Work Done @ Lear, Lear Global & Career paths within Lear Automotive

 
  • Date: December 13, 2011, 3:00 pm - December 13, 2011, 4:30 pm
  • Duration: 1 Hours, 30 Minutes
  • Type of Event: Company Presentation
  • Who Should Attend: Mechanical Engineering and MBA Graduates of any specialization
  • This event aims at acclimatizing you to the work done and Career Progression at Lear

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Amar Arepalli

VP and MD India Lear Automotive India Pvt. Ltd.
Amar is VP and MD, India at Lear Corporation. He has extensive industry experience and is an expert in the areas of Quality Management with Black Belt and Executive Champion Certifications in Six Sigma. He has been with Lear since 1994 and has worked at various countries in different roles to his current role of VP and MD India.

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  • Aniruddha Sawant: Which types of careers LEAR provides to Mechnical Engg. graduates?
  • Amar Arepalli: Operations, Quality, Manufacturing and Materials Management are some of the areas of opportunities
  • Nikhil Sharma: Are there any career opportunities to GET's in mechanical?
  • Amar Arepalli: Yes we do, thru campus interviews at a later date.
  • ashish sharma: hello sir, i want to ask you that is there actually any market recession in globe or not?
  • Amar Arepalli: There is enough information to trend cautiously watch the market.
  • Ravi Thakur: Sir may Know what is your market strategy for India... who are your customers?
  • Amar Arepalli: VW, Nissan, M & M, Skoda, BMW, Ford, GMI and Tata Motors. Our strategy is to grow with all automotive manufacturers in India.
  • pankaj gupta: what are your stretegy toward hiring fresh mechanical engineering graduate?
  • HIMANSHU SHEKHAR: is there opening in ur company??
  • yogendar singh rajpurohit: sir actually i want to know that how a fresher can enter automobile sector offcampus
  • Amar Arepalli: Most of the fresher hiring is done thru campus only
  • Ravi Thakur: Indian automobile industry is growing at a good pace... How do you look this market?
  • Amar Arepalli: We have to be cautious on the current growth, sustainability is the biggest challenge.
  • Ravi Thakur: Sir what is the SCOPE of MBA graduates in your organization.
  • Amar Arepalli: Sales and finance areas of the business.
  • kashish chawla: good afternoon sir, i am in my final year of mechanical engineering and i wanted to ask u that..what is the right time to apply for the job ?
  • Amar Arepalli: After Graduation.
  • Rakesh Gaur: Hello sir, good afternoon could you kindly explain us the scope a fresher has when he joins lear corporation
  • Amar Arepalli: Performance and results
  • Aniket: if i want to join your company as a fresher what will be your requirements ?
  • Amar Arepalli: Graduation.
  • jaganp: I wanna know about the growth of your company sir
  • Amar Arepalli: We have tripled our Sales in last three years, please refer to www.lear.com
  • jaganp: Hello sir. Does your company has any replacement market to stabilize when there is a recession. OR LEAR is the supplier for OE's alone?
  • Amar Arepalli: Supplier for OEs alone.
  • Siddharth Kale: Sir, are you currently hiring mechanical engineering freshers?
  • Amar Arepalli: Yes.
  • ashish sharma: my field of interest is design, so i want to know which path will be good for me diploma in design or m.tech. in design i am currently pursuing b.tech. and in final year of it
  • Amar Arepalli: M Tech should help.
  • Deepak raja: what is the procedure for applying job in your company
  • Amar Arepalli: Thru Campus.
  • Priyanka Bedarkar: I dont have the any past experience in HR field but having the experience in ISO Certification process...Wherever i am attending the interview regarding HR executive they are rejecting me because.....
  • Amar Arepalli: Keep your head up and never give up!
  • vijay sangle: When your Recruirtment process is started,is there opportunities in Design And Development
  • Amar Arepalli: Yes.
  • Suvesh Prasad Sinha: Is Lear gonna stay in automobile sector only or will you guys breakthrough in new sectors?
  • Amar Arepalli: We are looking at 20% non automotive.
  • Frederick Paul M: What's the best career path I can take to be in LEAR corp??
  • Amar Arepalli: Management Trainee thru campus selection.
  • Pritam Kumar Kar: Good afternoon sir. Its a wonderful experience chatting with you. May I know what are the career prospects for a FRESHER having Operations Management specialization?
  • Amar Arepalli: Industrial Engineering and Operations.
  • vivek sharma: is sales and marketing is good for mechanical engineers
  • Amar Arepalli: Why not?
  • deepakbhatt: sir, i have done b.tech in mechanical and have not yet got any opportunity through any company to come for interview instead i have got 70% marks and being from a govt. college
  • Amar Arepalli: Keep Trying!
  • jaganp: LEAR is the supplier for Passenger cars alone or Do they supply for truck bus also?
  • Amar Arepalli: Mahindra Navistar Trucks.
  • Krishna Narayan Das: Do you also provide opportunities for freshers in the research & development activities
  • Amar Arepalli: Yes.
  • Ravi Thakur: How to invite you to our college campus..?
  • Amar Arepalli: Get in touch with First Naukri team.
  • Siddharth Kale: How can people who have graduated in 2011 apply in your company?
  • pankaj gupta: Is it any chance to enroll with lear off-campus for 2012 graduate engineer ?
  • Amar Arepalli: We are not hiring off campus at the moment.
  • bala subrhmanyam: sir, what are tools used for vendor selection by LEAR
