"Professionals with a deep knowledge of companies, their processes and their internal dynamics"

Providing our clients with expert support to help them tackle the many challenges and issues that can arise in business means having comprehensive managerial skills, and making sure they're kept state-of-the-art.
What GEA offers our clients today is the result of the methodical fine-honing of our consultants' skills, and the shrewd cultivation and safeguarding of the extensive experience and expertise that we've accumulated over 45 years spent alongside our clients.
One of GEA's distinguishing assets is our capacity to work hand in hand with top managers and entrepreneurs, and to grasp the internal dynamics of a company using a skillful mix of sensitivity and focus. Because we know that even the best ideas have to be developed with the utmost care in order to take root and blossom.

Strategy & Development

• Strategic assessment
• Scenario analysis and mid-term planning
• Identification and development of new go-to-market strategies
• Business planning (start up or re-vamping of existing initiatives)
• Assistance on international ventures

Finance & Restructuring

• Business & accounting due diligence, company assessments for mergers, acquisitions, sell-offs of company branches
• Industrial and financial crisis management, restructuring plans and debt-restructuring

Marketing & branding

• Brand building & strategy
• Brand positioning/repositioning
• Communication strategy (packaging, brand identity, advertising, web, social media)
• Marketing mix definition/implementation
• Product range planning/assessment
• Development of new product concepts

Sales & Market Presence

• Sales force organization, sizing and assessment
• Improvement of sales performance
• Development of new sales channels
• Review of sales management models, processes and tools (field, front and back office)
• Redesign of compensation systems and sales force incentive schemes

Innovation & Product Development

• R&D process assessment
• Redesign of new product development processes
• Strengthening of innovation capacity
• Design of structure, roles and processes for horizontal coordination
• Reduction of product complexity (through standardization and industrial platforms)
• Strategic exploitation of new technologies for products and production processes

Supply Chain Management

• Strategic review of supply chain models
• Assessment and redesign of support processes and tools (from forecasting to transport)
• Industrial and manufacturing restructuring & reorganization
• Redesign of manufacturing processes and distribution networks
• Assessment & optimization of last-mile logistics
• Logistic outsourcing process support
• Definition and development of KPIs and performance models and tools

Administration, Control e Treasury Management

• Design of control systems and management reporting
• Design and development of budgeting, forecasting and planning processes
• Improvement of administration processes
• Assistance in the transition to IFRS accounting criteria
• Short/mid-term financial planning and debt optimization
• Financial risk control and management (exchange/rate/liquidity/credit)

Information Technologies

• ICT strategy definition
• ICT technology assessment
• Design of HW & SW architecture and communication infrastructure
• Business requirement elaboration, software & vendor selection
• Information security management

Human Resource Organization & Management

• Organizational structure redesign
• Organization process improvement
• Assessment and organizational development
• Design of compensation systems and incentive schemes
• Search and selection for managers/top managers

Development of Managerial and Negotiating Capabilities

• Coaching & tutoring
• Leadership development and talent management
• Development of negotiating capabilities
• Management training/courses across all business management areas