01
Segment the supply base
Agree how criticality, spend, geography, substitutability, and operational impact shape the level of oversight.
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Supplier Risk & Performance Governance Checklist
A practical checklist for treating supplier risk and performance as a connected operating discipline rather than separate reviews.
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Checklist 05
Suppliers · Risk & performance
Supplier Risk & Performance Governance Checklist
Turn supplier information into a decision signal while there is still time to act.
01Criticality and segmentation
02Onboarding and qualification
03Risk evidence
04Performance framework
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Put the operating reality on the same page.
Turn supplier information into a decision signal while there is still time to act.
02
Make readiness visible
Connect onboarding, qualification, documentation, approvals, and change history to the supplier record.
03
Use evidence, not anecdotes
Define the risk inputs and performance measures that should inform reviews, escalations, and improvement work.
04
Close the action loop
Give issues an owner, a due date, a supplier conversation, and a clear signal when the risk has changed.
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A working document for the whole team.
Use each section to capture the current state, the evidence behind it, and the owner of the next action.
01
Criticality and segmentation
Business impact, category role, dependency, risk tier, review frequency, and accountable owner.
02
Onboarding and qualification
Required information, documents, approvals, capabilities, controls, and the path to ready-to-work.
03
Risk evidence
Financial, operational, geographic, compliance, resilience, and sustainability signals with source and date.
04
Performance framework
Measures, targets, review cadence, stakeholder input, supplier response, and trend visibility.
05
Corrective action
Issue definition, root cause, action plan, owner, due date, escalation, and closure evidence.
06
Renewal and governance
Review decisions, relationship history, changes, exit readiness, and the evidence leaders need.
Keep the thread connected
Take the open questions into the right conversation.
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Make the decision easier to see, then make the work easier to run.
Bring your current operating reality to a focused conversation with the VendrNova team.