L&T Young Leadership Development Program - Executive Assistant to Group Chairman - IIT/NIT/BITS/IIM/ISB/XLRI/TISS/FMS

Title : Young Leadership Development Program | Executive Assistant to Group Chairman

Description :

Larsen & Toubro is a USD 18 billion technology, engineering, construction and manufacturing conglomerate, with global operations. The Company addresses critical needs in key sectors including Infrastructure, Construction, Hydrocarbon, Power, Defence, Aerospace Shipbuilding and IT.

The company has successfully evolved a system of inducting a section of its future leaders through the EA Program driven by the Group Chairman's office at Mumbai, India.

Under this program, aspiring bright and young incumbents are made to go through around a year's training, under the direct mentoring of the Group Chairman Mr. A. M. Naik, following which they are deputed to an appropriate L&T line of business in a challenging functional role as a hi-potential personnel at a covenanted grade.

The importance of the position is best described by Mr. A M Naik himself in an interview to Business Standard on February 21 2014, where he said, - I am personally mentoring 19 people today. I need only two executive assistants, but I have 13. I am training people who may be relevant only 10-12 years later.

Who will qualify :

Excellent academic pedigree :

1) Engineering Graduates from a premium technical institute, and

2) Full Time MBA/ PGPM/IPMX /PGPX/PGPEX/EPGP from a premier management institute is must

3) No gap or backlogs in education

4) An all-round profile in all phases of career

Experience Required :

- 4 to 10 years of relevant experience in Construction/Infrastructure/Manufacturing/Heavy Machinery/Power sectors

Necessary Competencies :

- Excellent communication skills

- Ability to multitask

- Strong functional knowledge

- Ability to liaise with stakeholders at different levels

Preferred Age Group:

Below 35 years of age

The incumbents will be expected to :

1) Interact at the highest levels of organization/s inside and outside L&T

2) Analyse and understand the economic and business environment

3) Be involved in high-impact decisions making processes and projects of great magnitude, complexity and speed

4) Be a part of L&T Strategic and Operational initiatives

5) Involve with Corporate functions and interact with operating businesses to enable effective co-ordination of various activities, and provide relevant information and assistance to the Chairman

On developing a good degree of business acumen as an Executive Assistant, the incumbent can look forward to working in a challenging functional role in L&T's various businesses, after around six months or a year.

Organization Brief :

L&T is a technology, engineering, manufacturing, construction and financial services conglomerate well known world over in the EPC space. The L&T Group's consolidated turnover exceeds USD 18 billion. It is engaged in key sectors of the economy - Infrastructure, Hydrocarbon, Power, Defense, Aerospace, Construction, Real Estate, Shipbuilding, Electrical & Automation, Mining & Metallurgy, IT/ITes.

L&T's integrated capabilities span the entire spectrum of - design-to-deliver-, and it offers turnkey EPC solutions in its major business lines. Its track record covers products, projects and processes executed to international benchmarks. Every aspect of L&T's businesses is characterized by professionalism and high standards of corporate governance. The Company has global presence, with manufacturing facilities in seven countries besides India.

As a strategic move to develop young leaders from within the company, L&T is looking for Executive Assistants to the Group Executive Chairman who will move on to a functional role after around one year stint in Chairman's office. The person selected will represent one of the Independent Companies (IC) or a corporate function. She/he will be under direct supervision and mentoring from the Group Chairman.

For more details about L&T, please visit http://www.larsentoubro.com/.