Vendor management is the supplier layer of your external workforce: who sits on the panel, on what terms, how they perform and how they are scored. You keep sourcing, we govern the panel. We do it across 11 countries, because supplier qualification is national and a certificate that satisfies one authority does not satisfy the next.
Share of temporary and contractor spend running through vendor-neutral arrangements. Which raises the question of who scores a supplier that also supplies.
The surety a temp agency lodges with the Belgian social fund. Supplier checks are not a formality here.
Of managed programme clients buy the software separately from the governance. The two are not one purchase.
Panel design and tiering
How many suppliers, and who gets which request.
Supplier qualification
Licences, insurance and guarantees, checked per region.
Framework terms across the panel
One set of terms instead of one per supplier.
Rate benchmarking
What each supplier charges for the same profile.
Performance scorecards
Fill rate, time to fill, quality and compliance.
Quarterly reviews
Where the panel is renegotiated, not just reported.
Exit and replacement
Removing a supplier without losing its people.
Fewer suppliers
Consolidation is not about reaching the smallest number. It is about keeping enough coverage on scarce profiles while removing the duplication that lets one candidate reach you twice, from two suppliers, at two different rates.
Comparable performance data
Every supplier scored on the same criteria from the same data, so a conversation about performance stops being a conversation about whose numbers are right. You see the raw figures rather than a summary of them.
Qualification you can evidence
Licences, insurance certificates and guarantees kept current and checked against where the work actually happens, rather than filed once at onboarding and trusted for three years.
Real leverage
A panel with comparable data behind it negotiates differently. You stop arguing rate by rate and start deciding which suppliers earn volume next year, which is the lever that moves price when individual negotiations do not.
With us | In-house | Per supplier | Full MSP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who scores | Sparagus, one scorecard for all | Whoever has time that quarter | Each supplier, on its own numbers | Sparagus, plus fulfilment data |
| Qualification | Checked per region, kept current | Filed at onboarding, rarely revisited | Self-declared | Checked per region, kept current |
| Rate benchmarks | Across the panel, twice a year | When an invoice looks wrong | Not comparable | Continuous, with spend reporting |
| Neutrality | Declared, and you see raw data | Complete, if you have the people | None, by construction | Declared, with quarterly review |
| Fits when | 5 to 25 suppliers, sourcing stays yours | Under 5 suppliers, one country | Occasional hiring, low volume | You want fulfilment governed too |
Send us your supplier list. We will tell you what we would keep and why.
Panel and spend audit
Every active supplier listed, with what it costs, what it fills and what it holds by way of licence.
Panel design and tiering
How many suppliers, tiered how, on which terms, scored on what. Agreed by procurement and HR together.
Onboarding and exit
New suppliers qualified and onboarded, departing ones exited without losing the people already on assignment.
Ongoing governance
Scorecards maintained, licences and insurance re-checked, rates benchmarked across the panel, and a quarterly review where the panel actually changes rather than being reported on. Tiering revisited once a year.
Share of temporary and contractor spend running through vendor-neutral arrangements. Which raises the question of who scores a supplier that also supplies.
The surety a temp agency lodges with the Belgian social fund. Supplier checks are not a formality here.
Of managed programme clients buy the software separately from the governance. The two are not one purchase.
IT support and service desk
High volume, so the panel is wide and the rate spread is widest here.
Software and application
Where suppliers overlap most, and the same candidate arrives twice.
Cloud, DevOps and SRE
Scarce enough that panel coverage matters more than panel size.
Mechanical and structural
Project-driven, so suppliers are judged on speed at short notice.
Finance and controlling
Predictable peaks, which makes a tiered panel worth the setup.
Procurement and supply chain
Usually owns the panel, and is measured on it internally.
Financial services
Supplier documentation is read by a supervisor, so qualification has to be current, not filed.
Automotive and manufacturing
Volume follows production, so the panel is judged on how fast it absorbs a peak.
Energy and utilities
Multi-site work where each supplier carries its own safety and access obligations.
Send us your supplier list and twelve months of spend. You get a written view of what each supplier delivers, what it holds by way of licence, and which ones we would keep.
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