Mission:

Act with integrity at all times and be true to our values and ethics, as well as delivering consistent sales and earnings growth to our clients and commercial partnerships.

Vision:

GCFT is oriented to promoting and connecting businesses, people and markets globally, with ethics and compliance guidance, delivering results with high quality standard.

Value:

Founded based on compliance guidance and ethic, GCFT believes in the basic values as integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, reliability, passion, loyalty and servant leadership. Dedication to our customers and commercial partnerships is key-factor to our success.

The Consultant

Experienced commercial professional (Trader) with nearly thirty years history of working in the sales and marketing Industry, international and local markets. Experience acquired working for private companies*, managing and negotiating capital goods and consumption goods (retail & wholesaler channels), domestic (Brazil) and international Markets (Exports and Imports).

Strong professional skilled in market assessment (sales channels development, fusions and acquisitions), business and marketing planning (development and implementation) & international affairs.

*Private national and multinational companies of high outstanding such as: PPG Industries (USA – Coatings Division – Chemistry); ELECTROLUX (Swedish/Home Appliances); BEKUM (German/Machines – Extrusion and Blow Molding machines), BASF S.A. (German – Coatings Division – Chemistry – Paints), MABE (Mexican / Home Appliances GE/DAKO/BOSH/CONTINENTAL), COROB (tinting equipment for coatings industries, including equipment, contracts, turn-key projects and after sales service – leader of 44 professionals approximately), ALESSI Architectural Paints (BRASIL) and COMFORT COMCEPT LLC (USA)

Acting in leadership positions such as Country Sales and Service General Manager, Commercial Manager Brazil & Exports (Sub Saharan Africa, Central America, South America, Middle East); Commercial & Operational head of National and international Sales, Key Account Business Management, Trader (International and National  Sales Manager).

Market oriented, focused on qualitative and quantitative continuous growing, as well as EBITDA – Earnings before interests and taxes, depreciation and amortization (DR- Financial Report) and CRM-Customer Relationship Management.

Domestic and international markets expertise: in the Brazilian territory and to USA (Florida), Africa (Ghana, Angola, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana), South America (Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile, Ecuador), Central America (Panama, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago ) and Europe (Italy & Portugal). 

Full command of all administrative, commercial, operational and financial procedures of the Sales/Marketing areas, at Domestic, Exports and Imports.

LUIZ ALEXANDRE DUARTE XAVIER

Services provided

PROTECTIVE COATINGS (DECORATIVE or ARCHITECTURAL PAINTS) & HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES (REFRIGERATORS, HORIZONTAL FREEZERS, AIR CONDITIONERS, FREESTANDING & BUILT-IN GAS & ELECTRIC STOVES, ELECTRIC OVENS, UPRIGHT FREEZERS, WINE COOLOERS etc). Based on companies and clients commercial and operational needs and on a previous market assessment, we develop local and international solutions (suppliers and markets opening)