[Stakeholders] How do you work with engineering, operations, or finance when each group cares about different supplier criteria?

I assume they should care about different things, because each group sees a different part of the business consequence. Engineering may care about technical fit, operations may care about reliability and lead time, and finance may care about cost and control. My role is to turn that into a structured decision instead of a cross-functional argument.

Usually that means surfacing the criteria early, clarifying...