Manufacturer sourcing in Italy.
For buyers who know the product and not the counterparty. Searching from outside Italy tends to surface whoever ranks highest or exhibits most, which is a poor proxy for whoever fits your requirement.
Send a sourcing briefWhat the work involves
Scope varies by engagement, and is agreed in writing before it starts.
- Supplier and manufacturer research
- Market mapping around the requirement
- Qualification of potential counterparties against what the brief states
- Commercial introductions to the relevant decision makers
- Coordination of RFQs, quotations and samples
- Commercial follow-up
What qualification means here
Assessing commercial relevance against the requirements available: whether a manufacturer produces the format, works at the volume, serves the market, and is interested in the business. It is not an audit, an inspection or a certification, and we do not describe a manufacturer as verified — that word implies a documented verification process, and stating one that does not exist would be worth less than saying nothing.
Common questions
How is this different from finding manufacturers myself?
It may not be, if you have the language, the contacts and the time to work a shortlist. What buyers usually pay for is the part after the list: reaching the right person, getting a substantive answer, and keeping the conversation moving.
Do you work exclusively for the buyer?
Engagements are agreed in writing, including who Nucleo is acting for. Ask before you start and it will be in the terms.
Tell us what you need sourced.
One brief is enough to start. We read it before we reply.