By effectively aligning procurement functions across merging organisations, buyers can typically achieve 15 - 40% operational savings and significant cost synergies within the first 12 months while maintaining operational continuity and strong supplier relationships. 

The earlier you engage our experts, the faster and more effectively these synergies can be realised, providing a solid foundation for post-merger success.

Key outputs include:

• Harmonised procurement processes, policies, and systems across multiple legacy platforms

• Reconciled portfolios of purchase orders, invoices, and supplier agreements

• Identification of overlapping teams, redundant workflows, and integration priorities to streamline operations

• Governance, reporting structures, and KPI frameworks to track progress and ensure accountability

• Post-merger change management to embed best-practice procurement processes and accelerate synergy capture

By proactively optimising supplier readiness, buyers can unlock multi-million-dollar savings and accelerate post-merger value creation. 

We perform a comprehensive and systematic review of all contracts available pre-closing to secure business continuity, rapidly identify and capture synergies, and align suppliers with post-merger objectives.

Key outputs include:

• Contracts requiring immediate attention to ensure Day 1 readiness

• Contracts with renegotiation potential (pricing, volumes, terms)

• Agreements impacted by change-of-control provisions

• Contracts with high-risk pricing structures, minimum purchase obligations, and cost commitments

• Contracts requiring alignment across entities for supplier consolidation

• Contracts with termination or re-tendering opportunities

Post-closing, we scrutinise the full bulk of contracts received on Day One. These contracts can contain hidden risks, obligations, or clauses that were not visible pre-completion. 

We ensure all contracts are compliant, and free of operational, financial, or regulatory risk, while also uncovering additional synergies and quick-win opportunities.

Key outputs include:

• Comprehensive compliance and risk review of transferred contracts, including identification of operational, financial, and regulatory risk exposure

• Consolidation of contracts across the buying and acquired entities to eliminate duplication and leverage scale

• Rapid identification of cost-saving opportunities through contract combination and supplier consolidation

• Identification of rebates, volume discounts, and other commercial benefits not previously captured

• Recommendations for renegotiation, termination, or re-tendering to capture value