Leonardo purchases a wide range of products and services every year to support its production processes and continued growth in national and international markets through a sound relationship with suppliers.

In organising its Procurement & Supply Chain, the Central Unit Chief Procurement & Supply Chain Officer coordinates the definition and implementation of global strategies and transversal supply chain management initiatives; it chairs the Leonardo Purchasing Committee and ensures the development, implementation, management and supervision of all centralised procurement support services. The Procurement Units of the various Divisions oversee the entire procurement process for the Leonardo Group’s core product categories, focusing particularly on their respective business areas.

Leonardo Global Solutions is a Leonardo service provider whose role is to optimise the management of non-business-critical services for the entire Group. It is also entrusted with the centralised management of the procurement of indirect and standardised product categories. 

What Leonardo purchases:

Direct production materials

• Metallic, chemical and composite raw materials
• Components and spare parts
• Equipment
• Structures

Services supporting the production process

• Plants
• Tools
• Machinery
• Maintenance services
• Utilities

Satellite systems

• Components for satellites
• Sensors 
• Antennas

Indirect materials and services, and personal services

• Catering
• Health and Environment
• Real Estate
• Facilities
• Logistics and Transport Services

ICT

• Telecommunications
• Hardware
• Software
• IT Services