North America and Mexico and Farnell
Newark in Brazil. Across Asia Paciﬁc, the
business trades as element14. Operating in

21 countries in Europe, Farnell element14
has ofﬁces in the UK, France, Germany,
Denmark, Holland, Poland, Italy and Spain.
The company employs around 1,300
employees in Europe, and has recently
opened a new commercial centre in Krakow,
Poland, employing 120 people from
25 nationalities and ethnic backgrounds.
It worked with both local universities and
communities and has employed a diverse
team. All employees received diversity and
inclusion training as part of their induction.

Recruitment processes
Farnell element14 has made a commitment
to put people at the heart of the
company; people are its differentiator.
The organisation's success depends on
the quality and performance of all its staff
worldwide and it values the individuality,
diversity and creativity that every
employee brings to its business. Visit www.
premierfarnell.com/careers for information.

Award-winning company
Farnell element14 has recently won the
UK National Diversity Awards Company

of the Year Award. The accolade 'identiﬁes
a company that employs a diverse
workforce, and is more able to understand
the demographics of the marketplace it
serves and whose goals are to reassure and
encourage people from the most deprived
areas to further their careers'.
Farnell element14 won because it
showcased an 'outstanding contribution
of team delivery for inﬂuencing change in
the ﬁeld of equality, diversity and inclusion.
The company's commitment to ensuring
all employees are aware of what diversity
means to them has been well evidenced
through its diversity portal. A remarkable
array of nominations demonstrates the
great strides that Farnell element14 has
made towards putting diversity at the
forefront of its values.'
In 2012, Farnell element14 won the
prestigious European Diversity Award
for the 'Diversity Team of the Year' for the
outstanding contribution of the team
for delivering change in the ﬁeld of
equality, diversity and inclusion in the
workplace. The company has also won
the Women In Logistics (WIL) award.
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