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be a wild guess. 💡 Our Vendor Review software makes it a breeze! Follow these steps to save time and nail it every time: 🔍 Know what you want 🗣️ Get the real scoop from reviews 📊 Look at those risk scores 🏆 Pick a winner and get going Share this if you love making informed decisions! And hey, why not see how we can help even more? 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data-tracking-control-name="language-selector-ro_RO" data-locale="ro_RO" role="menuitem" lang="ro_RO"> Română (Romanian) </button> </li> <li class="language-selector__item" role="presentation"> <!-- Adding aria-label to both the li and the button because screen reader focus goes to button on desktop and li on mobile--> <button aria-label="Русский (Russian)" class="font-sans text-xs link block py-[5px] px-2 w-full hover:cursor-pointer hover:bg-color-action hover:text-color-text-on-dark focus:bg-color-action focus:text-color-text-on-dark language-selector__link !font-regular" data-tracking-control-name="language-selector-ru_RU" data-locale="ru_RU" role="menuitem" lang="ru_RU"> Русский (Russian) </button> </li> <li class="language-selector__item" role="presentation"> <!-- Adding aria-label to both the li and the button because screen reader focus goes to button on desktop and li on mobile--> <button aria-label="Svenska (Swedish)" class="font-sans text-xs link block py-[5px] px-2 w-full hover:cursor-pointer hover:bg-color-action hover:text-color-text-on-dark focus:bg-color-action focus:text-color-text-on-dark language-selector__link !font-regular" data-tracking-control-name="language-selector-sv_SE" data-locale="sv_SE" role="menuitem" lang="sv_SE"> Svenska (Swedish) </button> </li> <li class="language-selector__item" role="presentation"> <!-- Adding aria-label to both the li and the button because screen reader focus goes to button on desktop and li on mobile--> <button aria-label="తెలుగు (Telugu)" class="font-sans text-xs link block py-[5px] px-2 w-full hover:cursor-pointer hover:bg-color-action hover:text-color-text-on-dark focus:bg-color-action focus:text-color-text-on-dark language-selector__link !font-regular" data-tracking-control-name="language-selector-te_IN" data-locale="te_IN" role="menuitem" lang="te_IN"> తెలుగు (Telugu) </button> </li> <li class="language-selector__item" role="presentation"> <!-- Adding aria-label to both the li and the button because 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lang="tl_PH"> Tagalog (Tagalog) </button> </li> <li class="language-selector__item" role="presentation"> <!-- Adding aria-label to both the li and the button because screen reader focus goes to button on desktop and li on mobile--> <button aria-label="Türkçe (Turkish)" class="font-sans text-xs link block py-[5px] px-2 w-full hover:cursor-pointer hover:bg-color-action hover:text-color-text-on-dark focus:bg-color-action focus:text-color-text-on-dark language-selector__link !font-regular" data-tracking-control-name="language-selector-tr_TR" data-locale="tr_TR" role="menuitem" lang="tr_TR"> Türkçe (Turkish) </button> </li> <li class="language-selector__item" role="presentation"> <!-- Adding aria-label to both the li and the button because screen reader focus goes to button on desktop and li on mobile--> <button aria-label="Українська (Ukrainian)" class="font-sans text-xs link block py-[5px] px-2 w-full hover:cursor-pointer hover:bg-color-action hover:text-color-text-on-dark 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items-center bg-color-background-scrim justify-center fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 opacity-0 invisible pointer-events-none z-[1000] transition-[opacity] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1.0)] duration-[0.17s] py-4 " aria-hidden="true"> <section aria-modal="true" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal-header" tabindex="-1" class="max-h-full modal__wrapper overflow-auto p-0 bg-color-surface max-w-[1128px] min-h-[160px] relative scale-[0.25] shadow-sm shadow-color-border-faint transition-[transform] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1.0)] duration-[0.33s] focus:outline-0 w-[1128px] mamabear:w-[744px] babybear:w-[360px] rounded-md"> <button class="modal__dismiss btn-tertiary h-[40px] w-[40px] p-0 rounded-full indent-0 contextual-sign-in-modal__modal-dismiss absolute right-0 m-[20px] cursor-pointer" aria-label="Dismiss" data-tracking-control-name="public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_modal_dismiss"> <icon 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<div class="modal__main w-full"> <div class="sign-in-modal__screen flex flex-col py-4 w-[513px] babybear:w-full px-3"> <h2 class="sign-in-modal__header font-sans text-display-md text-color-text "> Welcome back </h2> <code id="i18n_sign_in_form_show_text" style="display: none"><!--"Show"--></code> <code id="i18n_sign_in_form_show_label" style="display: none"><!--"Show your LinkedIn password"--></code> <code id="i18n_sign_in_form_hide_text" style="display: none"><!--"Hide"--></code> <code id="i18n_sign_in_form_hide_label" style="display: none"><!--"Hide your LinkedIn password"--></code> <code id="i18n_username_error_empty" style="display: none"><!--"Please enter an email address or phone number"--></code> <code id="i18n_username_error_too_long" style="display: none"><!