Kaja Szczygieł
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polski Native or bilingual proficiency
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angielski Full professional proficiency
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hiszpański Elementary proficiency
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Michał Grela
I directly managed Kaja for more more than 18months. She is very dynamic, dedicated to achieve goals and always hungry for success. She has a gift for networking and relationships building. She is very likeable, trustable and a strong addition to any business team. On top of that, she’s very sociable, versatile, a strong communicator and she knows how to act in every circumstance. Kaja is the kind of person that always strives to be the best and is not afraid of hard work that would put everyone else off, in order to lead by example. The bigger the challenge she faces, the more value she adds! It was a pleasure to work with Kaja, and great fun along the way;)
Tom Salusbury
I worked with Kaja from 2016-2019. In that time, Kaja has held a number of positions, initially with our outsourced Overseas Delivery Partner and more recently working directly for the team in the Embassy. In the last year, she has proved to be an effective leader of two junior members of the team, giving them direction and mentoring them to provide excellent support for UK companies. In all her work, Kaja has represented the interests of both DIT and her British clients very successfully, delivering excellent results all round. The UK companies she has helped to enter the Polish market have been full of praise for the practical assistance she has given them Kaja is an engaging and proactive member of our team and is popular with her Embassy colleagues. She has made a significant contribution to our Trade Services operations. Usually this team helps small and medium-sized UK companies to achieve modest success in exporting to Poland. However, she has also had success with larger companies, helping them to achieve significant export success. Overall, the team that has delivered over £130 million in export wins for UK companies, mostly in the food, drink, personal products, giftware and retail sectors. I can recommend Kaja to any business that values creative, committed and hard-working people joining their team.
Michał Grela
I directly managed Kaja for more more than 18months. She is very dynamic, dedicated to achieve goals and always hungry for success. She has a gift for networking and relationships building. She is very likeable, trustable and a strong addition to any business team. On top of that, she’s very sociable, versatile, a strong communicator and she knows how to act in every circumstance. Kaja is the kind of person that always strives to be the best and is not afraid of hard work that would put everyone else off, in order to lead by example. The bigger the challenge she faces, the more value she adds! It was a pleasure to work with Kaja, and great fun along the way;)
Tom Salusbury
I worked with Kaja from 2016-2019. In that time, Kaja has held a number of positions, initially with our outsourced Overseas Delivery Partner and more recently working directly for the team in the Embassy. In the last year, she has proved to be an effective leader of two junior members of the team, giving them direction and mentoring them to provide excellent support for UK companies. In all her work, Kaja has represented the interests of both DIT and her British clients very successfully, delivering excellent results all round. The UK companies she has helped to enter the Polish market have been full of praise for the practical assistance she has given them Kaja is an engaging and proactive member of our team and is popular with her Embassy colleagues. She has made a significant contribution to our Trade Services operations. Usually this team helps small and medium-sized UK companies to achieve modest success in exporting to Poland. However, she has also had success with larger companies, helping them to achieve significant export success. Overall, the team that has delivered over £130 million in export wins for UK companies, mostly in the food, drink, personal products, giftware and retail sectors. I can recommend Kaja to any business that values creative, committed and hard-working people joining their team.
Michał Grela
I directly managed Kaja for more more than 18months. She is very dynamic, dedicated to achieve goals and always hungry for success. She has a gift for networking and relationships building. She is very likeable, trustable and a strong addition to any business team. On top of that, she’s very sociable, versatile, a strong communicator and she knows how to act in every circumstance. Kaja is the kind of person that always strives to be the best and is not afraid of hard work that would put everyone else off, in order to lead by example. The bigger the challenge she faces, the more value she adds! It was a pleasure to work with Kaja, and great fun along the way;)
Tom Salusbury
I worked with Kaja from 2016-2019. In that time, Kaja has held a number of positions, initially with our outsourced Overseas Delivery Partner and more recently working directly for the team in the Embassy. In the last year, she has proved to be an effective leader of two junior members of the team, giving them direction and mentoring them to provide excellent support for UK companies. In all her work, Kaja has represented the interests of both DIT and her British clients very successfully, delivering excellent results all round. The UK companies she has helped to enter the Polish market have been full of praise for the practical assistance she has given them Kaja is an engaging and proactive member of our team and is popular with her Embassy colleagues. She has made a significant contribution to our Trade Services operations. Usually this team helps small and medium-sized UK companies to achieve modest success in exporting to Poland. However, she has also had success with larger companies, helping them to achieve significant export success. Overall, the team that has delivered over £130 million in export wins for UK companies, mostly in the food, drink, personal products, giftware and retail sectors. I can recommend Kaja to any business that values creative, committed and hard-working people joining their team.
