Arkadiusz Trela
Associate, business and innovations, retail expert
Arek collaborates with One Eleven on projects related to retail and requiring complex marketing and business knowledge. He helps us with business modeling as well as evaluating the feasibility and profitability of developed concepts.
Arek is an extremely experienced specialist in the field of business strategy and development, with over 20 years of experience in both B2B and B2C markets in Poland and abroad. He currently focuses mainly on strategic consulting and commercial advisory.
He gained his professional experience as a Partner at Tequila Aguila Superior and TradeBridge Poland, and as a Business Development Director at eFaktor S.A. He also worked as a Country Manager at Philip Morris in Latvia and at Bacardi-Martini Polska as first a Marketing Director and then a Managing Director. Previously, he held various positions in sales, marketing, and management at companies such as Coca-Cola CBO Cracow, Master Food Polska, and US West Polska.
His greatest achievements include a six-fold increase in volume with increased business profitability at Bacardi-Martini Polska, and a radical change in the business model of Philip Morris in Latvia, which contributed to the long-term growth of all key business indicators after years of decline.
He is interested in diversity management and multicultural management. Privately, he is passionate about traveling. He does not like stagnation and the “it can’t be done” approach.