--"Email or phone number must be between 3 to 128 characters"--></code> <code id="i18n_username_error_too_short" style="display: none"><!--"Email or phone number must be between 3 to 128 characters"--></code> <code 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id="public_post_contextual-sign-in_sign-in-modal_session_key" name="session_key" required data-tracking-control-name="public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_sign-in-session-key" data-tracking-client-ingraph type="text"> </div> </div> <p class="input-helper mt-1.5" for="public_post_contextual-sign-in_sign-in-modal_session_key" role="alert" data-js-module-id="guest-input__message"></p> </div> <div class="mt-1.5" data-js-module-id="guest-input"> <div class="flex flex-col"> <label class="input-label mb-1" for="public_post_contextual-sign-in_sign-in-modal_session_password"> Password </label> <div class="text-input flex"> <input class="text-color-text font-sans text-md outline-0 bg-color-transparent grow" autocomplete="current-password" id="public_post_contextual-sign-in_sign-in-modal_session_password" name="session_password" required data-tracking-control-name="public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_sign-in-password" data-tracking-client-ingraph type="password"> <button aria-live="assertive" aria-relevant="text" data-id="sign-in-form__password-visibility-toggle" class="font-sans text-md font-bold text-color-action z-10 ml-[12px] hover:cursor-pointer" aria-label="Show your LinkedIn password" data-tracking-control-name="public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_sign-in-password-visibility-toggle-btn" type="button">Show</button> </div> </div> <p class="input-helper mt-1.5" for="public_post_contextual-sign-in_sign-in-modal_session_password" role="alert" data-js-module-id="guest-input__message"></p> </div> <input name="session_redirect" value="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kencox_smartchoices-vendormanagement-riskassessment-activity-7200496211668131840-g-JO" type="hidden"> <!----> </div> <div data-id="sign-in-form__footer" class="flex justify-between sign-in-form__footer--full-width"> <a data-id="sign-in-form__forgot-password" class="font-sans text-md font-bold link leading-regular sign-in-form__forgot-password--full-width" href="https://www.linkedin.com/uas/request-password-reset?trk=public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_forgot_password" data-tracking-control-name="public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_forgot_password" data-tracking-will-navigate>Forgot password?</a> <!----> <input name="trk" value="public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_sign-in-submit" type="hidden"> <button class="btn-md btn-primary flex-shrink-0 cursor-pointer sign-in-form__submit-btn--full-width" data-id="sign-in-form__submit-btn" data-tracking-control-name="public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_sign-in-submit-btn" data-tracking-client-ingraph data-tracking-litms type="submit"> Sign in </button> </div> <div class="sign-in-form__divider left-right-divider pt-2 pb-3"> <p class="sign-in-form__divider-text font-sans text-sm text-color-text px-2"> or </p> </div> </form> <div class="w-full max-w-[400px] mx-auto"> <div class="google-auth-button" data-tracking-control-name="public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_google-auth-button" data-tracking-client-ingraph> <code id="isTermsAndConditionsSkipEnabledAuthButton" style="display: none"><!--true--></code> <p class="linkedin-tc__text text-color-text-low-emphasis text-xs pb-2" data-impression-id="public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal__button-skip-tc-text"> By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s <a href="/legal/user-agreement?trk=public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_auth-button_user-agreement" target="_blank" data-tracking-control-name="public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_auth-button_user-agreement" data-tracking-will-navigate="true">User Agreement</a>, <a href="/legal/privacy-policy?trk=public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_auth-button_privacy-policy" target="_blank" data-tracking-control-name="public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_auth-button_privacy-policy" data-tracking-will-navigate="true">Privacy Policy</a>, and <a href="/legal/cookie-policy?trk=public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_auth-button_cookie-policy" target="_blank" data-tracking-control-name="public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_auth-button_cookie-policy" data-tracking-will-navigate="true">Cookie Policy</a>. </p> <div class="google-auth-button__placeholder google-auth-button__placeholder--black-border" data-theme="outline" data-logo-alignment="center"></div> <!----> </div> </div> <!----> <p class="sign-in-modal__join-now m-auto font-sans text-md text-color-text mt-2"> New to LinkedIn? <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/signup/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Elinkedin%2Ecom%2Fposts%2Fkencox_smartchoices-vendormanagement-riskassessment-activity-7200496211668131840-g-JO&trk=public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_join-link" data-tracking-control-name="public_post_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_join-link" 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