The Faces of Magnetic MRO | Eigirdas - the man who brings Wall Street into aviation
Interviews & Articles
27.06.2019

Magnetic MRO’s Sales Team Lead Eigirdas Keblikas is known to his colleagues at the Vilnius office as the man who is both capable at training newcomers and managing his team, as well as being the one-stop destination for all of any basketball-related questions that one might have.
As he’s about to embark on another important journey that will take him to lead the Spare Parts business unit at Magnetic’s soon-to-be-opened Malaysian office, our Marketing and Communication Specialist Eleen Änilane sat down with him to ask a few questions about his time in the company and what it means to work on the business side of aviation.
Eleen Änilane: Eigirdas, you’ve been in the company for three years, am I correct? I know you’ve had quite a ride in Magnetic MRO, can you tell me a little about the time when you started here? Eigirdas Keblikas: Yes, it’s going to be 3 years next month. EÄ: Wow, congrats! EK: Thanks! I guess I’m one of the lucky ones because I’ve been promoted twice, or even three times if you count the latest news. I started here at the same time as my manager, our Head of Sales Gintautas Gruodis. He was the one who hired me but the story behind it is a little funny. I was on a job interview and Gintautas was sitting there in complete silence without asking any questions. Afterwards, when I had learned that they liked me and wanted to discuss some final details with me in the office, I found out that Gintautas is going to be my manager. I remember thinking to myself how strange it is - he didn’t even ask any questions. And then they told me that he had also just joined the company - two weeks before I did - so it all made perfect sense. EÄ: So you’ve had the chance to grow with him by your side? EK: Yes, I’m very thankful to him for all the lessons he’s given me. There are so many challenges we have gone through together and we’ve created strong connection which helps to grow and improve every day. He is still my manager but, from that time, I’ve changed my position twice. I started as a Sales Manager. Or, well the position was officially “Customer Support Manager” but in reality I dealt with sales. After a year, I became Senior Sales Manager, which meant that I started to work with bigger deals and train newcomers. And after another year, I became the Sales Team Lead and created my own team. Currently I have five members in the team that I train. I’m responsible for training them, I manage them, take care of them, give them feedback, etc.

