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Bringing on the wrong vendor is expensive. Most organizations have no consistent way to evaluate third-party tools before signing - which means compliance, legal, and operational risk that shows up later at the worst possible time. I designed a vendor evaluation framework that embedded risk assessment directly into the existing procurement process, so it didn't slow anything down. Built a rapid audit rubric, created conditional approval requirements, and consulted with legal, engineering, and procurement teams to make it stick. We evaluated 5-15 vendors annually without adding a single bottleneck to the procurement timeline. The result: smarter vendor decisions, reduced downstream risk, and a process teams could actually repeat without starting from scratch every time.
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