Marketing Services Supplier Scorecard
A scorecard for marketing services suppliers turns quality, delivery, commercial and risk performance into a single monthly number you can defend in an award decision or a QBR.
Agency and marketing services are opaque by default — rate cards, media commissions and pass-throughs create the biggest leakage in indirect spend. Without a scorecard, marketing services awards drift toward incumbency and price, ignoring reliability and total cost.
SourcingHub generates a marketing services-specific scorecard template with weighted KPIs, tracks them over time, and flags underperformers before they become an escalation.
Fields every Marketing Services supplier scorecard should cover
- Scope of work (deliverables, brand, geographies)
- Rate card by role (strategy, creative, PM, media)
- Estimated hours vs fixed price vs performance fee
- Media commission model (fee-based vs %)
- Pass-through markups and production costs
- IP ownership and exit / transition rights
How it works in SourcingHub
Choose the category — Marketing Services — and SourcingHub loads the supplier scorecard template pre-tuned for it.
A 5-minute guided brief captures scope, volume and constraints. AI fills the blanks with category benchmarks.
Download the supplier scorecard as Word or Excel, or send it directly to suppliers from SourcingHub.
Frequently asked
For marketing services, weight quality and delivery (Media commission model (fee-based vs %), Pass-through markups and production costs, IP ownership and exit / transition rights) more heavily than raw price — a cheap supplier that misses SLAs erodes savings fast.
Monthly is the norm for critical suppliers; quarterly is enough for tail-spend. SourcingHub can automate the data pull and email the scorecard to internal stakeholders.
Yes — sharing the scorecard turns it into a management tool instead of a scoreboard. Best practice is to review it jointly during QBRs and set corrective actions.
Start with 40% quality, 30% delivery, 20% commercial, 10% risk / compliance, and adjust based on category criticality. SourcingHub lets you tune weights and save them per category.
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