Michał Grela
I directly managed Kaja for more more than 18months. She is very dynamic, dedicated to achieve goals and always hungry for success. She has a gift for networking and relationships building. She is very likeable, trustable and a strong addition to any business team. On top of that, she’s very sociable, versatile, a strong communicator and she knows how to act in every circumstance. Kaja is the kind of person that always strives to be the best and is not afraid of hard work that would put everyone else off, in order to lead by example. The bigger the challenge she faces, the more value she adds! It was a pleasure to work with Kaja, and great fun along the way;)
Tom Salusbury
I worked with Kaja from 2016-2019. In that time, Kaja has held a number of positions, initially with our outsourced Overseas Delivery Partner and more recently working directly for the team in the Embassy. In the last year, she has proved to be an effective leader of two junior members of the team, giving them direction and mentoring them to provide excellent support for UK companies. In all her work, Kaja has represented the interests of both DIT and her British clients very successfully, delivering excellent results all round. The UK companies she has helped to enter the Polish market have been full of praise for the practical assistance she has given them Kaja is an engaging and proactive member of our team and is popular with her Embassy colleagues. She has made a significant contribution to our Trade Services operations. Usually this team helps small and medium-sized UK companies to achieve modest success in exporting to Poland. However, she has also had success with larger companies, helping them to achieve significant export success. Overall, the team that has delivered over £130 million in export wins for UK companies, mostly in the food, drink, personal products, giftware and retail sectors. I can recommend Kaja to any business that values creative, committed and hard-working people joining their team.
Credentials
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Business Analysis
U.S. Department of CommerceDec, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Effective Project Management
U.S. Department of CommerceNov, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Online Marketing
Google
Experience
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Polcode
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Poland
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Business Development Executive
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Jan 2023 - Present
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C4DI
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United Kingdom
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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International Tech Business Development Manager
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Jun 2020 - Present
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Future Processing
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Poland
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Relationship Specialist
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Jul 2021 - Dec 2022
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U.S. Embassy Warsaw
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Poland
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Commercial Assistant
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Oct 2020 - Jul 2021
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Department for Business and Trade
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United Kingdom
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Trade Advisory Team Leader
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Apr 2019 - Apr 2020
• Leading a team supporting British SMEs• Being a lead on Food and Drink Europe working group• Working with UK companies to help them enter the Polish market• Developing relations with local partners and UK companies already present in the Polish market• Visiting and hosting companies, and conducting meetings with high-level business developmentdecision makers• Responding to enquiries from companies and export promoters in UK regions• Promoting Poland to multipliers in the UK – trade associations, regional export promoters andcompanies themselves• Sharing best practices with other Trade Advisors in Europe network• Organising webinars, events, trade missions• Providing ad-hoc support to the wider DIT team in delivering projects across the prosperity and Global Britain agendaMain Achievements• Speaking at the Conference organised by the European Association for International Education(EAIE), Helsinki• Completing ‘Women in Diplomacy’ training• Very successful organization of British Beauty Brands Carnival event
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Business Consultant
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Apr 2017 - Mar 2019
• Management of market entry projects for British companies on a multi sector basis from sophisticatedpolymers to graduate recruitment• Revenue generation from projects undertaken• Recording of client company Export Wins (export sales) on UK Government portal• Leading training webinars and coaching calls with partner teams across Europe and with HQ LondonMain Achievements• 100% on targets in 2018• Organised two successful events promoting British products• Delivered training webinar to DIT partners in 3 continents to share best practice• Exceeded all targets in 2017
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Export Opportunities Specialist
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Jul 2016 - Apr 2017
Reporting to the Trade Director with full responsibility for the Export Opportunities initiative, part of the UK Government ‘Exporting is GREAT’ campaign and a key business key metric. This includes researching Polish companies and finding genuine Export Opportunities, preparing appropriately worded postings for the team in Department of International Trade (DIT) for publication on the Exporting is GREAT website.Main Achievements• Became a key figure in international cooperation within DIT delivery partner network• Took responsibility for a failing campaign in Q2, turned it around and exceeded annual target
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Business Researcher
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Apr 2016 - Apr 2017
Reporting to the Business Services Manager, researching market and sector specific reports for key account managers to summarise analytical findings in support of client objectives, providing market-entry support for UK companies, and establishing & maintaining good relationships with contacts during research.Main Achievements• Completion of major agricultural project involving analysis of market, company size incl. turnover
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Wardynski & Partners
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Poland
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Legal Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Receptionist
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Feb 2014 - Apr 2016
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Intern
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Oct 2014 - Nov 2014
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Russell Reynolds Associates
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Office Assistant
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Nov 2012 - Nov 2013
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Education
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University of Warsaw
Bachelor's degree, English Philology -
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Master's degree