Oprea is replacing Alessandro Hillebrand, who will be responsible with new projects in Southern Europe, besides its tasks of country manager in Italy.
Oprea started his career at REHAU Romania in 2004. In 2010, he took over the position of sales director Bucharest and Bacau for the Installations Division of REHAU Romania and was quickly promoted to the position of national sales director for the entire division in 2011. In 2015, he took over the responsibilities of the Installations Division for REHAU Bulgaria too. Oprea has been a member in the Board of Directors of REHAU Romania since 2018. Oprea has held the position of Deputy Country Manager over the past year.
Besides his expertise in the area of sales, management and administration, Oprea is also involved in digital projects. In parallel, Oprea took over, as of March 1, 2021, the position of Head of Sales and Marketing Southeast Europe (SEE) within the Installations Division. Besides Romania and Bulgaria, Oprea coordinates the following markets within the division: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Moldova, Greece, Turkey and the Middle East.
Rehau has been operating in Romania for 25 years and reported a turnover of EUR44 million in 2019, with 86 employees across Romania.