Reduce costs, improve efficiency, and increase sales.

In order to access the Brazilian market you can hire a full time employee in the USA on a W2 and pay for them to travel every so often to Brazil to meet prospective clients and to make sales.  However, this is not very cost effective and has little customer facing time for a high cost employee with the necessary technical, commercial and language skills.  This salaried employee can also investigate and contract local distribution partners and channel manage them from a distance but again this may carry a high cost and can still require regular visits to Brazil to support the Distributor for sales to major clients or for large contracts.

To reduce costs you can hire an independent contractor and pay them on a 1099 and thereby reduce the cost of corporate benefits but even this does not necessarily place you with feet on the street in Brazil.  However, the work methodology is very similar, if not identical, to that of a direct hire.

Each of the above options may utilize the services of government export agencies such as The International Trade Administration (ITA) (www.ita.doc.gov) and/or the Chambers of Commerce. However, these organizations can assist you in your search and selection of a local Agent or Distributor but they do not find local staff for you to hire directly.  Besides, in Brazil you cannot directly hire an employee without having a legal entity there.

By partnering with GER we can provide you with a local employee who reports to your organization while we take care of all the HR aspects of pay, expenses, benefits, local taxes, etc., and also provide local ongoing support to that individual or group of individuals.  By outsourcing your local HR needs you gain highly qualified local staff dedicated to your business without the headache of establish a full legal entity in country although this option always remains open once your business has grown sufficiently to sustain the overheads.

We provide you with a shortlist of suitable candidates for you to make the final selection thereby ensuring you retain your corporate culture as well as the required skill set.

GER ensures your support from beginning to end – from market entry through to establishing all your in-country needs – people, resources, partners and trusted guidance.