  • Amar Arepalli: Supplier selection and qualification procedures of Lear.
  • Vinaykumar: How much percentage required to get a job in Lear?
  • Amar Arepalli: Minimum 60% with no back logs.
  • Pritam Kumar Kar: Sir, are there any Marketing positions in your company.
  • Amar Arepalli: Yes
  • Pritam Kumar Kar: Sir, do you have Six Sigma implementation in your company?
  • Amar Arepalli: Yes.
  • Krishna Narayan Das: Since the automobile industry is growing at a good pace is there any chances of saturation in the industry
  • Amar Arepalli: Previously answered,
  • sagar tapare: what package Lear offers to freshers?
  • Amar Arepalli: As per Market standards.
  • yogesh: sir according to you which area has better scope either design or manufacturing
  • Amar Arepalli: Both are equally good.
  • pranjal jyoti saikia: will the selected candidate get the chance to work on foreign locations?
  • Amar Arepalli: Performance and results will get you to any location.
  • Nikhil Sharma: Can you please specify turnover of LEAR?
  • Amar Arepalli: $ 240 Mn.
  • DEVARAJ: for what kind of suv's you are providing supply?
  • Amar Arepalli: Scorpio, Bolero, XUV 5OO, BMW, X5, X6, X3, X1, hyundai santa fe, Tavera, ford endeavor,.
  • amit putlekar: good afternoon sir, I would like to know the career opportunities for mba with human resources specialisation
  • Amar Arepalli: Thru Campus.
  • jaganp: What was the secret behind achieving $20 billion in annual sales?
  • Amar Arepalli: Working together and Winning together as one Lear team.
  • sachin: sir what is the scope of utility engineer
  • Amar Arepalli: Please reframe your question.
  • rocky: any opportunity for computer engg.?
  • Amar Arepalli: Not at this time.
  • Pritam Kumar Kar: Sir , What do you exactly judge in a candidate while taking GD or Interview?
  • Amar Arepalli: Knowledge and ability to deliver.
  • pranjal jyoti saikia: what is the duration of training period for a trainee mechanical engineer in your organisation?
  • Amar Arepalli: One year.
  • Amar Singh: Sir, good afternoon, what do you think is the secret of success in corporate life ? is it technical knowledge or is it soft skills - the ability to deal with people and situations ?
  • Amar Arepalli: Performance and Results.
  • Ravi Thakur: There are talented and skilled graduated from small B- Schools.. do your company have any recruitment strategy for them?
  • Amar Arepalli: Yes we do pool campus where even small B schools will be invited.
  • atul uniyal: I am doing my MBA in Information system management....do I have any opportunity?
  • Amar Arepalli: Not at this time.
  • Ravi Thakur: what is the contribution from india in $ 240 Mn?
  • Amar Arepalli: 100% India Turnover.
  • Ravi Thakur: sir your company follow yearly appraised or half-yearly?
  • Anurag: I am pursuing MBA (Finance+Marketing) from NIT Jaipur. Our last sem is fully dedicated to on job training/internship.Is there any scope of doing internship in your organization? Mode of application?
  • Amar Arepalli: Yes. You could ask your placement team to contact our HR department.
  • faraz: Whats unique about Lear?
  • Amar Arepalli: PEOPLE
  • vishal kumar: sir have any opening of CAE
  • Amar Arepalli: Yes we do.
  • rahuljoshi: sir i am studying mech.engineering in vit pune..i want know the opportunities of frowth in lear corp. as a mech.engineer..
  • Amar Arepalli: Already answered.
  • Frederick Paul M: what r the main drawbacks that LEAR is facing?
  • Amar Arepalli: Growth
  • sasikumar: have any opening on advanced engg R&D ?
  • Amar Arepalli: Not at this time.
  • Indus group of business: Sir, Can you please tell us if you have opening for MMM students/winter project/summer project
  • Amar Arepalli: Yes we have short term assignments, contact first naukri team.
  • sasikumar: how was the financial status of the company during recesion ?
  • Amar Arepalli: Which recession?
  • DEVARAJ: do you involve high precision sensor based sport vehicle or in any f1 cars?
  • Amar Arepalli: We do not do F1 but we do for globle sports vehicles, porsche, ferrari etc.
  • basavaraj s.m: hi sir have any opening on catia...?
  • Amar Arepalli: Yes.
  • manish: have any opening for CAD engg
  • Amar Arepalli: Yes
  • Shiv Kant Narula: Sir your company prefer green belt holders whose focus is in process engineering?
  • Amar Arepalli: Yes
  • vishwaranjan kumar: wts ur opinion on six sigma in indian industries??
  • Amar Arepalli: Six Sigma is a great tool, we can not manage what we can not measure.
  • Krishna Narayan Das: Sir, what are your company's product range other than automobile seating
  • Amar Arepalli: Electrical Power Management Systems.
  • faraz: Estimated Number of fresh Mechanical Engineers required in your company in 2012?
  • Amar Arepalli: App. 10
  • VIPIN: what is salary package for mba finance and marketing
  • Amar Arepalli: Industry/Market Standard
  • sasikumar: do you have openeing on Pro-E ?
  • Amar Arepalli: Do not have requirement.
  • Sayed Aweze: Is there a profile in managment for a fresh mechanical graduate student ?
  • Amar Arepalli: Some knowledge in finance is essential.
  • Shiv Kant Narula: Do you have opening for process engineers
  • Amar Arepalli: Yes
  • Firstnaukri: Thank you Amar for taking time out and patiently answering the questions of jobseekers. It was a pleasure to have you here. Thank You everyone for joining in
  • Amar Arepalli: Thanks for facilitating the chat, wish we had more time ?. Nevertheless, we wish all the participants for their best future and look forward to meet you face to face in near future.